RCGP Curriculum - 3.4 Promoting Equality and Valuing Diversity
This section of our curriculum guide refers to statement 3.4, Promoting Equality and Valuing Diversity, produced by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).
Promoting equality and valuing diversity are at the heart of the RCGP curriculum.
The provision of healthcare is guided by a framework of legal and ethical principles that are reflected in professional codes of practice. Ethical decision-making and behaviour in clinical practice requires the application and interpretation of these principles within a specific context, taking into account the perspectives and values of all involved.
GPs need to be able to justify their decisions with reference to both the clinical evidence and the moral and other values that inform those decisions. The knowledge and skills acquired are applicable across the whole curriculum and should be incorporated into all aspects of clinical, managerial and research practice.
Here we have collated key articles from our journals to help you meet the curriculum requirements in this area.
SKILLS AND ATTITUDES
- CSA troubleshooting: 2 - Consulting with disabled patients
- CSA troubleshooting: 4 - Culture and ethnicity
- Medico-Legal - Responsible practice management
- A question of ethics
- Medico-legal - Employment dilemmas
- Consent and the Mental Capacity Act
- Taking the sting out of a complaint
- Ethnic differences in perinatal mortality
- Ethnic differences and hypertension risk
- Avoid religious bias among your staff
- MedEconomics: How to ... Avoid age-related tribunal claims
- How to deal with sex orientation rules
- Staff with disabilities: How to treat disabled employees fairly
These curriculum resources are regularly updated with relevant articles from our range of healthcare publications. All articles are reviewed by GP advisers. We have set the standard lifetime of an article at two years and will aim to renew all articles within that timeframe. However, some older articles will remain in the listing if our reviewers believe there to be no significant changes to the topic covered.
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