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Which of the following best describes the primary focus of the National Core Standards?
What is a critical component emphasized in the ethics of care?
In the context of self-reflection, what does self-awareness allow individuals to do?
Which guideline helps in resolving ethical dilemmas in medical practice?
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What aspect is prioritized under Patient Safety in the National Core Standards?
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What is considered part of the 6 Priorities regarding facilities and infrastructure?
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Which ethical theory predominantly influences decisions concerning rights and duties in society?
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Which of the following is NOT a component of the SPaRC model?
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Which principle obliges health professionals to act in a manner that brings about good in all actions?
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What does the principle of autonomy emphasize in healthcare?
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What ethical perspective is characterized by its emphasis on relationships and emotional-based virtues?
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What is the main obligation under the principle of justice?
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In which ethical theory is the idea that a person is interdependent and relational emphasized?
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What does non-maleficence primarily require from health professionals?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Care Ethics as described in the content?
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What aspect of traditional ethical theories is criticized in the discussion of Care Ethics?
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What does the concept of social justice primarily focus on?
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Which principle focuses on the attributes a professional should exemplify?
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In the context of ethics, how would a virtue ethicist likely respond to Batman's dilemma about killing the Joker?
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What is crucial for successful interprofessional practice?
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Which key principle would a healthcare professional emphasize to ensure ethical decision-making?
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How do utilitarian ethicists view Batman’s potential choice to kill the Joker?
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What does interprofessional education aim to achieve in the healthcare sector?
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Which ethical response would a deontologist support in Batman's decision to kill the Joker?
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What does the bio-psycho social model proposed by George L Engel primarily aim to explain?
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Human ecology is best described as a study of what relationship?
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Which type of person-environment relationship is characterized by mutual benefit and support?
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What is a potential result of pathogenic imbalances in the human-environment relationship?
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What does 'environmental health' primarily emphasize?
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What primarily influences the diffusion of agriculture, technology, and ideas according to the Continental Axis Theory?
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Which factor is categorized as an ultimate factor affecting the broad pattern of history?
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In the Medical Ecology Model, which aspect is considered to provide benefits related to eco-health perspectives?
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Which of these is a characteristic of the ExoSystem?
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Which reason distinguishes why the North-South axis differs from the East-West axis in terms of development?
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Which of the following is a proximate factor underlying historical patterns according to the provided content?
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How do climatic zones impact the agricultural development of societies according to the Continental Axis Theory?
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What role does 'environmental determinism' play in the context of individual development?
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What is primarily emphasized in the ethics of care within medical practice?
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Which standard is focused on ensuring the safety and rights of patients in healthcare?
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How do traditional ethical theories typically view society?
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What psychological growth does self-awareness facilitate in professionals?
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Which ethical theory is centered on the principle of promoting the greatest good?
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What is a key aspect of professionalism in healthcare practitioners?
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What aspect is NOT included within the priorities related to facilities and infrastructure?
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Which value is primarily associated with understanding and honoring patients' choices?
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Which statement accurately reflects the purpose of the Pfulandlela Pledge?
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In the context of ethics, care ethics emphasizes what principle?
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What does the concept of 'social compact' in a profession imply?
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Which competency is essential for the effective communication aspect of healthcare?
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What does integrity in healthcare practice primarily emphasize?
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Which principle best exemplifies the idea of 'Empathy in Action' within healthcare values?
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In the context of values, which statement best defines 'responsibility' in healthcare?
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How does teamwork contribute to patient care in a healthcare setting?
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What is one of the key elements identified for achieving health goals?
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Which Sustainable Development Goal is directly related to health?
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Which component is vital in conducting a situational analysis of a community's health?
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How does Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) primarily aim to improve health outcomes?
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What is an important goal of the public policy reforms in health?
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Which of the following is a necessary step in the situational analysis process?
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What role does stakeholder participation play in health policy reforms?
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What does an environmental scan in a situational analysis aim to identify?
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What is the primary purpose of conducting a SWOT analysis in healthcare?
