Resident survival guide checklist

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Resident Survival Guide
Introduction
Team
Guide
Page Template
Examine the Patient Template
Navigation Bar Template
Checklist
Topics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]; Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [3]

Overview

The following items in this checklist describe in details the resident survival guide pages. All those items should be present for a page to be complete and ready for quality check.

Checklist

General Structure

  • In general, each page contains the following titles in order:
    • Overview
    • Classification (if needed for the management)
    • Causes
    • Diagnosis
    • Treatment
    • Do's
    • Dont's
    • References
  • In some emergency diseases, initial therapeutic management precedes the extensive diagnostic approach. In this case, the sequence of the headings for the diagnosis and treatment can be altered.
  • The treatment for some diseases is extensive or it can be subdivided into sections. In this case, appropriate headings should be used to organize the treatment. Click here for an example.

Floating Navigation Bar

  • A navigation bar is present on every resident survival guide page. Click http://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Template:Resident_survival_guide for a template.
  • For an example of a page with a floating navigation bar, check appendicitis resident survival guide.
  • The navigation bar should contain the following items: overview, causes, diagnosis, treatment, do's and don'ts. However, the content of the navigation bar is flexible.
    • If the condition is life threatening, and the initial therapy begins before an extensive diagnostic approach, you can reorder the items in the navigation bar.
    • If you have added an addition title on your page, for example classification, make sure to add it in the navigation bar.
    • If the therapy is divided into several sections, modify the content of the navigation bar to fit the order of the titles of the resident survival page. For an example, click STEMI resident survival guide.

Overview

  • The overview section is a short and straight to the point statement that summarizes the disease in few sentences.
  • The overview section should include the disease name in the first sentence.
  • To see an example of an overview section on the resident survival guide, click here.

Classification

  • The classification section should be included when the classification of the disease is needed for the management plan.
  • This section provides a list of the categories that the disease can be classified under.
  • To see an example of a classification section on the resident survival guide, click here.

Causes

  • The causes section contains two subheadings:
    • Life Threatening Causes
    • Common Causes
  • Under life threatening causes, the following definition of life threatening is provided: Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
    • If the disease itself is life threatening, the following sentence is written: [[Name of the disease]] is life threatening and should be treated as such irrespective of the underlying cause.
  • Under common causes, only the common causes are provided, without including rare etiologies.
  • The causes are listed in alphabetical order.
  • The causes are all hyperlinked.

Diagnosis

  • The diagnosis section contains the diagnostic algorithm(s).
  • The number of algorithms depends on each topic.
    • If the diagnostic approach is very big and the algorithm is complicated, the algorithm is divided into more than one.
  • If more than one algorithm is provided, a subtitle is given for each.
  • When more than one algorithms are provided, separate them with <br>.

Treatment

  • The treatment section contains the therapeutic algorithm(s).
  • The number of algorithms depends on each topic.
    • If the therapeutic approach is very big and the algorithm is complicated, the algorithm is divided into more than one.
  • If more than one algorithm is provided, a subtitle is given for each.
  • When more than one algorithms are provided, separate them with <br>.

Description of The Algorithm

  • Before starting the algorithm, the following sentence is written and the main reference(s) of the algorithm are cited:

Shown below is an algorithm depicting [...] based on [...].(references)

  • Abbreviations should be avoided, example: hour and not hr, minute and not min.
    • If abbreviations are used, provide a list of abbreviated terms above the algorithm as follows:

<span style="font-size:85%">'''BUN''': Blood urea nitrogen; '''CAD''': Coronary artery disease; '''CBC''': Complete blood count; '''EKG''': Electrocardiogram; '''Hb''': Hemoglobin; '''ICU''': Intensive care unit; '''INR''': International normalized ratio; '''IV''': Intravenous; '''GI''': Gastrointestinal; '''NPO''': Nil per os; '''NSAIDs''': Non steroid anti-inflammatory drugs</span>

And it will appear this way:
BUN: Blood urea nitrogen; CAD: Coronary artery disease; CBC: Complete blood count; EKG: Electrocardiogram; Hb: Hemoglobin; ICU: Intensive care unit; INR: International normalized ratio; IV: Intravenous; GI: Gastrointestinal; NPO: Nil per os; NSAIDs: Non steroid anti-inflammatory drugs

To see an example, click here.


  • The algorithm should be drawn on a paper then replicated on WikiDoc in a way that the algorithm is minimally spaced.
  • The algorithm and content are aligned to the left, and the size of each box is adjusted using the following formula:
    • <div style="float: left; text-align: left; height: 20em; width: 20em; padding:1em;"> [content of the box] </div>
  • The algorithm should contain the following:
    • Characterize the symptoms:
    • Obtain a detailed history:
    • Examine the patient:
    • Order labs and test:
    • Consider alternative diagnoses:
  • Action verbs are used before medications or treatment, for example: "Administer aspirin" instead of aspirin
  • Check-boxes ❑ are placed in front of every action.
  • Urgent or Immediately are added when an action should be taken as soon as possible.
  • When a medication is to be administered, the dose and mode of administration are included.
  • When the algorithm contains a big management plan already developed on another resident survival page, the management should not be replicated but rather redirected to the other reisdent survival guide page.

Do's

  • Extra information and details about the management are provided in this section.
  • Each sentence is written as an order, for example:
    • Order an EKG. (correct)
    • An EKG should be ordered. (incorrect)

Dont's

  • Extra information and details about what should be avoided in the management are provided in this section.
  • Each sentence is written as an order, for example:
    • Do not administer beta blockers. (correct)
    • Beta blockers should not be administered. (incorrect)

References

  • Make sure to use in the references the latest guidelines and recommendations.

General Notes

  • Provide synonyms and keywords on the top of each page.
  • Expand buttons should be avoided as much as possible.
  • Hyperlinks through [[ ]] are used to link key words to their pages.
  • The page should be reviewed for typographical errors and capitalization.
  • Add categories for each section. Make sure that is present among others, for example: .

Example of Pages

For examples of high quality pages, please check:

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