Formative (2)

Question 1

Define expert patient

Answer 1

Patient/carer has an in-depth knowledge of their condition. (This is an untapped resource)

Question 2

What might influence the general public’s uptake of medical care?

Answer 2

• Peers
• Internet
• TV
• Health magazine
• GP leaflets.

Question 3

Define health literacy

Answer 3

People having the knowledge, skills, understanding and confidence to use health information, to be active partners in their care, and to navigate health and social care systems.

Question 4

List the 3 aims of SIGN guidelines.

Answer 4

• help health and social care professionals and patients understand medical evidence and use it to make decisions about healthcare
• reduce unwanted variations in practice
• improve healthcare across Scotland

Question 5

Give 5 examples of epidemiological data.

Answer 5

• Mortality data
• Cancer statistics
• Accident statistics
• Hospital activity statistics
• Drug misuse databases

Question 6

Give 3 confounding factors.

Answer 6

• age
• sex
• social class

Question 7

What is a confounding factor?

Answer 7

One which is associated independently with both the disease and with the exposure under investigation and so distorts the relationship between the exposure and the disease.

Question 8

List 6 reasons for today’s healthcare trends which are not directly related to health care problems.

Answer 8

• decrease in birth rates
• improvements in:
  
  • housing
  • water supplies
  • sanitation
  • nutrition
  • safety

Question 9

List 5 societal implications of an elderly population

Answer 9

• increased demand for home carers
• increased demand for care homes
• increased housing demands
• increased workload for family carers
• increased unemployment in the young

Question 10

Financial implications of being a carer

Answer 10

• working less hours so less income
• cuts back on food and heating
• health being affected
• missing out on benefits

Question 11

2 legal issues which may be in the ACP of any patient?

Answer 11

• Financial power of attorney
• Welfare power of attorney