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Which of the following is NOT a role of Provincial Health Departments?
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Which skill should healthcare providers focus on to improve patient interactions?
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In the context of personal and professional development, what should healthcare providers reflect on?
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What is the primary purpose of the situational analysis in healthcare decision-making?
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What is a key challenge in patient-centered healthcare interactions?
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Which category of the LISA tool focuses on the geographical and cultural aspects of a community?
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What aspect is crucial for effective healthcare delivery among various professionals?
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Which group is responsible for ensuring primary healthcare services at the local level?
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What does the SWOT tool primarily help healthcare providers to assess?
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Which category in the SWOT analysis represents internal challenges that hinder progress?
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What is one outcome of effectively implementing a SWOT analysis in community health planning?
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Why is understanding stakeholders important in the LISA tool?
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Which of the following is an example of an external factor in a SWOT analysis?
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What role does the 'Activity' category of the LISA tool analyze?
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Which internal attribute is considered a 'Strength' in the SWOT analysis framework?
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Study Notes
CANMEDS
- A framework to describe the roles and responsibilities of physicians.
- Emphasizes that a physician's role extends beyond the traditional clinical skills to encompass professional, ethical, and leadership responsibilities.
Constitution
- Establishes the basic framework of a nation's government.
- Defines individual rights.
- Outlines the processes for making laws and governing the country.
The Bill of Rights
- A document that outlines the basic individual rights and freedoms that are protected by the government.
Patient Rights Charter
- A document that sets out the rights of patients in relation to their healthcare.
- It can be used to ensure patients are treated with respect and dignity, and that they have a say in their own care.
Pfulandlela Pledge
- A pledge written by Wits HS faculty, it emphasizes the importance of a caring and ethical approach to healthcare.
WHO
- Stands for the World Health Organization.
- A specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.
- Focuses on promoting health, preventing disease, and improving the health outcomes of people worldwide.
National Core Standards
- Set of standards for clinical practice in a country.
- Designed to ensure that healthcare services are delivered safely, effectively, and equitably.
Standard 1: Patient Rights
- Patients have rights and privileges related to their health care.
- These include the right to informed consent, the right to privacy, and the right to refuse treatment.
Standard 2: Safety, Clinical Risk
- Protecting patients from harm through safe practices and procedures.
- Minimizing risks associated with medical interventions.
- Includes promoting a culture of safety in healthcare settings.
Standard 3: Clinical Support
- Providing necessary support services to facilitate effective clinical care.
- Includes access to laboratory services, imaging studies, and other diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
Standard 4: Public Health Services
- Ensuring that healthcare services are organized and delivered in a way that promotes the overall health and well-being of the community.
- Includes preventive medicine, disease surveillance, and health education.
Standard 5: Leadership & Corporate Governance
- Making decisions about clinical processes.
- Managing resources effectively in a clinical setting.
Standard 6: Operational Management
- Ensuring that healthcare facilities operate efficiently and effectively.
Standard 7: Facilities & Infrastructure
- Maintaining safe, clean, and functional healthcare facilities.
- Includes infrastructure such as equipment, supplies, and utilities.
6 Priorities
- A list of priorities for improving healthcare delivery.
Priority: Patient Safety, Patient Rights: Clinical - Values and Attitudes
- Treating patients with dignity and respect.
- Demonstrating empathy and compassion.
- Making sure patients are comfortable and safe at all times.
Priority: Patient Safety, Patient Rights: Clinical - Waiting Times
- Minimizing wait times for appointments, treatments, and procedures.
- Ensuring that patients are seen in a timely manner.
Priority: Patient Safety, Patient Rights: Clinical - Cleanliness
- Maintaining a clean and hygienic environment for patients.
Priority: Facilities & Infrastructure - Cleanliness
- Cleanliness and hygiene are essential to prevent infections.
Priority: Governance & Care - Patient Safety
- Ensuring patients are safe from harm.
Priority: Governance & Care - Infection Prevention and Control
- Implementing measures to prevent the spread of infections.
