
ePortfolio
Your eportfolio is a tool to store and record evidence that demonstrates your progress, clinical competencies and reflections. Try to
Your eportfolio is a tool to store and record evidence that demonstrates your progress, clinical competencies and reflections. Try to
Thanks to Geeky Medics for an excellent video demonstration Equipment Gloves Alcohol wipe Cotton wool/ gauze ABG syringe (ensure it
Mental Capacity is the ability to make your own decisions at the time at which the decision needs to be
Equipment Gloves Hand sanitiser Alcohol wipe Tourniquet Cotton wool/ gauze Needle Syringe or vacutainer Blood bottles Specimen bag Plaster or
As an FY1 you should not be expected to make decisions regarding treatment escalation and DNAR, but you may need
Demonstration video thanks to Geeky Medics Equipment Gloves Hand sanitiser Tourniquet Appropriate size cannula Alcohol swab Gauze Syringe 0.9% sodium
Dying is a natural process and unfortunately, something that we all come across in our daily jobs, including whilst on
These patients have the potential to become haemodynamically unstable extremely quickly; try to avoid delays in reviewing them. In-hospital mortality
Sepsis is an infection with evidence of organ dysfunction. Septic shock is when a patient with sepsis is hypotensive despite
It is common for FY1s to feel anxious & feel like they’re not ready to start. We expect you to
Expect many bleeps about hypotension from concerned nursing staff. It is a useful way to flag up which patients might
I’m going to try and be as generic as possible so that hopefully these tips work across different specialities and
Acute confusion, otherwise known as delirium, is very common in hospitals: 20-30% on medical wards, and between 10-50% of those
Handover occurs between shifts to ensure everyone is up to speed with patients. The exact nature of how it occurs
When I supervise and teach FY1s, prescribing is in the top three things they are most concerned about. Usually, they’re
Frequently patients wish to self-discharge from hospitals. This article pertains to adult patients only (18y+) and these patients can be
Hyperglycaemia is something you will encounter frequently. In this article, we focus on how to approach hyperglycaemia and identify diabetic
SLEs are supervised learning events that include Mini-CEX (mini clinical evaluation exercise) CBD (case-based discussion) DOPS (direct observation of procedural
Requesting scans can be a scary daily occurrence for new doctors. It is one of few times where you liaise
As a junior doctor, you will frequently look after patients prior to and after their operation. You may be asked
As an F1, you will quite frequently get bleeped to review a patient who has had a fall on the
As an FY1, you will be called to review hypoxic ward patients. Here we discuss common causes of generalised hypoxia
When assessing pain, ensure you begin by taking a history to characterise the pain as neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain and
There are certain situations where you need to prescribe IV fluids which vary from fluid resuscitation to maintenance fluids if
It takes time to get used to the ward round. Particularly, when patients are being seen so fast it seems