Made a big mistake on Comlex PE

[FentanylMC]

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I recently took my PE, and for some reason just thought of a major mistake I made. On one pt, I performed 2 special tests which led me to my correct and final diagnosis, but when I wrote the 2 positive tests in my note, I wrote down the wrong name for one of the tests I performed. So now it looks like I wrote something in my note that I didn't do. Great.

If you don't get what I am saying I'll give an example (not the actual exams): Say someone comes in for knee pain and you do anterior drawer test and lachmans, but in your note you put +anterior drawer and +mcmurray because you are in a big rush and made an honest mistake.

My question is: is this grounds for complete failure? It's almost impossible not to make at least one mistake when you are in such a rush the whole time.

Thx for the help

 

[BigSib]

I recently took my PE, and for some reason just thought of a major mistake I made. On one pt, I performed 2 special tests which led me to my correct and final diagnosis, but when I wrote the 2 positive tests in my note, I wrote down the wrong name for one of the tests I performed. So now it looks like I wrote something in my note that I didn't do. .... My question is: is this grounds for complete failure? It's almost impossible not to make at least one mistake when you are in such a rush the whole time.

I wouldn't worry about it if it was a one-time event.

 

[HarryPlopper]

I recently took my PE, and for some reason just thought of a major mistake I made. On one pt, I performed 2 special tests which led me to my correct and final diagnosis, but when I wrote the 2 positive tests in my note, I wrote down the wrong name for one of the tests I performed. So now it looks like I wrote something in my note that I didn't do. Great.

If you don't get what I am saying I'll give an example (not the actual exams): Say someone comes in for knee pain and you do anterior drawer test and lachmans, but in your note you put +anterior drawer and +mcmurray because you are in a big rush and made an honest mistake.

My question is: is this grounds for complete failure? It's almost impossible not to make at least one mistake when you are in such a rush the whole time.

Thx for the help

Illegal documentation is grounds for failure but it's generally reserved for a pattern of illegal documentation. If it helps to allay your worries, I've known people to accidentally document things they didn't do and they still passed.

 

[FentanylMC]

Well that is definitely reassuring. I performed the correct test, but for some reason under stress and in a hurry I convinced myself that the test had a different name.

The more I think back to the exam, the more I remember idiotic errors I made. Such is life I guess

 

[primadonna22274]

I think the evaluators are more likely to think you have memorized the wrong names for the test you performed. That would be a pretty minor error in my book--worth correction but not suspicious of fraudulent intent.

 

[cp3340]

I recently did the same thing, putting A&Ox3 for "general, " in my objective section without asking the questions. I feel so dumb for doing this and especially since I did it for all my patients. Do you guys think I am screwed, or that they will see I just wasn't thinking clearly and that i reflexively put it like you put no acute distress.

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

I recently did the same thing, putting A&Ox3 for "general, " in my objective section without asking the questions. I feel so dumb for doing this and especially since I did it for all my patients. Do you guys think I am screwed, or that they will see I just wasn't thinking clearly and that i reflexively put it like you put no acute distress.

You can usually tell if someone is A&Ox2 without directly asking "do you know where/who you are". I'd be surprised if they were that stingy.