Priority: Clinical Support Services - Availability of Medicines & Supplies
- Ensuring that patients have access to the medication and medical supplies they need.
Self-Reflection Mandate
- Being self-aware helps individuals learn from both successes and mistakes.
- Self-care is vital in the healthcare profession. It is important to prioritize well-being to help others effectively.
- The SPaRC model is based on a belief that one is capable to learn in real-life situations by engaging in real-life practices. This will develop competence and effectiveness in providing care to others.
Ethics of Care
- A way of thinking about ethics that emphasizes the importance of relationships, compassion, and empathy.
- Focuses on the care, needs, and well-being of others.
Ethics At Large
- Traditional ethical theories often focus on individual autonomy and rational decision-making.
Principalism
- A framework for ethical decision-making that emphasizes four key principles:
- Autonomy: Respecting the patient's right to self-determination.
- Beneficence: Acting in the best interests of the patient.
- Non-maleficence: Avoiding harm to the patient.
- Justice: Treating patients fairly and equitably.
Normative Ethics
- Deals with questions of what we should do.
Care Ethics
- Developed from feminist perspectives, emphasizing the importance of relationships and care in ethical decision-making.
- It is often applied in healthcare, education, and other fields.
Premises
- Patient-Centredness: The patient is viewed as an individual with unique needs and preferences.
- Interdependency of Human Existence: People rely on each other for care and support.
Relationships, Person, and Society
- Individuals are relational beings and are shaped by their relationships.
- The concept of a self-sufficient, independent individual is often unrealistic.
Does Care = Girly?
- Care ethics is not solely associated with women. It is a universal value that is important for people of all genders.
Ethics of Care - Principles
- Competency: Possessing the necessary skills and knowledge to provide high-quality care.
- Responsibility: Being accountable for actions and decisions.
- Advocacy: Supporting the patient's rights and interests.
- Care: Providing compassionate and attentive care to patients.
- Good person: Demonstrating integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness.
- Resource Management: Utilizing resources responsibly and efficiently.
- Social Justice: Promoting fairness and equity in the distribution healthcare resources.
Interprofessional Learning and Practice
- Working collaboratively across different professions.
Aims of Interprofessional Learning and Practice
- Enhance understanding of the roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals.
- Encourage communication and teamwork among healthcare teams.
- Promote patient-centered care.
WHO Framework for Interprofessional Practice
- A framework for interprofessional practice that emphasizes collaboration and teamwork.
- Provides guidance on how to implement interprofessional practice in healthcare settings.
What is Interprofessional Practice?
- Collaboration among professionals from different disciplines, including patient and family.
MacroSystem
- A broader social context that influences individual behavior and development.
ExoSystem
- Refers to institutions and organizations that influence the micro- and mesosystems.
MesoSystem
- Deals with the interaction of different microsystems.
MicroSystem
- The immediate environment of the individual.
The Continental Axis Theory - Jared Diamond
- Explains how the geographical orientation of continents influences the development of human societies.
- East-West axes - similar climate zones help spread farming, ideas.
- North-South - different climates, barriers.
Factors Underlying Broadest Pattern of History
- Ultimate Factors: The east-west axis, suitable wild species, ease of spreading species, domesticated plants and animals.
- Proximate Factors: Horses; guns, ships, swords; steel, writing; political organization; epidemic diseases.
Medical Ecology Model
- The relationships between humans, pathogens, the environment.
- Health and disease outcomes are influenced by the eco-health perspective.
- Influenced by environmental ethics, environmental justice, ecosystem services.
- Human ecology model is a multiprofessional practice of clinical work.
- Focuses on integrating patient health with the overall well-being of the environment.
Integrative Concepts of Health and Disease by Human Ecological Medicine
- George L Engel's biopsychosocial model emphasizes the interconnectedness of biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding health and disease.
Human-Environment Relationship and its Variants
- The human-environment relationship can be a complex interplay of give and take interactions.
- Unbalanced relationships can lead to health issues.
- Example of Incan downfall from the Spanish who brought swine flu.
