PLAB 1 (GMC, international medical graduates) · Ethics, law and professionalism

Professionalism, regulation and law

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  1. A hospital doctor realises she gave a patient ten times the intended dose of a drug, causing temporary harm. What does the professional duty of candour require?
  2. A junior doctor notices a senior colleague smelling of alcohol before a ward round. What should she do?
  3. A doctor has been charged with a criminal offence. What does the GMC require?
  4. A consultant is offered a hospitality package worth several hundred pounds by a pharmaceutical company that supplies drugs she prescribes. What should she do?
  5. A patient develops a close friendship with her GP and asks for a date. What does the GMC require of the doctor?
  6. A consultation with a patient who speaks little English is being interpreted by the patient's 10-year-old son. What is the best practice?
  7. A GP is about to perform an intimate examination on a woman. What should he offer?
  8. A GP suspects a child has measles. What is the legal duty?
  9. A patient dies unexpectedly two hours after an elective operation in an English hospital. What must happen before a death certificate is issued?
  10. A trainee is asked to be on the ward alone with insufficient staff for safe care, and has raised the matter with her line manager without response. What is the next step?

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