You are an FY2 doctor on a respiratory ward. You have unfortunately given bad news to a patient on your ward that his scan shows a suspicion lesion, highly suggestive of malignant lung cancer. You feel the conversation was difficult but overall felt it was uneventful. The following morning, a written complaint has been received …
You are an FY2 doctor on an ENT ward and the ward manager raises an electronic complaint form about your appearance and clothing. He feels that your clothing is informal and unprofessional at times. You are alarmed and do not agree with this. Choose the three most appropriate actions to take in this situation.
You are an FY2 doctor on the Geriatrics ward and the evening before an on-call shift, you feel that you may be developing an illness. An initial fever has settled but you have some abdominal cramps and have had one episode of diarrhoea overnight. This morning you feel better and have eaten breakfast. However, you …
You are an FY2 doctor who has just started working in General Practice. You attend to see an elderly patient with suspected cellulitis on a home visit. He has been a patient at the surgery for many years but due to frailty has become housebound recently. During your assessment, it is clear he demonstrates a …
You are an FY2 doctor in General Practice who assesses an elderly patient who has been generally unwell for the past few days. Urgent bloods are arranged, and the laboratory call you just before you are due to depart for afternoon FY2 weekly teaching. The patient’s results show clear evidence of acute kidney injury along …
You are an FY2 doctor who has just started their Psychiatry rotation after completing your FY1 year. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen hospital circumstances, you were due to begin an ENT rotation which would be of interest to you, but you are now upset by the change in post. You feel that Psychiatry will be of …
You are an FY2 doctor on an Endocrinology ward and witness your registrar shouting at your FY2 colleague for sending a patient’s INR blood test off in the wrong blood bottle. She calls her incompetent and you can see your FY2 colleague is blinking back tears and has apologised several times. She then carries on …
You are an FY2 doctor working on an elderly care ward. Whilst attending to another patient, you overhear your FY2 colleague start discussing the upcoming election with a patient nearby. It soon seems to turn into quite a heated debate. The patient appears to be quite frustrated and upset with what your colleague is saying …
You are an FY2 doctor on a busy colorectal ward. There are three other junior doctors on your team and despite this the workload is high. You frequently miss FY2 weekly teaching as there are so many jobs to do. You consistently finish work at least half an hour late. If you were to attend …
You are an FY2 doctor working on a Cardiology ward. You ask Tony, the nurse in charge, for a phone charger on the ward which you use but accidentally take home. The following day you receive an email from the ward manager that you have been accused of stealing the charger, which actually belonged to …
