EPA REQUEST RULES

One EPA request per shift.

Be aware that the emergency physician you work with may not be aware of the EPAs or CBD in general. Take this opportunity to explain and teach about what your needs are while keeping in mind the balance required for a busy clinical practice.

IMPORTANT: If you are not able to get an EPA assessment done during your shift, you must push a daily evaluation to your consultant from that shift in one45.

ORGANIZATION & PRIORITIZATION

Pre-emptively focus on an EPA for the shift. But, given the nature of the Emergency Department and that you cannot predict what kinds of patients you will see that day, understand the relevant EPAs listed below. In other words, these are are Ad Hoc EPAs.

Even in an emergency situation, if you recognize that there is an applicable EPA, you will have time to briefly mention to your consultant what that EPA is and if you can be observed and then assessed on it afterwards. Below are copies of paper-based assessment forms you can print out in the event your Observer does not have ePortfolio access.

Remember, be pro-active and you will need to educate your off-service consultants about general CBD concepts.

It is likely that you will be able to achieve the following EPAs during this rotation:

• F 2.4 (elective)
• F 2.6
• F 2.7 (elective)
• C 3.17

Although it is mentioned that the following EPAs can be done in the ER, it is less likely you will do them there and you have many other opportunities to have these assessed during your anesthesia rotations: F 2.12 (elective), F 2.13 (elective), C 3.8, C 3.9, C 3.44.