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A policy is a guide which aims to deliver a specificoutcome and standardise the approach in specific situations

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A policy is set rules or principles adopted by an individual or organization.

There is one particular policy recently implemented in my organization that has caused some conflict. It requires medical interns to pass specific post-graduate exams as a prerequisite to starting their programme. This has reduced the number of interns on staff. The new policy differs from those used in other Caribbean countries with more established internship programmes.

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A policy is a set of rules and guidelines that govern an organization's behaviour and and management.

Policies can exist on many levels. For example, at my organization, there is a policy on how fast one may give potassium through a peripheral IV, a policy for how quickly inpatient consults must be seen, and a promotions policy for postgraduate education.

From my position as a junior doctor (pgy 2), and as the VP of my housestaff organization, my biggest problem with policies is the general lack of knowledge that they exist. There is a tendency from all levels to make up policies, or state that there simply isn't one in existence.

Another example of a problematic policy was the university's blood-borne pathogens policy, which required yearly testing and submission of results to the university. This generated malcontent, Particularly amongst surgical staff, who were unhappy that the university was getting extra health information from their residents. The policy has since been modified to come in line with the College of Physicians and Surgeons' policy.

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A policy is a set of guidelines that help governments and organisations reach their goals. Policies cover the whole spectrum of the health environment e.g. How to deal with an unexpected death in infancy, to staff uniform requirements.

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A policy is set of guidelines to achieve intended outcomes. These policies are used by organisations and governments to maintain and promote standards.
In our department there is a policy in action that states that all patients that are admitted from OPD should be given time for operations when they reach the ward. This creates chaos and misunderstandings as it is difficult to make patients understand that although they have been admitted but they still have to wait for the procedure. In my opinion better guideline needs to be proposed to handle this situation.

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A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol.
Different organisations have different policies in related to their core spirit and aim.

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What is a policy?
An action-plan for a particular scenario.
Some of the policies that shape my professional and educational landscapes?
Management of psychiatric patients on 'High dose antipsychotic medications' (HDAT).
Any problems?
They often regress to the mean in terms of their content; i.e. fine for barn-door, standard problems, but not for 'real-world' problems. Often complicated when other documents (e.g. 'guidance' or 'standards') also exist on the same subject area. Also complicated when institutions take it upon themselves to generate their own policy when there is a national/medical college/similar one available. I wish institutions would simply say, 'on this topic we defer to the xxxx College policy'. Why re-invent the wheel?

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A policy is a set of principles determined by the organization that provides structure and guidance towards achieving the intended outcome.
One professional policy in my workplace is the need for patients to be seen by the specialist with 4 weeks of referral. An example of an educational policy is to use competency milestones to assess residents in training. Policies are problematic when they are too rigid and do not take into account the restrictions and difficulties faced by individual groups.

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A policy to me is a strict approach an organisation develops to a particular issue relating to the organisation's employees or benefactors. It is usually, but not always, developed at high managerial levels.
The most basic institutional policy in the NHS is response to concerns. Every trust does this differently and it shapes the levels trust between staff, staff and managers and superiors and patients. It often leads to lack of clarity or resolution of problems and dismissal of concerns.
Another policy I encountered once was to divert all patients with nosebleeds to A&E. This often resulted in conflict, in the middle of the night, with an A&E registrar who would refuse to see the patient. This policy was clearly not accepted by all involved parties.

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A policy is a principle or rule that a team can follow but also that new members of a team will also be able to easily access and therefore do the same as the rest of the team. In theory policies are the same for everyone so as a group everyone will behave in the same way. The problem is that policies are not always 'owned' or even 'agreed' by the group and with individual creativity or ideas or principles there can be discord and undermining of well intentioned policies.

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What is a policy?

Principles by which organisations are guided.

Identify some of the policies that shape your professional and educational landscapes.

Are they problematic and how?

I am working in ED currently, so there are many policies for how certain conditions should be managed and who the appropriate speciality the referral should go to. The difficulty is when there is debate from the accepting team - for example my last hospital cellulitis in a patient without diabetes (for some reason) went to the ortho team, but cellulitis in a patient with diabetes it went to the medical team, which often led to confusion when the Doctors changed over.

