He who smelt it, dealt it.
Yes, it’s that time of year again, it’s the time to get all hot under the collar about accreditation.
But do you know your accreditation onions?
Take Prof Candid’s quiz and find out.
1. This is a computer. But what is a computer used for?
A. It’s used to document clinical consultations and access lab and radiology results
B. It’s used to run Windows 95
C. It’s smoked in order to introduce class A drugs into the human body
D. If computers are so clever why don’t they ever remember their own stupid passwords?
2. Why is it important for a patient to be able to access up to date information about the practice?
A. So the patient doesn’t go to the wrong practice
B. So the patient does go to the wrong practice
C. So the patient knows where to send a complaint
3. It is important to speak the same language as your patient. But why is it so important?
A. So you can share a whimsical story about a hat-wearing badger called Barnaby Brock
B. So that you can communicate complex medical ideas to your patient
C. I don’t know I haven’t really thought about it, maybe I should learn a bit of Polish
4.
This is a can of coke, or rather it was a can of coke before someone drank all of the coke out of it, and now it’s just a can. But where does the can belong?
A. In the bin
B. In the correct bin
C. In the ocean, where it can suffocate a dolphin
5. You have accidentally printed off the patient’s entire record. You didn’t know pressing that button would print off the whole file, you just wanted a summary and now you can’t stop the printer, it’s gone feral, stupid bloody thing!
But what do you do with the patient’s file once all 3000 pages have been printed off?
Do you:
A. Shred it
B. Wheel all 15 kilos of it into the practice managers office and offer an apology
C. Take it down to the beach at midnight and burn it
6. Has your practice vertically integrated governance and management systems that maintain care quality improvement, assurance, and participatory consensual oriented systems?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Eh??
7. Do all members of your practice understand their role in the practice? For example, is your nurse
A. A nurse
B. A doctor
C. A receptionist
D. A practice manager
E. None of the above
F. Sometimes all of the above
9. Having easy access to PPE, hand cleaning facilities and sterilising equipment is important because:
A. Coughs and sneezes prevent diseases
B. Ring a ring o’ roses a pocket full of posies
C. An apple a day keeps the doctor away
D. It has been shown in double blind randomised control trials to reduce the incidence of face nage
10. You open a drawer in your consulting room and find this
Is this:
A. Acceptable
B. Unacceptable
C. Oh I wondered where my speculum went!