Professional Identity Formation
- The core competencies of a healthcare practitioner are defined by the HPCSA/Afrimed/Canmed guidelines framework.
- These guidelines help healthcare practitioners integrate knowledge, skills, and professional attitudes in patient-centered care.
- The purpose of the session is to help healthcare practitioners identify their professional identity within the framework.
Values
- Values are individual beliefs about right and wrong and the principles that guide actions.
- Values guide interactions with others.
Professions and the Social Compact
- Professions require specialized training and come with a degree of respect and responsibility.
- Healthcare professions have a social compact/expectation to "do no harm."
Privilege and Self-Governance
- Healthcare professionals have a responsibility to act in the interests of the profession, even if it means opposing the state.
- This responsibility is facilitated by understanding the profession's role and appropriate behavior.
Professional Values
- Healthcare professionals should embrace compassion, respect, integrity, professionalism, communication, and teamwork.
The Role of the Healthcare Practitioner
- Healthcare practitioners are central to the framework of defining graduate attributes integrating all roles.
Points of Reference for Understanding Role
- Guidelines such as Batho Pele Principles, HPCSA guidelines, CANMEDS, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Patient Rights Charter, Pfulandlela Pledge, and WHO all contribute to defining the healthcare practitioner role.
Self-Reflection
- Self-awareness is essential for learning from mistakes and successes.
- Self-care is crucial for well-being and the ability to help others.
Experience-based Learning: The SPaRC Model
- The SPaRC model encompasses Support, Participation, Real Patient Learning, and Capability.
- The model emphasizes preparing, experiencing, reflecting, and performing in patient care.
Ethics of Care
- The session examines the cultural importance of a caring environment for colleagues and peers.
- The session aims to clarify the application of virtue ethics and care ethics in medical practice and resolve ethical dilemmas using case study scenarios.
Ethics at Large
- Traditional ethical theories like utilitarianism and deontology dominate.
- Society is seen as made up of autonomous, rational individuals who emphasize rules, duties, justice, rights, impartiality, universality, utility, and preference satisfaction.
- The WHO aims to achieve health equity through reforms in universal coverage, services, public policy, leadership, and stakeholder participation.
Sustainable Development Goals
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) address various aspects of development, including health.
- SDG 3 focuses on good health and well-being.
- All SDGs work towards achieving primary healthcare and addressing health determinants.
COPC Tools
- COPC tools, such as situational analysis, the LISA tool, and the SWOT tool, help healthcare professionals understand the context of their practice and make evidence-based decisions.
Situational Analysis
- Situational analysis assesses the health status of a community, identifies resources and gaps, and determines factors influencing health outcomes.
- It involves reviewing data to understand demographic characteristics, health status, available resources, and environmental factors impacting health.
LISA Tool
- The LISA tool analyzes interactions between the locality, institutions, stakeholders, and activities within a community, emphasizing interconnectedness.
- It examines geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic characteristics of the community, institutional roles and capacities, key stakeholders, and ongoing health activities.
SWOT Tool
- The SWOT tool evaluates Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats related to a community health initiative.
- It helps identify internal and external factors influencing success and enables strategic planning to capitalize on strengths, address weaknesses, and mitigate threats.
People in the PFC Space
- The session aims to enhance students' understanding of the healthcare system, communication skills, and professional development.
- It introduces the various stakeholders in the PFC space.
Government Bodies
- National Department of Health (NDOH): Formulates health policies, strategies, and guidelines; oversees implementation and monitoring; provides funding and resources to provincial health departments.
- Provincial Health Departments: Implement national policies at the provincial level; manage healthcare facilities and services; allocate and manage provincial health budgets.
- Local Municipalities: Ensure primary healthcare services at the local level; operate local clinics and health centers.
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Explore the essential frameworks and documents that govern healthcare ethics, including the CANMEDS roles, the Patient Rights Charter, and the Pfulandlela Pledge. This quiz delves into the ethical responsibilities of physicians and the rights of patients within the healthcare system.
