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GP Stage 3 Written Prioritisation Exercise 13 Answers
You are a surgical SHO presented with the following tasks. You are due to go on holiday this evening and are required to leave promptly in one hour, in order to catch your flight.
A. A post-operative patient requires their warfarin re-prescribed.
B. A patient who was admitted with abdominal pain likely secondary to ‘anxiety’ is reporting chest pain. The patient was due to be discharged shortly.
C. The consultant has requested that notes for a patient he is seeing in his outpatient clinic be urgently brought from the ward.
D. A GP has called requesting to speak to a ward doctor. The GP would like further clarification about a discharge letter for a recently discharged patient.
E. You have just observed one of the FY1s shout at a patient on the ward. You recall that the patient has previously been challenging to manage.
A. A post-operative patient requires their warfarin re-prescribed.
B. A patient who was admitted with abdominal pain likely secondary to ‘anxiety’ is reporting chest pain. The patient was due to be discharged shortly.
C. The consultant has requested that notes for a patient he is seeing in his outpatient clinic be urgently brought from the ward.
D. A GP has called requesting to speak to a ward doctor. The GP would like further clarification about a discharge letter for a recently discharged patient.
E. You have just observed one of the FY1s shout at a patient on the ward. You recall that the patient has previously been challenging to manage.
1. Rank the issues in the order in which you intend to deal with them
2. Justify your decisions and describe what actions you would take
3. Answer the following three questions
2. Justify your decisions and describe what actions you would take
3. Answer the following three questions
- What did you find challenging?
- What did you learn about yourself?
- How will you apply what you have learnt?
