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Block 10

Clinical Experience Block 10

Arrive no later than 12:50 p.m. on your scheduled PCL Clinical Experience session or you are at risk for losing professionalism points. Bring your personal computer and stethoscope. 

BLOCK 10 OBJECTIVES & ASSESSMENTS

Jump to: Schedule of the Day  Telemedicine Patient Encounter Clinical Procedures Ultrasound

Schedule of the Day

12:50-12:55 PM

ZOOM ORIENTATION

  • Make sure you use the QR Code to sign in!
  • Orientation for the 2nd years

12:55-1:40 PM

  • 2nd years doing RUSH (IVC, lung, cardiac) *staff assist*
  • Must save PSLA for post quiz in D2L
  • Intro to PCE: Dr. Broughton's lecture for 1st years

  INFORMED CONSENT   ULTRASOUND DEBRIEF BLOCK 10    IMAGE UPLOAD  

1:45-3:25 PM

Telemedicine Encounters (1:45 or 2:35 start) 

  • PPE Competency From (2nd year completes)
  • There will be extra time to set up Amwell Now and review workflow of the day (How to prep for your telemedicine visit, EMR, SOAP, Documentation)

AMWELL NOW      SOAP PRESENTATION DEBRIEF 

CITRIX ACCESS    STAFF DOCUMENTATION QUALTRICS SURVEY

Clinical Procedures  (1:45 & 2:35 start) 

  • PPE donning and doffing

3:25-3:50 PM

Orientation to Diagnostic Ultrasound and Consent

  • Join zoom link again or watch here: Zoom recording 

ZOOM ORIENTATION

  • Willingness to be scanned survey (only M1s)

3:50-4:40 PM

  • 1st years ultrasound blue blocks (2nd years will assist and perform US debrief with 1st year students)
  • Must save short access view of vessel with measurements for post quiz and D2L

  INFORMED CONSENT   ULTRASOUND DEBRIEF BLOCK 1    IMAGE UPLOAD  

Telemedicine Patient Encounters

REFRESH

  • Review Medical Student Note Writing
  • Review 'Follow up' Chronic Issue Note
  • Review Telemedicine Coding Video-Dr. Robbie Broughton
  • EMR Training: 
    • Review EMR Training Videos: If you have not completed a medicine history reconciliation or updated social history of your patient, please attempt to do so during this block.
  • NOTE: Remember you must get a 2.5 or 3 on your documentation feedback for block 9 or 10. Reviewing the below should set you up for success to receive a 2.5 or 3 on your feedback.  
    • Review Note Template Documentation Video (recommend playing at 1.5-2X speed)
    • Review PCL Note Template with minor additions to assist with chronic disease/ primary care note documentation
    • Review SP Note from Block 7 NAFLD Example

PREWORK REQUIRED

  • Watch Mentoring Video
  • Review your patient's medical history and prepare for your telemedicine patient encounter
  • Recommend choosing a neurological issue to review (Example: Migraines, Neuropathy, CVA history, seizures)
  • Review Telehealth Physical Exams: Neurological - Old Dominion University (Focus on "Cranial Nerve Exam" for Block 9 and review the "Comprehensive Neuro Telehealth Exam" for Block 10)

POSTWORK

  • Review mentee(s) note and offered feedback 
  • Complete your patient's note (may use M1s note and edit) by 5:00 PM 48 hours after the day of your patient encounter and sign/submit your note to Clinical Experience Preceptor for signature.  Submit to all others as a reviewer: PCL preceptor, primary care physician, and partner.  If have SP encounter, send note the PCE preceptor, PCL preceptor, partner, and mentees.  If this is not completed on time, you will lose professionalism points. 
  • Once your note is sent to your Clinical Experience  Preceptor, fill out Staff Documentation Qualtrics Survey to receive documentation feedback.
  • Send feedback received from the Qualtrics survey to my Mentee(s) to review. If you had an SP encounter include your edited note in the email for them to review.
  • Complete the Class of 2027 PCL Clinical Experience Survey 

OPTIONAL

  • NOTE: Choose optional reading based on your chronic or acute issue discussed with patient as well as screening condition you decided to cover.
    • In the Clinic: Transient Ischemic Attack 2011
    • In the Clinic: Hearing Loss 2020
    • In the Clinic: Parkinson's Disease 2018
    • In the Clinic: Epilepsy 2016
  • OPTIONAL READING FROM BLOCK 9
    • In the Clinic: Migraines, 2017
    • In the Clinic: Concussion, 2018
    • In the Clinic: Dementia, 2019
    • In the Clinic: Multiple Sclerosis, 2021

Clinical Procedures

REFRESH (Self-Directed Learning)
 
  • Review the following:
    • Donning PPE Document
    • Doffing PPE Document
    • Donning and Doffing PPE Video
PREWORK
 
  • AU Health Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Competency Validation
OPTIONAL
 
  • Bethany McLeroy Office Hours for Hands on Procedures

Ultrasound

REFRESH

  • Katie Comeaux Office Hours for Hands on Scanning  (Bring a partner & scan with Katie)
  • Sign Up for Independent Ultrasound Practice Sessions (Bring a partner & scan on your own)

 

OPTIONAL 

  • Review of cardiac ultrasound windows: Dr. Dan Kaminstein

PREWORK REQUIRED

  •  Review RUSH: Ultrasound for the Undifferentiated Hypotensive Patient: Dr. Richard Gordon
  • Review Optimizing Cardiac windows video
  • Review Long axis view of the lung with phased array probe
  •  Review Block 10 RUSH Example slides
    • For Block 10, you will be practicing the first half of the RUSH exam including: PSLA, Apical 4-chamber heart, Subcostal 4-chamber heart, IVC long at Right Atrium, and Lung. You will submit these 5 images reviewed by PCL faculty during Block 10.
    • You will also be assisting Class of 2027 students who will be completing the Block 1 Ultrasound Learning Activity. Please review this prior to your session as well as the Block 1 Ultrasound Learning Activity Example Images. You and your M1 mentee will be scanning a gel phantom that includes 2 simulated vessels with the Linear transducer.

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