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Diagnosis in the ER
Activity
Clinical Exposure

Curriculum Block

Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
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Objectives

Clerkship Objectives
  • Describe a basic differential diagnosis including the significant worst-case diagnosis for every patient assessed.
  • Demonstrate a basic ability to distinguish seriously ill or injured patients from those with minor conditions.
  • Distinguish which conditions are life-threatening or emergent from those that are less urgent.
  • Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and initiate treatment of the undifferentiated patient.
  • Describe the concept of triage and prioritization of care, including paraphrasing the use of Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Recognize that certain groups of patients require a high index of suspicion for serious illness (e.g.,immunocompromised, chronic renal failure, transplant, extremes of age, intoxicated, and diabetes).

Assessments

Preceptor Evaluation
  • Emergency Medicine Daily Evaluation

Tags

CanMEDS Roles
Medical Expert
Curriculum Block
Clerkship Emergency Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
General MCC Objectives
Clinical Judgement And Decision-Making
Level Of Competence
Does - Clerkship
McMaster Professional Competency
Clinical Skills Medical Decision Making
MeSH
Diagnosis, Differential [E01.171]

Related Activities

The following activities occur in the same curriculum block:

  • EM Medical Expert (presenting problems)
  • Emergency Medicine Manager
  • Procedural Skills in the ER
  • Interpretive skills in the ER
  • Communication Skills in the ER
  • Managing Acute Illness in the ER
  • Shock and Sepsis in the Emergency Department
  • Approach to Trauma and Burns
  • Approach to Toxicology

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