Transition to Clerkship for Facilitators

Transition to Clerkship Overview ~7 minutes Orientation for facilitators will be held in person on April 29, 2024. Members of MedTech will be in attendance on May 6 for technical assistance. Workflow Details As usual, CBL sessions will be delivered as eBooks (via Jamf to your iPads right before your sessions) and on E.Flo MD […]

Pre-Rounding Checklist

“Pre-rounding” is the medical education term for being prepared to discuss your hospitalized patients with your clinical supervisor (attending physician) on rounds. “Rounds” is the term for seeing, examining, and discussing next steps as a team for all the hospitalized patients on a particular service (or the responsibility of an attending physician). Rounds can take […]

SOAP note guidance from APM

You have learned that the complete patient database contains the patient history, physical examination, all relevant/known investigative data, and importantly, the assessment and plan. . . . Remember that the function of the medical record is to communicate with yourself, and to communicate with others on the health care team. That goes for your assessment […]

CONSULT Mnemonic Card

Tap each letter to view the mnemonic. C O N S U L T Contact the consultant courteously. Caller’s name, training level, team, “I am requesting a CONSULT please….” Orient. Patient name. Medical record number (MRN). Floor and bed. Code status. Narrow question. Ask a focused question regarding diagnosis (workup, procedures) and/or management (treatments, pre-op). […]

Checklist for Consulting Surgery

download this checklist For emergent consultations (i.e.: surgical emergencies that require immediate beside surgical intervention/presence), best to page the surgical consultant with the specific needs and the patient’s location (e.g., tension pneumothorax, surgical airway). Necessary for urgent and routine consultations Brief patient summary sentence: 74 y.o. man with acute cholecystitis, septic shock Clinical question: Should […]

Transition to Clerkship Resources

There is a variety of resources here—different ones will be relevant for different patients whom you encounter in Wesford. Medication Reconciliation Demonstration How to write orders Illness script Normal reference ranges for lab values during pregnancy Ob/gyn tools Pediatric reference ranges How to use SimCapture EMR/EHR EMR/EHR login information Please use Chrome See our tech […]