Year Specific Information

Year 5

Year 6

Course: Preparation for Internship

• Case 1 - Summary (DOC)
  
  Pre-reading references
  - Young J, Inouye SK. Delirium in older people. BMJ 2007, 334:842-846 (Available as full text).
  
  - British Geriatrics Society and Royal College of Physicians. Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of delirium in older people. 2006

• Case 2 - Summary (DOC)
  
  Pre-reading references
  - McQuay H, Moore A, Justins D. Treating acute pain in hospital. BMJ 1997, 314: 1531

• Case 3 - Summary (DOC)
  
  Pre-reading references
  - Seiden, S, Galvan C, Lamm R. (2006). Role of medical students in preventing and enhancing patient safety. Qual. Saf. Health Care 15, 272-276.
  4 real cases where medical students stepped in to prevent serious error.
  
  - McMillan, T, Allan W and Black, P. (2006). Accuracy of information on medicines in hospital discharge summaries. Internal Medicine Journal, 36, 221–225.
  Study showing common and serious prescribing mistakes at discharge.
  
  - DVA. (First ed. 1996, revised 2003 and 2006). Discharge Planning Resource Kit. Australian Government, DVA: Canberra.
  The Department of Veteran’s Affairs (DVA) have produced a kit to assist in planning discharge. It is available at the following site. The kit itself is very useful– it is complex but well laid out and shows that there are many key people who may need contacting and many issues that need addressing during discharge.

• Case 4 - Summary (DOC)
  
  Pre-reading references
  - Reddy VG. Prevention of postoperative acute renal failure. J Postgrad Med 2002, 48: 64-70.

• Case 5 - Summary (DOC)
  
  Pre-reading references
  - Rao AB, Gray D. Breathlessness in hospitalised patients. Postgrad Med J 2003, 79: 681-685
  
  - Jagsi R, Kitch BT, Weinstein DF et al. Residents report on adverse events and their causes. Arch Intern Med 2005, 165: 2607-2613.

• Case 6 - Summary (DOC)
  
  Pre-reading references
  Sweet SJ, Norman IJ. The nurse-doctor relationship: a selective literature review. J Adv Nursing 1995, 22: 165-170 (HTML)

• Case 7 - Summary (DOC)
  
  Pre-reading references
  - MET Criteria
  
  - Hew R. Altered Conscious State. Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine. 2nd Edition. Chapter 7.4: 365
  
  - Erica L. Liebelt. Cyclic Antidepressants. Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies - 8th Ed. (2006) (Available on CIAP)