The NHS Clinical Governance Toolkit defines clinical governance as:
A.
Clinical governance has been defined as a system through which healthcare organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.
B.
Clinical governance has been defined as a system through which healthcare organisations are accountable for maintaining over a long period of time their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.
C.
Clinical governance has been defined as a system through which healthcare organisations are not accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.
2.
Clinical Records should reflect which of the following characteristics - select 4 from the answers below
A.
Clear
B.
Concise
C.
Candid
D.
Contemporaneous
E.
Complete
F.
Cordial
3.
How long should an Adult's notes be kept for:
A.
11 years after the last patient records entry
B.
13 years after the last patient records entry
C.
2 years after the last patient records entry
D.
Indefinitely
E.
Until the patient moves to another practice
4.
Audit is a vital component of good clinical governance and is defined by the NHS as:
A.
Clinical audit is a way to find out if healthcare is being provided in line with patient expectation and lets care providers and patients know where their service is doing well, and where there could be improvements.
B.
Clinical audit is a way of assessing whether staff are maintaining standards and if not looks at assessing their performance and putting into question their ability to carry out their job.
C.
Clinical audit is a way to find out if healthcare is being provided in line with standards and lets care providers and patients know where their service is doing well, and where there could be improvements.
5.
Which from the options below most closely resembles the audit cycle:
A.
Identify the issue - Observe practice - Compare practice - Set a standard - Implement change - Re-audit
B.
Identify the issue - Compare practice - Set a standard - Observe practice - Implement change - Re-audit
C.
Set a standard - Identify the issue - Observe practice - Compare practice - Implement change - Re-audit
D.
Identify the issue - Set a standard - Observe practice - Compare practice - Implement change - Re-audit
6.
Which of the options below reflects the difference between clinical research and clinical audit
A.
Research is based on the results of audit; clinical audit is required first so that we can derive a set standard of care.
B.
Research is concerned with discovering the right thing to do; audit with ensuring the right thing is done.
C.
Research is concerned with making sure that the right practice is being implemented whilst clinical audit looks to discover what the right thing to do is.
D.
Audit is a key component of clinical governance and improvement in practice whilst research is confined to the scientific community.
7.
Donald Schon makes a distinction between reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action. Reflection-in-action can be defined as:
A.
Reflecting on an experience with a colleague whilst imagining that you are in the situation that you struggled with.
B.
Reflecting whilst during an experience to help overcome often unexpected challenges which may arise.
C.
Reflecting after the experience using a reflective framework such as the Gibbs cycle of reflection.
8.
Scanlon and Chermanas (1997): Three stages to reflect upon are:
A.
Description - Interpretation - Outcome
B.
Description - Evaluation - Action Plan
C.
Awareness - Reflection - New Perspective
D.
Feeling - Evaluation - Awareness
9.
According to the GDC a Dental Therapist should complete how many hours of CPD in their five year cycle?
A.
100
B.
75
C.
50
D.
80
10.
The minimum amount of CPD which should be completed over two years of the five year cycle is:
