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Published on: September 12, 2014
Editorial - Managing Risk in Uncertain Times
1Associate Editor, Consultant in Acute Medicine, University College London Hospitals.
Abstract:
In February 2021 Jon Hilton (AIM ST4 doctor) published a tweet asking about how the Acute Medicine community can best address potential applicant's fears of dealing with clinical risk. Appraising and managing risk is at the core of acute medical clinical practice; we treat patients in the first crucial 24 hours of their hospital journey, when the clinical status is changeable, and the clinical trajectory not yet established. We make judgement calls about medical treatment, but also about whether a patient can be safely discharged home, and this often causes anxiety amongst less experienced clinicians: how do you make that call?
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