Paeds Vivas · child-safety-and-social-paediatrics
Photodocumentation and medicolegal evidence — branching viva
Branching viva on injury photodocumentation, the three-shot rule, scale and labelling standards, secure storage and chain of custody, the fact-versus-opinion distinction, and court-statement preparation.
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RACP General PaediatricsRACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
Prompt
You are the paediatric registrar managing a sequence of linked documentation problems: a perishable finding at the bedside, then a deficient record reviewed weeks later, then preparation of a court statement. The examiner will challenge your capture technique, your storage governance, and your distinction between fact and opinion.
Stem
You are in a mixed acute paediatric setting. The examiner will move you through capture technique, storage governance, and court-statement preparation. [3] [10]
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