1.4 Demonstrating Personal Qualities - Acting with Integrity

Doctors show leadership through acting with integrity: behaving in an open, honest and ethical manner.

Competent doctors:

  • Uphold personal and professional ethics and values, taking into account the values of the organisation and the culture, beliefs and abilities of individuals
  • Communicate effectively with individuals, appreciating their social, cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds and their age, gender and abilities
  • Value, respect and promote equality and diversity
  • Take appropriate action if ethics and values are compromised.

For more information on how these competences are applied, please click on Undergraduate, Postgraduate or Continuing Practice.