Question, genuinely have no idea. Is it a appropriate for a resident in an outpatient setting to perform transplant evaluations and clear patients for transplants? To be clear, this is the full SIPAT stuff I am talking about, not just capacity.
We do not have a transplant unit at our hospital, or transplant team. I believe the evals are for patients in another hospital, possible even one out of town that is owned by the organization. We are a little short on the details ourself, even though patients are already booked on our schedule. We have a SW who does plenty already in the clinic. No psychologists in the clinic, nor in the hospital either, we have to refer everyone out. No specific training, no chance to observe anyone doing it, and the clinic has already told us it is impossible to book any appointment slot longer than an hour, so we already have to conduct child patient h&p’s in 2 separate hour long appointments sometimes weeks apart. We can check out to an attending at the end but no direct supervision. No CL fellowships at this hospital either.
All the residents are very concerned with this, but I just wanted to get perspective
We do not have a transplant unit at our hospital, or transplant team. I believe the evals are for patients in another hospital, possible even one out of town that is owned by the organization. We are a little short on the details ourself, even though patients are already booked on our schedule. We have a SW who does plenty already in the clinic. No psychologists in the clinic, nor in the hospital either, we have to refer everyone out. No specific training, no chance to observe anyone doing it, and the clinic has already told us it is impossible to book any appointment slot longer than an hour, so we already have to conduct child patient h&p’s in 2 separate hour long appointments sometimes weeks apart. We can check out to an attending at the end but no direct supervision. No CL fellowships at this hospital either.
All the residents are very concerned with this, but I just wanted to get perspective