Category: Residents
Materials specifically for resident physicians and house staff.
Surviving Your First Year of Residency
The first year of a residency program is notoriously rough.
ABCD2 score for TIA
Description: The ABCD2 scoring system for assessing stroke risk after a TIA (transient ischemic attack); formatted as an Epic Smart…
C difficile diagnosis and treatment
Description: C diff diarrhea Epic smart phrase, including basic 2010 IDSA guideline recommendations on treatment with flagyl and vancomycin. Diagnosis…
Wells score to assess PE risk
Description: Epic smart phrase with the Wells score and interpretation of PE risk. PE risk, Wells score: ***clinically suspected DVT…
Altered Mental Status Smart Phrase
Description: Altered mental status differential and plan in the form of an Epic dot phrase / smart phrase. AMS:: Hypoxia…
Acetaminophen Overdose Smart Phrase
DescriptionThis is an Epic dot phrase for Tylenol poisoning, showing the basic plan based on the Prescott Protocol using N-acetylcysteine…
Syncope Smart Phrase
Description: Epic smart phrase with syncope differential diagnosis and initial workup plan. Syncope Dot Phrase Syncope: evaluating cardiac, neurological, and…
Dyspnea Smart Phrase
Description: Dyspnea dot phrase with a plan for the initial evaluation of shortness of breath. Dyspnea smart phrase Dyspnea: Differential…
Atrial Fibrillation Smart Phrase
Description: Used in intern/resident notes to outline inpatient plan for atrial fibrillation. CHADS2 score reference: Gage et al. “Selecting Patients…