procedure log

[Cristagali]

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Could someone elaborate on the "procedure log", who keeps up with it, and do you get an official copy when you graduate residency? Is it helpful in job interviews to have your log with you? Thanks. 🙂

 

[Seaglass]

At our program residents keep their own and it is reviewed twice a year.

 

[flighterdoc]

BTW, there is a little PDA (Palm OS, anyway) procedure log available on the web - free.

Not sure where I got it, and there's no ID associated with it so search for it if interested.

 

[Cristagali]

Should I just stamp a note card with the patient data and the procedure performed, then compile it later (weeks, months)? What prevents me from making up information? (I wouldn't do that of course)!

 

[Seaglass]

You could do that. We track ours online so I usually log them as I do them.

 

[Sessamoid]

Should I just stamp a note card with the patient data and the procedure performed, then compile it later (weeks, months)? What prevents me from making up information? (I wouldn't do that of course)!

It's pretty much on the honor system. They can always go back and check the patient records if they're suspicious that you've somehow managed to do 500 central lines in the first week of your residency, but unless there are any obvious red flags most programs will just take you at your word.

 

[Cristagali]

I will try to use the hospital system (billing, charts, etc) to keep trackseems more official that way. But thanks for the feedback.

 

[Sessamoid]

I will try to use the hospital system (billing, charts, etc) to keep trackseems more official that way. But thanks for the feedback.

How does your residency normally track procedures? You should just do it the way your program director wants you to, in order to make things easier on your PD. It's a tough enough job without everybody trying to do things their own way.

 

[Scrubbs]

We use eresidency... log our own procedures... and like Seaglass, get reviewed twice a year.

 

[Cristagali]

Thanks for the promotion, but I'm still a medical student. 😀 I'll do my ER rotation in March. I was just curious. Of course I'll watch how they do it. Thanks

 

[roja]

We use EMSTAT, which is a computer log system. It automatically has the patients MR# etc. It gets reviewed twice a year. We only use procedure log books for offservice rotations.

 

[Snoopy]

We use a computer program to track our procedures. Keeping good track of your procedures is important for three reasons:

1. You need to demonstrate to your PD that you have completed all of the required procedures to graduate from residency.

2. Your PD needs them to demonstrate to the RRC that your program provides enough procedural opportunities to its residents. This is especially important when your program is requesting additional training spots.

3. You will need your log when you graduate and apply for privileges at the hospital(s) you will work at. Without documented proof that you have performed the required number of tubes/lines/etc. that the hospital requires, you will not be allowed to perform that procedure. A detailed list is important in this case. I know plenty of people who had problems getting privileges because they neglected to maintain their procedure logs.