,UCAT SITUATIONAL JUDGEMENT QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
What is doctor patient confidentiality? Answer - the right of patients to
maintain their information between themselves and their doctor.
What are the four main points in regard to confidentiality you should consider?
Answer - 1. You must keep records containing personal information about
patients, colleagues or others securely, and in line with any any data protection
requirements.
2. You must treat information about patients as confidential. This includes after
a patient has died.
3. When publicly communicating, including speaking to or writing in the media,
you must maintain patient confidentiality. You should remember when using
social media that communications intended for friends or family may become
widely available.
4. You must cooperate with formal inquiries and complaints procedures and
must offer all relevant information while following the guidance in
confidentiality.
As a student in the UCAT, you should assume confidentiality ? ? ? ? ? ?. Answer
- As a student in the UCAT, you should assume confidentiality applies unless
you are told otherwise.
What are the four main confidentiality scenarios you should be able to deal
with? Answer - 1. Publication on social media.
2. Loud discussions in public places.
3. Taking confidential information home.
, 4. Being asked for information.
With any breach of confidentiality, what are your three important tasks?
Answer - 1. Stop the breach as soon as possible.
2. Do not draw attention to the event, i.e. deal with it in a discreet manner, as
drawing attention might further impact trust in the profession.
3. Prevent any future breaches.
With questions regarding confidentiality it is very appropriate to? Answer - -
Ask a person who is breaching confidentiality to stop.
- Find a private place in which to tell someone what they did wrong.
- Explain why confidentiality is important.
- Return notes as soon as possible.
- Inform the patient about the breach.
- Apologies.
- Report any mistake, with notes, to the appropriate authorities.
- Resolve the problem locally without escalation.
- Suggest that the person who has caused the problem talk to their academic
supervisor about confidentiality.
- Ask the patient whether they mind discussing their situation with someone
else.
With questions regarding confidentiality it is typically appropriate but not ideal
to? Answer - - Distract people's attention to change the subject. Be careful
with this, as changing the subject in some circumstances may be very
appropriate, whereas in others it may not. The difference depends on the
context and the extent to which you are drawing attention.
- Confront the person about the breach. This will solve the problem in a very
direct and potentially aggressive manner that may be unnecessary. Talking in a
calmer manner may be just as effective.
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