Table 5.
Section 5: clinical investigations. Values are numbers (percentages) of panels’ response in round 2
| No | Task | Panel response | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | For clinical investigations preregistration house officers are expected to perform following tasks: | |||
| a. In liaison with more senior doctor make decision on which clinical investigations are required for individual patients | 65 (97)* | |||
| b. Understand significance of reported findings, for example, whether they suggest immediate consultation with more senior doctor | 66 (99)* | |||
| 5.2† | A preregistration house officer may be called upon to perform the following tests: | Unsupervised | Supervised | Rejected |
| Urinalysis | 0 | 48 (72) | 15 (22) | |
| Urine microscopy | 21(31) | 7 (10) | 33 (49) | |
| Electrocardiography | 61(91) | 0 | 1 (2) | |
| Abdominal paracentesis | 12 (18) | 45 (67) | 5 (8) | |
| Central venous pressure measurement with line in situ | 34 (51) | 13 (19) | 11(16) | |
| Echocardiography | 0 | 0 | 66 (99) | |
| Exercise stress test | 3 (5) | 3 (5) | 58 (87) | |
| Simple respiratory function test—that is, spirometry, peak flow rate | 47 (70) | 4 (6) | 7 (10) | |
| Sigmoidoscopy | 0 | 30 (45) | 31(46) | |
| Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy | 0 | 1 (2) | 66 (99) | |
| Flexible cystoscopy | 0 | 0 | 67 (100) | |
| Proctoscopy | 10 (15) | 26 (39) | 27 (40) | |
| Doppler arterial assessment | 19 (28) | 18 (27) | 25 (37) | |
| Barium enema | 0 | 0 | 67 (100) | |
| Abdominal ultrasound | 0 | 0 | 67 (100) | |
| 5.3 | In emergency situations to take decision to order: | |||
| a. Plain radiography for chest, abdomen, and skull | 66 (99)* | |||
| b. Computed tomography scan | 15 (22)* | |||
| c. Ventilation-perfusion scan | 32 (48)* | |||
*
Accepted.
†
Those who accepted task but failed to indicate supervised or unsupervised not included.