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Policy: I see a policy as being a set of guidelines or ideas that govern an organization's actions.

Current policies that shape my organization include:
-Change to Competency based Medical Education
-Needing to see patients within 2 weeks of referral

I think policies are useful to help standardize things or help bring people into alignment. However, they can be problematic if we lose sight of them are a guideline and start using them as a "must". For example, in my situation, I think that not all cancer referrals are equally urgent and while some need to be seen within 2/52, not all of them do, but this policy is being used to force us to meet this arbitrary mark.

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A policy outlines a set guiding principles that an organisation intends it's members to follow.

A policy recently introduced in my workplace clarifying the flow of patients from the emergency department to other specialties has helped a great deal in clearing up confusion and argument that can arise when there is a difference of opinion - the policy makes the course of action clear.

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A policy (from polis, meaning city or state) is a guideline, instruction or rule designed to promote "good governance" or "good management." It is designed to direct an individual or group of individuals into actions that are for the greater good of the organization or society.

Some policies do not acknowledge the realities of practice - for instance, our organization has a policy that bars inpatients from going to an outpatient clinic to receive a simple procedure (such as a bone marrow biopsy or lumbar puncture). Because patients are often in crowded, multi-bed rooms where conditions are unsafe for procedures (and certainly not private), procedures can be delayed while trying to find a safe inpatient space for the procedures to be performed. This policy, which well-intentioned, does not take into account the realities of our current practice. There are several such policies ingrained in institutional policy that may benefit from critical review and thoughtful revision.

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To me, a policy is a statement produced by an organisation, which is often published publically, that reflects its values and instructs and guides its workers on what they should be doing, the gold standard as such.

The difficulty I have had, working for a cash-strapped mental health trust, is that we are often asked to make resource-saving decisions by managers which are not entirely keeping with trust policy. This can leave team members feeling pulled in different directions and open to complaints.

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Policy - set of instructions/plans/ideas produced by an organisation e.g. government, NHS which may have been set out in their vision statement.

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A policy is a set of principles issued by an organization guiding individuals towards desired outcomes.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has issued a new policy regarding residency training in Canada. This policy is better known under the name of 'Competency by Design'. Training programs across Canada are required to build curricula that will enable residents to attain specific milestones throughout their training. It is common knowledge that very few programs are ready to embrace this change, but I do believe it will benefit residents physicians and, ultimately, the society. It is better to train towards reaching measurable outcomes than towards passing a written and/or an oral exam...

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Policy is the guiding principle(s) that help a group or organization to reach their stated goals/outcomes. It is the framework through which a group carries out their mission.

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A policy is a statement issued by the organization, to serve as guideline, or a framework, for a particular subject, so people can respect and follow, to
achieve organizational mission, and to protect the staff against any legal liability.

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A policy is a principle or principles to help guide an organisation or individuals working in an organisation.

For Paramedics in the UK we are exposed to a number of key polices - for example the healthcare care professions council set a policy of conduct, ethics and performance which guides our professional practice.

Problems do stem from the multiple policies (and procedures) that guide an individual - sometimes it is difficult to keep abreast of the many variations.

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Policy - a set of instructions on expected behaviour in certain circumstances.

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A policy is a set of actions or plans set up for a group of people to follow in order to achieve an agreed outcome.
We have an Ontario provincial government policy, OADA (Accessiblility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act). This affects many areas of life. It has an impact on us as educators. One of the way the college is going to comply with the Act's requirements is that as of 2020, to have all courses adopt UDL. This is not a problem in theory in that it benefits both the students and the educators. The problems lie in having the time to adopt this and in motivating staff that do not want to make changes.

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A policy is a guide on the way an issue should be managed. Sometimes there is a degree of flexibility within that policy, and sometimes they need to be followed by the letter.

Policies:
We have a policy on the way in which suspected testicular torsion is managed between general surgery, urology and paeds surgery. This exists, but there is a degree of flexibility built in as some consultants and trainees are happy to manage these patients and some are not. This flexibility leads to a degree of confusion from A&E through to the general surgical middle grade as your decision is altered by which consultant is on call. This is highly frustrating as it can add to work load and slow the patient's management.