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Chaperone Training

 

 

This training session is specifically designed for health care workers.

 

 

 

This training session outlines the procedures for appropriately chaperoning patients during examinations, investigations and care. It is largely based on the Model Chaperone Framework published by the NHS Clinical Governance Support Team, in June 2005.

 

Course Content

 

  • The Principles of good practice

  • Consent

  • Who may chaperone

  • What is a chaperone

  • When should a clinician offer a chaperone

  • How will patients know about the use of chaperones

  • The chaperone policy checklist

  • What is meant by the term chaperone

  • What is an intimate examination

  • Why chaperones need to be present

  • The rights of the patient

  • Roles and responsibilities

  • The policy and mechanism for raising concerns

  • The practical aspect of chaperoning

  • Basic knowledge of intimate examinations

  • Overview factsheet from the Medical Protection Society about chaperoning

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