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This "Fever and Fatigue" virtual patient allows you to explore a history of present illness, gather pertinent physical signs and work with a virtual Electronic Medical Record (EMR) as your order and review investigations. You will adjust your sense of possible etiologies as you move through the case, with opportunity to compare your perceptions to those of other students, residents and clinicians.

Participant in the CHEC-CESC Virtual Patient Challenge 2012-2013. 

This Virtual Patient Case was submitted as part of the CHEC-CESC Virtual Patient Challenge 2012 as part of the AFMC-Infoway Physician in Training e-Health Curriculum and e-Learning initiative.

The focus of the challenge is on virtual patients that incorporate the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and other aspects of e-health to improve patient care. Below you will find the submission requirements including e-Health topics that must be incorporated in the case design, and the pedagogical and instructional case design criteria.

The Case presented features a patient with depression resultant from a combination of social, genetic, and addiction issues. You are his family physician evaluating him for these issues. You begin by reviewing your EMR and the provincial EMR. Continuing, you investigate his complaints including social issues such a caregiver burnout. You are then further lead to make a diagnosis and treat his underlying addiction issues. Outcomes are based upon your ability to relate to the patient, offer a solution to his caregiver burnout, choose proper medications and appropriately address his alcoholism. 

Participant in the CHEC-CESC Virtual Patient Challenge 2012-2013. 

This Virtual Patient Case was submitted as part of the CHEC-CESC Virtual Patient Challenge 2012  as part of the AFMC-Infoway Physician in Training e-Health Curriculum and e-Learning initiative.

The focus of the challenge is on virtual patients that incorporate the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and other aspects of e-health to improve patient care. Below you will find the submission requirements including e-Health topics that must be incorporated in the case design, and the pedagogical and instructional case design criteria.

This audit tool has been developed by members of the AFMC Equity, Diversity and Gender (EDG) committee, a resource group of the AFMC, to assist medical schools, and their departments or divisions (“unit”) to better understand working environments and climate, and to plan for needed adjustments.

Particular contributions have been made from the following member (in alphabetical order): Nahid Azad, University of Ottawa Kathleen Beatty, Northern Ontario School of Medicine Lorraine Breault, University of Alberta Lori Charvat, University of British Columbia (EDAT initiator) Janet de Groot, University of Calgary David McKnight, University of Toronto Joyce Nyhof-Young, University of Toronto Gurdeep Parhar, University of British Columbia

We extend many thanks to members of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine executive who piloted an earlier draft and provided valuable feedback.