tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036304707107609249.post1354122553450986421..comments2023-10-24T10:49:20.501+01:00Comments on The Student Doctor Diaries: Scut WorkLilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161479099427823637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036304707107609249.post-45504483314990910952011-03-16T14:57:47.346+00:002011-03-16T14:57:47.346+00:00I don't think learning how to write a discharg...I don't think learning how to write a discharge notification is useless, what I think is useless is when, as students, we end up writing 4 or 5 or even more in a day and missing out on learning clinical skills and scientific knowledge.<br /><br />Being able to write a decent discharge isn't rocket science (although a lot of people don't do it thoroughly). I'm more than happy to have a practice writing 1 or 2 a day, but at the moment I am doing nothing but scribbling in the notes during ward round and then spending the rest of my day sitting at a desk writing discharges. This has pretty much no educational value once you've grasped how to write a proper discharge in the first place.<br /><br />I'm not getting the clinical skills I need signed up. I'm not getting practice at taking histories and examining patients. I've only done 1 cannula and 3 sets of bloods since I've got here... nothing else.<br /><br />Basically I feel that certain FY1s would rather be sitting in the mess drinking tea, and by getting the students to do all of the long winded boring stuff they can do this instead of helping us improve our clinical skills.Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09161479099427823637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036304707107609249.post-2922835012766783432011-03-16T08:52:02.012+00:002011-03-16T08:52:02.012+00:00Hi Lily
Please don't think of discharge notifi...Hi Lily<br />Please don't think of discharge notifications as useless "scut"!<br /><br />As a GP I am frequently faced with a patient who has just been discharged from hospital and is unable to describe what had been done, what had been diagnosed, and what has yet to be done.<br /> <br />We GPs rely on this sheet of paper - often bearing the scantiest of information, sometimes missing. <br /><br />Next time you are faced with this "scut" - reframe your thinking about these notifications and imagine yourself as the GP. Think of what would be really useful for you to learn about your patient's stay in hospital. <br /><br />How we communicate with each other as doctors is just as important as our communication with the patients we care for. It all needs to be joined up!A New Kind of GPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305232243592201684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036304707107609249.post-39462795368498079602011-03-15T20:21:12.127+00:002011-03-15T20:21:12.127+00:00Today when they tried to dump another pile of disc...Today when they tried to dump another pile of discharges on me I said I had an occy health appt and then I needed to go and do some revision and just left.Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09161479099427823637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036304707107609249.post-84147744834317791512011-03-15T19:27:13.006+00:002011-03-15T19:27:13.006+00:00can you refuse to do it? i know you're final y...can you refuse to do it? i know you're final year, but over here at Imperial all the 3rd and 5th years get out of "scut" by claiming they have "teaching at [somewhere far away]". could you have swapped with the student on the firm you were pimped out to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036304707107609249.post-49123753729553202022011-03-15T18:22:55.053+00:002011-03-15T18:22:55.053+00:00I'd rather be doing referral letters than coll...I'd rather be doing referral letters than collecting stool samples! Seriously though, getting stuck with all the paper work sucks, hope it's not a regular thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com