Diagnosis in the ER
Activity
Clinical Exposure
Clinical Exposure
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
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
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]
