ABSTRACT
INSTRUCTIONS: You are a newly qualifi ed foundation year House Offi cer in General Medicine. You have just returned from lunch when the Nurse in Charge hands you the SHO’s bleep stating that he is leaving early to study for his MRCP exams in a few weeks. Your SHO has not discussed this with anyone senior. The Consultant is busy in outpatients’ and the Registrar is off sick. You notice your
SHO emerging from the staff room about to leave.
