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Objective
Clerkship Objectives
Demonstrate an approach to patients presenting to the ED with the following problems (including basic differential diagnosis, initial investigations, and initial treatments):

Curriculum Block

Clerkship / Emergency Medicine Rotation
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AFMC Entrustable Professional Activities
2. Formulate and justify a prioritized differential diagnosis 3. Formulate an initial plan of investigation based on the diagnostic hypotheses
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Curriculum Block
Clerkship Emergency Medicine Rotation
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
MCC Blueprint
Assessment/Diagnosis Acute
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care.
MeSH
Emergency Treatment [E02.365]

Related Objectives

Parent Objective

EM Medical Expert (presenting problem) Competencies:

Child Objectives
  • Chest pain
  • Shortness of breath
  • Abdominal pain
  • Headache
  • Abnormal behavior (psychosis, delirium, intoxication, violence).
  • Minor trauma / MSK injuries (including fracture / dislocation/ sprain). Explain the ABCDE approach to major and minor trauma, identify resuscitative priorities and recognize injuries which require acute management.
  • Dizziness / vertigo
  • Poisoning
  • Shock - Recognize shock and predict underlying etiology (distributive, cardiogenic, hypovolemic, obstructive).
  • Loss of consciousness (syncope)
  • Anaphylaxis / severe allergic reaction
  • Altered level of consciousness - including the recognition and management of acute stroke
  • Seizure
  • Cardiorespiratory arrest
  • Head injury - minor
  • Fever
  • Cardiac dysrhythmias. Synthesize ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) algorithms, recognize unstable ACLS states and use ACLS algorithms to guide treatment.
  • Vaginal bleeding - pregnant
  • Burns - minor / major
  • Urinary symptoms
  • Neck and back pain
  • Eye pain (including red eye)
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