Assessor
PGY4+
Due
Week 4
Requirement
Choose 1 of ED2/3/4
What Assessors Look For
•Structured approach to undifferentiated unwell patient
•Appropriate investigations ordered with clinical reasoning
•Recognition of time-critical conditions (sepsis, ACS, PE, stroke)
•Safe prescribing and management initiation
•Appropriate escalation and disposition planning
Key Points to Demonstrate
1ABCDE assessment with simultaneous resuscitation
2Focused history: presenting complaint, red flags, PMHx, medications, allergies
3Targeted examination based on presentation
4Investigations: bloods (FBC, UEC, LFT, lactate, VBG), ECG, imaging as indicated
5Sepsis: recognize early, take cultures, give antibiotics within 1 hour
6Shock: identify type (hypovolaemic, cardiogenic, distributive, obstructive)
Tips for Success
- 💡Think out loud - explain why you're ordering each test
- 💡Prioritize time-critical diagnoses and rule them out first
- 💡Know your hospital's sepsis pathway and chest pain pathway