Emergency Medicine: Aids to Clinical Decision Making
Activity
e-Learning Module
By the end of this session students should be able to: Critically appraise at least one clinical decision rule or tool fully and be able to explain its application and limitations; Identify the role of clinical decision rules in the management of key disorders presenting to the emergency department; Discuss the role of clinical decision rules in ensuring judicious use or preventing misuse of certain outcomes, such as diagnostic test usage (e.g. PERC to decrease use of D-Dimer, or some of the Ottawa rules for decreasing X-rays); Deliver an effective oral presentation; Critique peers’ presentations and presentation style.

Curriculum Block

Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
- Indicates most relevant

Objectives

Clerkship Objectives

Assessments

e-Learning Module Completion

Tags

Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
C2LEO
Scholar
CanMEDS Roles
Communicator Leader/Manager Scholar
Curriculum Block
Clerkship Emergency Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
General MCC Objectives
Clinical Judgement And Decision-Making Communication Skills Critical Appraisal/Medical Economics Management Skills
McMaster Professional Competency
Clinical Skills Effective Communication Medical Decision Making
McMaster Program Competencies
1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment
MeSH
Clinical Decision-Making [E01.055] Decision Support Systems, Clinical [L01.700.508.300.190] Decision Support Techniques [E05.245] Emergency Medical Services [N02.421.297] Practice Guideline [V02.515.500] Practice Guidelines as Topic [N05.700.350.650]