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Understanding the assessment process for the Professorial Medicine Appointment

The ePortfolio system tracks four types of assessments that final year medical students must complete during their Professorial Medicine Appointment.

Direct Observation of Procedural Skills

Practical Skills

Case-based Discussion

Clinical Reasoning

Emergency Clinical Evaluation

Emergency Skills

Short Case Clinical Evaluation

Clinical Skills

Should be doing all DOPs carried out independently and under supervision and eight of the observed DOPs

Perform independently	Perform under supervision	Observe
Venipuncture Maintaining a Glasgow Coma Scale Maintaining a fluid balance chart Measuring and charting the temperature Measuring the Peak Flow Rate (PFR) Collection and transport of specimens Using a glucometer	Connecting to an ECG monitor Inserting an NG tube Giving IV, IM and SC injections Inserting an IV cannula Setting up an intravenous infusion Nebulization Doing a 12-lead ECG Biochemical analysis of urine Setting up a blood transfusion Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Lumbar puncture Pleural aspiration Arterial puncture Peritoneal dialysis Pituitary and adrenal function tests Basic physiotherapy Aspiration and intra-articular injection Insertion of a central venous line Haemodialysis Liver biopsy Renal Biopsy Artificial Ventilation Endoscopy Fast scan for dengue Ultrasound, CT and MRI scanning Contrast studies of the GI and GU tracts EEG EMG and Nerve Conduction Studies Echocardiogram Coronary Angiogram Holter Monitoring Exercise Stress ECG Spirometry

Students must demonstrate competence in managing the following emergency conditions:

Emergency Condition	Emergency Condition
1 Acute coronary syndromes	2 Acute left ventricular failure
3 Tachyarrhythmias	4 Bradycardia
5 Hypertensive emergencies	6 Acute pulmonary embolism
7 Acute severe asthma	8 Pneumothorax
9 Haematemesis	10 An unconscious patient
11 Stroke	12 Seizure
13 Syncope	14 Acute renal failure
15 Sepsis with multiorgan failure	16 Snakebite envenoming
17 Organophosphate poisoning	18 Paracetamol overdose
19 Oxalic acid ('Prinso') poisoning	20 Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia
21 Diabetic ketoacidosis	22 Diabetic hyperosmolar coma
23 Anaphylaxis	24 Dengue critical phase
25 Hepatic encephalopathy	26 Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
27 Delirium in the elderly