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Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
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Objectives

Clerkship Objectives
  • Demonstrate the ability to rapidly recognize and initiate basic management of acute life- or limb-threatening illness or injury
  • Describe a basic differential diagnosis including the significant worst-case diagnosis for every patient assessed.
  • Demonstrate a basic systematic, prioritized approach to resuscitation and stabilization of emergencies.
  • Demonstrate a basic ability to distinguish seriously ill or injured patients from those with minor conditions.

Tags

Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Clerkship Emergency Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
General MCC Objectives
Clinical Judgement And Decision-Making Management Skills
McMaster Program Competencies
1.2 Organize and prioritize responsibilities to provide care that is safe, effective, and efficient 1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
MeSH
Diagnosis, Differential [E01.171] Emergency Treatment [E02.365] Medical History Taking [E01.370.510] Medical Records [L01.280.900.968] Medical Records [N04.452.859.564] Physical Examination [E01.370.600]

Related Activities

The following activities occur in the same curriculum block:

  • EM Medical Expert (presenting problems)
  • Diagnosis in the ER
  • 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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