The General Medical Council (GMC) are the body which govern the registration of medical practitioners across the United Kingdom. In 2009 a 2nd edition of ‘Tomorrow’s Doctors’ [1] was published which outlined in more detail the GMCs standards of knowledge, clinical and practical skills and the behaviour expected of all undergraduate medical students. The job of the GMC regulations is ‘protecting, promoting and maintaining the health and safety of the public’ [1]. This ensures the best patient safety, care and constant improvement of medical standards by providing the best trained doctors. The document depicts three main principles which combine to create a doctor fit for practice; the doctor as a practitioner, the doctor as a scientist and scholar
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The scenario was described as follows: two couples who were family friends went on a camping weekend in late autumn. One couple, couple X, took their caravan whilst couple Y set up a tent. They enjoyed a meal and drink on the Friday evening and organised a meeting the next morning to eat in couple X’s caravan. Couple Y went to the caravan knocking on the door but heard no reply so hesitantly went in. It appeared that couple X where still asleep however on further investigation they didn’t wake with any movement. Husband X was still breathing but wife X despite looking healthy and pink was cold to …show more content…
In this specific scenario the doctor as a scientist would have to uses there bases of common disease presentation to consider the possible diagnosis. For this specific scenario could include; asphyxiation, carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas heater or an underlying disease. Therefore their knowledge from biochemistry, immunology and pathology to name a few will assist their clinical medical training to make an informed decision. A doctor would also to apply a knowledge of social and psychological factor to correctly communicate with the patient’s family/friends and to understand the psychological issues with breaking bad news to the husband X and the effects. This requires thorough understanding of human emotion and the psychological effects of death on
The scenario was described as follows: two couples who were family friends went on a camping weekend in late autumn. One couple, couple X, took their caravan whilst couple Y set up a tent. They enjoyed a meal and drink on the Friday evening and organised a meeting the next morning to eat in couple X’s caravan. Couple Y went to the caravan knocking on the door but heard no reply so hesitantly went in. It appeared that couple X where still asleep however on further investigation they didn’t wake with any movement. Husband X was still breathing but wife X despite looking healthy and pink was cold to …show more content…
In this specific scenario the doctor as a scientist would have to uses there bases of common disease presentation to consider the possible diagnosis. For this specific scenario could include; asphyxiation, carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas heater or an underlying disease. Therefore their knowledge from biochemistry, immunology and pathology to name a few will assist their clinical medical training to make an informed decision. A doctor would also to apply a knowledge of social and psychological factor to correctly communicate with the patient’s family/friends and to understand the psychological issues with breaking bad news to the husband X and the effects. This requires thorough understanding of human emotion and the psychological effects of death on