Medical students: the doctor's side
For MBBS students and interns, BDS
What a doctor does in the hospital system, for internship and beyond: the consultation, prescribing and ordering tests, results, records and history, admission and discharge, surgery, vaccination and dental charting.
What you'll learn
8 units, in the order the work is learned on the floor. Each task is shown on the real screens, then practised.
Unit 1Getting started8 tasks
- See my patients for today
- Review a patient's past visits
- Consult a patient
- Prescribe medicine
- Order lab tests or imaging
- Review lab and imaging results
- Preview a consultation before signing
- Request an admission
Unit 2The consultation in depth13 tasks
- See my day at a glance
- Write a SOAP note
- Add a doctor note
- Write a private note
- Check a patient's vitals over time
- See a patient's registration and insurance details
- Find records and requests in the Patient Menu
- Continue an unfinished consultation
- Print a visit record
- Record a procedure
- Use a procedure template
- See a patient's orders
- See a doctor's schedule and free slots
Unit 3History and records9 tasks
- Read an earlier consultation note
- Correct a consultation note
- Look up a previous admission
- Upload a patient document
- Find a patient document
- Upload documents or photos from a phone
- Add clinical photos
- Compare clinical photos
- Add a special note (patient alert)
Unit 4Medicines and certificates4 tasks
- Reconcile a patient's medications
- Approve medication orders
- Issue a medical certificate
- Find or reprint a certificate
Unit 5Admission, cross consultation and discharge7 tasks
- Check an admission request
- Ask for a cross consultation
- Reply to a cross consultation
- Check a cross consultation reply
- Send a discharge intimation
- Write a discharge summary
- Find a discharge summary
Unit 6Surgery11 tasks
- Request a surgery
- Check a surgery request
- Open a surgery's checklist
- Complete the pre-op checklist
- Record the patient's transfer to theatre
- Check the patient in to theatre
- Do the surgical time-out
- Record the intraoperative nursing record
- Complete the sign-out
- Record the post-op summary
- Complete and print the OT summary
Unit 7Vaccination4 tasks
- Record a vaccine dose
- Correct or remove a vaccine dose
- Add a vaccine to the schedule
- Remind a patient about a vaccine dose
Unit 8Dental charting5 tasks
- Record special conditions before dental treatment
- Chart a tooth
- Chart several teeth at once
- See a tooth's history
- Complete a dental consultation
Putting it together
Enter a written prescription
A senior colleague wrote a follow-up prescription by hand. Enter each line in the ERP, turning the shorthand into its fields.
From: Handwritten prescription · 4 records
Pneumonia in the clinic, and an allergy in the history
An outpatient with a cough turns out to need admission, and an old visit holds an allergy that changes the antibiotic.
9 scenes · 2 decisions
How you'll learn
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Your Medical students: the doctor's side certificate
Pass the assessment and claim it on the spot: graded O, A+ or A, with a number and a QR code an employer can check online.
Questions
How do I enrol?
Choose Enrol now, create your HospAux account (or sign in), and pay online. The course opens straight away, for six months.
Does my institute pay?
If you study in an institute's batch, join it with the code your teacher gives you. Your institute may have its own rate for this course, or pay for it.
Do I need a teacher?
No. You learn, practise, take the assessment and earn the certificate on your own.
What happens after six months?
Your progress and your certificate stay with your account. Renew any time to carry on; the new months follow on.