Table 1.

Treatment (Item 16 [7]).

Graduates must know about andunderstand the principles of treatment including the following:
a.	How to evaluate effectiveness against evidence.
b.	How to take account of patients’ own views and beliefs when suggesting treatment options.
c.	The effective and safe use of medicines as a basis for prescribing, including side-effects, harmful interactions, antibiotic resistance and genetic indicators of the appropriateness of drugs.
d.	Providing surgical and perioperative care.
e.	Recognizing and managing acute illness.
f.	The care of people with recurrent and chronic illnesses and people with mental or physical disabilities.
g.	Rehabilitation, and care within institutions and the community.
h.	Relieving pain and distress.
i.	Palliative care, including care of the terminally ill.