Box 5
List of the management subjects in the curriculum for the examination for Faculty of A&E medicine giving the references where these are covered in SIMS. The numbers indicate the SIMS article, the suffix “e” indicates the information is in the internet section, “T” indicates the subject has been covered in detail in a “time out section” of the paper journal
| Organisation and administration of the A&E service | 1,1e,3e,4T,4e,8e,10e,T11. |
| Clinical audit and risk management | 1e,T8. |
| Educational development of all staff | 1e,2e,3e,7e,8e,T9 |
| Health education | |
| Accident prevention | |
| Organisational issues and quality standards | 1e,T4. |
| Manpower and skill mix | 1e,T4 |
| Patient dignity and privacy | 7e,T8,8e |
| Ethical issues and confidentiality | 4e,6,7e,T8,8e |
| Major incident planning/procedures/practice | 11,11e,T12 |
| Common Law and confidentiality | 6 |
| Children Act | 8,9eT10 |
| Mental Health Act | 4e |
| Health and Safety at Work Act | |
| Road Traffic Act | |
| Data Protection Act | |
| Access to Health Records Act | |
| Patients’ Charter (NHS plan) | 5e,T4 |
| NHS and Community Care Act | |
| Role of the coroner | 9e,T11 |
| Organ/tissue donation | |
| Hospital Complaint Procedure Act | see complaints |
| Equal opportunities | see staff management |
| Department policies/procedures | 4e,5e,T6,7e,T2,9e,T10 |
| Staff management (manpower/personnel procedures) | 1e,T2,2e,3e,4e,6e,T6,7e,8 |
| Equipment (choosing to ordering) | 4e,5e,6e |
| Resource management/clinical budgeting | 1e,T7,T9 |
| Contracting/standards setting | 1e,3e,T4 |
| Information technology | Using the internet |
| Clinical audit/quality monitoring | 1e,4e,T8 |
| Compliments/complaints | 1e,2e,3e,T3,4e,5e,9e,T10 |
| Medicolegal statements | 3e,4e,5e,6e,7e |
| Committee work | 8e,T9 |
| Liaising with other agencies | 2e,4e,5,5e,6e |
| Public relations/media | 6e,7,9e,T10,10e |
| Major incident planning/exercises | 11,T12 |
| Leadership | T12 |
| Reliability | |
| Teamwork | T4,T5 |
