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Returning to Practice: Ethics, Law and Standards Refresher UK

Course Content

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Section 1: Your Regulator’s Requirements for Returning

  • 1.1 Why Return to Practice Matters

  • 1.2 Doctors, Nurses and Midwives

  • 1.3 Allied Health Professionals and Other Regulators

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Section 2: What Has Changed in Professional Standards

  • 2.1 Doctors: Good Medical Practice 2024

  • 2.2 Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals

  • 2.3 Themes Across the Regulators

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Section 3: What Has Changed in Law and Policy

  • 3.1 Health Service Structures

  • 3.2 Key Legislative Changes

  • 3.3 End of Life and Other Developing Areas

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Section 4: Patient Safety, Systems and Digital Practice

  • 4.1 Learning from Incidents

  • 4.2 Deterioration, Medicines and Infection Prevention

  • 4.3 Digital Practice

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Section 5: Core Principles Refreshed: Consent, Capacity, Confidentiality, Candour

  • 5.1 Consent and Capacity Now

  • 5.2 Confidentiality and Information Sharing Now

  • 5.3 Candour and Safeguarding Now

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Section 6: Confidence, Wellbeing and Professional Identity

  • 6.1 The Emotional Side of Returning

  • 6.2 Returning After Illness, Caring or Parental Leave

  • 6.3 Returning After a Regulatory or Employment Process

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Section 7: Planning a Safe and Successful Return

  • 7.1 Assessing Your Learning Needs

  • 7.2 Building Your Return Plan

  • 7.3 Consolidating Your Return

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Section 8: Conclusion and Key Points

  • Conclusion and Key Points

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Section 9: References and Quick Reference

  • References and Further Reading

  • Quick-Reference Guide

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Section 10: Reflection

  • Your reflective account