Question of the Day
Q: What are PESCI Domains that panel assess you against?
- Medical Interviewing Skills
Facilitates patient’s telling of story; effectively listens and uses questions/directions to obtain accurate, adequate information needed; responds appropriately to affect non-verbal cues. - Physical Examination Skills
Follows efficient, logical sequence; balances screening/diagnostic steps for problem; informs patient; sensitive to patient’s comfort, modesty. - Clinical Judgment
Selectively orders/performs appropriate diagnostic studies, considers risks and benefits, arrives at an accurate diagnosis or differential diagnosis and identifies effective management strategies - Treatment/Advice
Explains rationale for test/treatment, plays attention to obtaining patient’s consent, and to education/counselling regarding management - Communication Skills
Demonstrates clear, sensitive and effective communication skills. - Professionalism
Demonstrates professional values and ethical behaviours consistent with Good Medical Practice: A Code of Conduct for Doctors in Australia. - Procedural skills
Demonstrates safely performing a range of procedural skills relevant to situations expected to be encountered in the position. - Procedural skills
Demonstrates safely performing a range of procedural skills relevant to situations expected to be encountered in the position.
For more skills, and how you apply these domains in each case, please join the next course (Date: to be advised)