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Competency 5

Competency 5 – Relationships with patients: Legal and ethical issues
Competency 5 – Relationships with patients:Recognise the potential for conflicts of interest
Competency 5 – Relationships with patients:Understand how occupational health is organised
Competency 5 – Relationships with patients: Identify potential areas of conflict between interested parties
Competency 5 – Relationships with patients:Recognise the potential pitfalls of inappropriate occupational health practice

Competency 5

Area of competence	Knowledge	Skills
Competency 5 – Relationships with patients: maintaining trust, ethical and legal issues download full text for this competency
Objective - to have the knowledge, skills and attitudes to cope with ethical and legal issues in the management of patients with occupational problems
Key Message: Personal health and safety is vitally important for all medical students and doctors
Legal and ethical issues	Recognise the potential for conflicts of interest between the employer and employee and the occupational health service Understand how occupational health is organised in the UK and outline the requirements of health and safety regulations, civil compensation and disability discrimination law	Identify potential areas of conflict between interested parties Recognise the potential pitfalls of inappropriate occupational health practice
Resources	Powerpoint presentations: Is your patient fit for work? Stakeholders and standards HSE, Health and Safety Law and Appointed/Approved Doctors

Education & Training

The Faculty offers both specialist and non-specialist qualifications in occupational medicine and related subjects.

Publications, policy, guidance & consultations

The Faculty produces, and regularly updates, a range of publications on occupational health and medicine. It also acts as an authoritative voice, responding to consultations and publishing position papers on the topics of the day.

Health at Work

A key aim of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine is to improve health in the workplace by providing sound sources of advice and information for employees and employers.

Standards for occupational health services

As part of its commitment to improving the quality of practice in occupational health, the Faculty runs the Health and Work Development Unit and SEQOHS, the accreditation system for occupational health services.

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