Ideal Ward Round

4. Activity 1 - Emma's agenda

It's important to ensure that the agenda is not too cluttered and that things to be discussed can be covered in the time available. There may be far more potential items on an agenda than time allows. Try the following activity to formulate an agenda for Emma's ward round.

From the list of potential agenda items, drag and drop those you think are most important onto the agenda, placing them onto the clipboard, deciding whether it could be dealt with inside or outside of the ward round meeting. Keep an eye on the clock as you only have a limited amount of time available to complete this task. Your ward round agenda items should total 20 minutes or less.

Inside ward roundclock_imageTime:

Compulsory agenda items = 15 minutes in total
Introductions: 30sec
Feedback MDT: 5min
Review patient's experiences since last ward round: 3min
Review of care plan (treatment & potential options): 3min
Concordance with Medication: 3min 30sec

    If you have finished adding agenda items.

    Warning! Your agenda adds up to more than the permitted 20 minutes for a Ward round. Please remove some agenda items

    Outside ward round

    Items to take place outside of the meeting

      • Discharge planning (aftercare, assessment etc): 4min

      • Carer views on patient admission/discharge: 3min

      • Physical health needs of patient: 2min

      • Social activites for patient: 1min

      • Review/confirm S17 leave: 2min 30sec

      • OT Feedback: 1min 30sec

      • Alternative medication: 5min

      • Pharmacist feedback: 1min

      • How are you feeling? 2min

      • Plan for the week, where do you want to get to? 2min

      • Patient questions: 2min

      • Smoking cessation: 1min

      • Advance statement: 2min

      • Plan for agreed follow up: 2min