Fitness to Practise (FtP) Activities in U.K.

Predictors of fitness to practise declarations in UK medical undergraduates.

BACKGROUND Misconduct during medical school predicts subsequent fitness to practise (FtP) events in doctors, but relatively little is known about which factors are associated with such issues during undergraduate education. This study exploits the newly created UK medical education database (UKMED), with the aim of identifying predictors of conduct or health-related issues that could potentiall...

Fitness to Practise Panel

Understanding pre-registration nursing fitness to practise processes.

BACKGROUND Protection of the public is a key aspect of pre-registration nursing education and UK Nursing and Midwifery Council monitoring processes. Universities must ensure that nursing students are "fit to practise" both during their programme and at the point of registration. However, current evidence suggests that institutional fitness to practise policies and processes can be inconsistent,...

Impairment of fitness to practise: has the pendulum swung?

Practitioners and their legal advisers have struggled to interpret the nebulous concept of impairment of fitness to practise since its introduction in November 2004. Impairment of fitness to practise is not defined in the legislation or in the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004. This has led to competing arguments being raised before Fitness to Practise Panels regarding bo...

Physiotherapy clinical educators’ perceptions of student fitness to practise

BACKGROUND Health professional students are expected to maintain Fitness to Practise (FTP) including clinical competence, professional behaviour and freedom from impairment (physical/mental health). FTP potentially affects students, clinicians and clients, yet the impact of supervising students across the spectrum of FTP issues remains relatively under-reported. This study describes clinical ed...