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1
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What is a profession?

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A type of occupation able to make distinctive claims about its work practice and status

2
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What is professionalisation?

A

The social and historical process that results in an occupation becoming a profession

3
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Give three ways in which medicine became a profession

A

Asserted an exclusive claim over a body of knowledge or expertise

Established control over market and exclusion of competitors

Established control over professional work practice (GMC)

4
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What is professional socialisation?

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The process through which new entrants acquire their professional identities

5
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Give two ways in which medical students are professionalised

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Formal curriculum 
Informal curriculum (attitudes and beliefs)
6
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Why did the GMC claim doctors needed to be self regulated?

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There is an unusual degree of skill and knowledge involved in professional work that non-professionals are not equipped to evaluate or properly regulate

7
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Give four criticisms of self regulation

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  • Virtuous claims seen as self serving
  • Favours interests of doctors over patients
  • Discourages whistle blowing
  • Control is informal and inadequate
8
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How is GMC regulated now?

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Mix of lay and professional members
All independently appointed
Overseen by the council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence

9
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What is fitness to practice?

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When there are concerns about a doctor’s fitness to practice

10
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Give three fitness to practice issues

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Misconduct
Criminal caution
Physical or mental illness

11
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What is licensing?

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Previously you stayed on the register unless actively removed. Now revalidated every 5 years.