Curriculum Objective
Objective
Activity Objectives
Activity Objectives
TTC Clinical Skills
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Related Objectives
Parent Objective
Child Objectives
- To practice a focused history and physical exam for a patient presenting with chest pain, dyspnea and nausea/vomiting, with a focus on the cardiac, respiratory and abdominal exam.
- To review the “can’t miss” diagnoses of chest pain.
- To practice 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Interpretation.
- To discuss initial in-office management for a patient with concern for a patient presenting with acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) prior to transfer to hospital.
- To learn and practice the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) tool for verbal handover of patient care.
- To learn and to practice the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) tool for written handover of patient care.
- To practice holding a goals of care discussion with a capable patient using the Serious Illness Conversation Guide framework.
- To practice communicating serious illness news to a substitute decision maker over the phone.
- To practice a detailed substance use history.
- To practice a focused history and exam for a patient presenting with abnormal vital signs, with a focus on infection.
- To discuss decompensating events in liver cirrhosis and their management.
- To discuss initial in-office management for a patient who is clinically unstable, including transfer to acute care.
- To review a differential diagnosis for fever.
- To practice a focused assessment of a patient over the telephone in coordination with a visiting nurse.
- To review non-verbal signs of pain for patients unable to communicate verbally (e.g. for patients with delirium).
- To review common medications used for control of symptoms in end-of-life care
- To practice holding a goals of care discussion using the Serious Illness Conversation Guide framework.
- To practice the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) tool for verbal handover of patient care.
- To practice the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) tool for written handover of patient care.
- To discuss patient-centered care for patients who use drugs, including harm reduction principles.
- To practice using common clinical tools helpful in a palliative care assessment, including the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS), and Palliative Performance Scale
- To practice a palliative care assessment, including symptom assessment, detailed social and functional history
