Fundamental Traits of Ethical and Capable Medical Doctors: The Cyprus Medical Association Directives

1. Dr Petros Agathangelou
President of the
Cyprus Medical Association
Telephone:22316874, 22316812 / Fax: 22316937
cyma@pis.cyma.org.cy
Fundamental Traits of Ethical and Capable Medical
Doctors: The Cyprus Medical Association Directives
Cyprus Medical Association

2. The Cyprus Medical Association…
 was established in 1967.
 represents all practicing physicians in Cyprus.
 At present, the Cyprus Medical Association has
approximately 3100.
 The main aim is to secure comprehensive and complete
health care services to the patients of our island.

3. Ethics are not optional in medicine
• They are an essential and vital part of health
care.
• A common ethical code is potentially
valuable.
• According to the state law the Cyprus Medical
Association has an Ethical code that
channels the physicians on how they could
exercise their profession for the wellbeing of
their patients.

4. Ethics are not optional in medicine
• CyMA’s code of Deontology describes the
ethical environment for the delivery of health
care and reflects its character and general
approach.
• The ethical code tries to make subjective
aspects of care more objective or separate
value from practical situations.
• It is in the nature of the work of professions
that will engage individual responsibility for
ethical practice.

5. Ethics are not optional in medicine
• Ethical codes can give shape and structure
to our moral environment and summarise
our ethical position while leaving ethical
responsibility with the individual practitioner.
• But what it cannot do is to provide the
certain answers for the many ethical
problems encountered in the course of
medical practice

6. Ethics are not optional in medicine
• The Hippocratic Oath is perhaps the best
known code of this kind, and is still
administered in many medical schools
worldwide.
• Medical Schools have an important role in
order to enhance the knowledge of the
medical students in regards to the
fundamental values of the medical
profession, before they start their career.

7. Ethics are not optional in medicine
• On the other hand the Medical Ethical Code is
not something static. It has to develop through
time and incorporate new concerns that are
rising through the development of the Medical
profession.

8. Continuous Medical Development
• Professional development is a prerequisite element for the progress
and improvement of any professional that wants to become and
remain at the top of his profession.
• The technological developments but also the demand from a
physician to acquire other administrative and/ or professional skills,
creates the need for continuous medical development through
specialized interdisciplinary educational and academic courses.

9. Continuous Medical Development
• The changes and the developments
needed to incorporate, in order for a
physician or for clinical units to remain up
to date and improve their productivity, are
various and multi - sectoral.
• Thus, the professionals in the healthcare
sector have the need to follow and
acquire new knowledge and skills in order
to implement modern methods and
policies compatible with the modern
needs of their patients.

10. Continuous Medical Development
• Bridges must be built and models must be
integrated to be truly effective. Therefore,
through time, new interdisciplinary courses
were developed, focusing in the healthcare
clinical management.

11. Continuous Medical Development
 Those advance interdisciplinary courses are
trying to join together different fields of studies
in order to address the specialized needs of
the healthcare sector.
 Those courses have provided essential
information, standards, criteria, and policies
that define what it means to be a modern and
efficient healthcare provider.

12. Continuous Medical Development
 Furthermore, the healthcare providers, through
the knowledge that they will acquire can utilize
practical strategies in order to enhance changes
as an addition to their activities/educational
interventions.
 The providers can also build bridges with other
stakeholders through collaboration and
cooperation, and participate within an institutional
or system framework for quality improvement.

13. Continuous Medical Development
• The interdisciplinary management courses
offers a new way to understand
organizational dynamics
• Provides insights on how we can provide high
quality care, by suggesting new targets for
improvement.
• New management practices can serve as
tools for altering and improving the efficiency
and effectiveness of an organization by
increasing the rate of information flow,
change the nature of interconnections, and
provide cognitive diversity.
• New management practices and self-
organization skills are directly related to
better outcomes.

14. Continuous Medical Development
• As the President of the Cyprus Medical
Association, but also as a physician, I believe
that we have an obligation towards our
patients to constantly seek for further
knowledge, skills and abilities in order to
provide safe and effective patient care within
the scope of our professional medical
practice. Activities like this one enhance the
knowledge and the status of physicians
working in Cyprus.

15. Dr Petros Agathangelou
President of the
Cyprus Medical Association
Telephone: 22316874, 22316812 / Fax: 22316937
cyma@pis.cyma.org.cy
Cyprus Medical Association
Thank you for your time
Fundamental Traits of Ethical and Capable Medical
Doctors: The Cyprus Medical Association Directives