Management Essentials for Doctors

Management skills and a sound knowledge of the NHS are mandatory for consultant and general practice careers. Management Essentials for Doctors is an invaluable resource for trainee doctors, hospital consultants and general practitioners, as well as a compendium of hot topics for all doctors preparing for medical interviews. Written by doctors, for doctors, the 60 topics provide: • Clear descriptions of NHS structures, functions, policy and procedures • Detailed coverage of core management skills • An in-depth review of professional, governance, safety and quality issues Written in an easy-to-read style, with alphabetically listed themes for quick reference, Management Essentials for Doctors is not only an indispensable guide for busy clinicians, educational leads and medical managers but also a practical resource for interview preparation and career development.

Spis treści:
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Core Knowledge
1. Audit
2. Care bundles
3. Checklists
4. Clinical dashboards
5. Complaints procedure
6. European working time directive
7. Good medical practice
8. Guidelines
9. Medical interviews
10. Preparation of a curriculum vitae
11. Role of the consultant
Part II. Core Skills
12. Chairing meetings
13. Educational supervision
14. Effective delegation
15. Leadership styles
16. Leadership competencies
17. Mentoring
18. Time management
Part III. Important Bodies
19. General Medical Council
20. National Clinical Assessment Service
21. National confidential enquiry into patient outcome and death
22. National Institute of Clinical Excellence
23. Postgraduate medical education and training board
Part IV. Information, Evidence and Research
24. Information management
25. Evidence based medicine
26. Research funding in the NHS
27. Research governance
Part V. Money
28. NHS financial flows
29. The contract
30. The QIPP agenda
31. The budget
32. Writing a business plan
Part VI. NHS Structures
33. NHS structure and organisation
34. Commissioning healthcare
35. External regulators
36. Treatment centres
37. Who does what – the Trust Board
38. Who does what – the executive et al
Part VII. Operations
39. Activity and targets
40. Clinical process re-design and lean thinking
41. Managing change
Part VIII. Safety and Quality
42. Patient safety
43. Recent disasters in healthcare in England
44. Litigation
45. Clinical governance
46. Risk management
47. Ensuring quality
48. Quality indicators
49. Patient feedback
Part IX. Staff Issues
50. Managing staff
51. Getting an employee in the organisation and starting work
52. Managing normal working
53. Job planning
54. Appraisals
55. Revalidation
56. Managing poor performance
57. Managing other problems
58. Measuring how well we manage staff
59. Managing stress
60. The sick doctor.