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Four sessions
Research/Teaching experience
Clinical scenario
Leadership/Management
Introduction Q&A
High yield
Delivered by successful SFP applicants
Disclaimer: no content directly relates
to any specific individual experiences
at interviewClinical Scenario
What are
What is it? Why? they
looking forScenario types
General advice
Emergency treatments
SBARR
PrioritisationGeneral advice
Trust your It’s ok to not Safety is
knowledge know paramount
Talk through Don’t work in Clinical
your thought isolation - use competency –
process the MDT SFP means time
out from wardEmergency scenarios
1. Summarise – what are salient points of the scenario
Ø Gather info, differentials
2. Be realistic – what would you actually do
3. Bedside assessment
Ø A-E as always
4. Initial management
Ø BBI (bedside, bloods, imaging)
5. *Limits of competency – when will you escalate, to who and
how*SBARR
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation,
Response
Salient points – grab attentionEmergency scenarios example
“Called to see a 65 year old lady who is 4 days post cholecystectomy
who is increasingly SOB”
• Gather info: more HX, NEWS + Observations and target sats, PMHX,
Clinical concern (NEWS 3, 90% on air, bp stable, tachycardia, temp. HX
COPD, worried – says new today)
• Summarise salient points: lady post op, desaturated. Possible
differentials: respiratory (COPD exacerbation, chest infection, normal
sats) cdv (post op MI, PE)
• On way – place oxygen, repeat obs, gather notes, re-bleep if further
concern
• A-E and re-assessment
• Initial management – bedside (check probe) bloods and ABG,
portable CXR, potential CTPAEmergency scenarios example
“Called to see a 65 year old lady who is 4 days post
cholecystectomy who is increasingly SOB”
• SBAR:
Situation - 65 y/o lady 4 days post cholecystectomy
desaturated on ward
Background - She has bound of COPD, otherwise well, not on
abx.
Assessment - A-E and stabilized
Recommendation/response – main differential is….proposed
plan is….what do you thinkprioritisation
List of ”bleeps”
1. Summarise – what are main problems
2. Rank problems: what could be sorted quickly, what is
important. Takes long, low importance = low priority.
Patient safety is number one
3. How will you organise/planPrioritisation example
e.g. analgesia, desaturating patient, discharge letter,
abdominal pain
1. Desaturating patient – airway takes priority
2. Analgesia – pain is not nice, risk of poor inspiration and
chest infections, cause of pain could be of concern
3. Abdominal pain – need more info, could be benign could
be serious
4. Discharge letter – lower priority than unwell patient but
needs doing to keep flow of ptPrioritisation example
e.g. analgesia, desaturating patient, discharge letter,
abdominal pain
o Things can change – abdominal pain could be perforation,
analgesia might be benign/serious
o How will you remember what you’re doing and when
o How will you ‘juggle’ responsibilities e.g. stabilize, escalate
and then see next patientThank you!
Next session: Leadership,
management and structuring
responses
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