Table 2 Mean scores for each clinical presentation rated by residents and attending physicians
Clinical presentations | Resident | Attending |
|---|---|---|
1. Acute respiratory failure | 18.0 | 18.0 |
2. Cardiac dysrhythmia | 15.6 | 18.4 |
3. Shock | 17.3 | 15.0 |
4. Derangements of electrolytes and osmolality | 15.5 | 14.7 |
5. Acid-base derangements | 14.0 | 14.8 |
6. Seizure | 14.4 | 13.6 |
7. Cardiac arrest | 13.5 | 13.8 |
8. Drug overdose and withdrawal | 13.6 | 12.4 |
9. Multisystem trauma | 13.2 | 12.7 |
10. Sepsis | 12.9 | 11.2 |
11. Diabetes mellitus and its complications | 11.1 | 12.9 |
12. Chest pain | 11.9 | 11.4 |
13. Gastrointestinal bleeding | 11.9 | 10.9 |
14. Acute defects in haemostasis | 11.8 | 10.2 |
15. Coma | 9.3 | 11.3 |
16. Raised intracranial pressure | 9.0 | 10.5 |
17. Perioperative management | 10.0 | 8.3 |
18. Hypertensive emergency | 8.4 | 9.7 |
19. Acute abdomen | 9.3 | 8.6 |
20. The febrile ICU patient | 9.6 | 7.2 |
21. Traumatic brain injury | 7.2 | 9.4 |
22. Nontraumatic intracranial bleed | 8.7 | 7.5 |
23. Delirium | 8.7 | 7.2 |
24. Acute renal failure | 8.0 | 7.8 |
25. Adrenal crisis | 5.4 | 7.0 |
26. Obstetrical complications | 5.7 | 6.4 |
27. End-of-life decision-making | 4.7 | 7.6 |
28. Burns | 5.4 | 6.4 |
29. Rhabdomyolysis | 6.2 | 5.5 |
30. Diarrhoea in the ICU patient | 5.8 | 5.8 |
31. Anoxic brain injury | 4.4 | 6.7 |
32. Near drowning | 5.0 | 5.2 |
33. Polyuria | 4.6 | 5.1 |
34. Acute pancreatitis | 4.4 | 5.3 |
35. Acute neuromuscular disease | 5.2 | 4.1 |
36. Acute and fulminant hepatic failure | 3.2 | 4.2 |
37. Patient with brain death | 2.6 | 3.6 |