Fever x 24 hours in a Patient Living in Long-Term Care
Activity
Clinical Skills Sessions
You are on a rural family medicine clerkship rotation. In addition to working in a family medicine clinic, your preceptor works in the ER, assists in the OR and has patients in the community’s Long-Term Care Facility (LTC). LTC can collect bloodwork to be sent offsite and can check urine dipsticks at the bedside. Imaging tests would require transfer of the patient offsite. Your preceptor’s clinic receives a message from the community LTC facility. The RN working on the LTC unit, Nate, shares that a patient under the care of your preceptor, Morgan Wright, has a new onset of fever x 24 hours, where the RN is concerned about the patient’s health. Your preceptor is busy with a patient in the clinic and asks you to take the call to complete an initial assessment, with a low threshold to call for help if you are concerned.

Curriculum Block

Transition to Clerkship / Week 3
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Objectives

Activity Objectives

Tags

CanMEDS Roles
Communicator
Curriculum Block
Transition to Clerkship Week 3
Curriculum Week
Transition to Clerkship Week 3
Discipline
Family medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Palliative care
General MCC Objectives
Communication Skills
MCC Presentations
Fever and Hyperthermia Major/Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia)
McMaster Professional Competency
Clinical Skills
MeSH
Clinical Competence [I02.399.630.210] Dementia [C10.228.140.380] Fever [C23.888.119.344] Frail Elderly [M01.060.116.100.540] Long-Term Care [N02.421.585.476] Medical History Taking [E01.370.510] Palliative Care [E02.760.666] Palliative Care [N02.421.585.666] Patient Care Planning [N04.590.233.624]

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