Words you know: complete the sentences

overcrowding · quality improvement · team dynamics · clinical governance · audit cycle

• We must adhere to strict principles of ____ in our Boston hospital to ensure patient safety.
• The lead doctor initiated a ____ project to reduce diagnostic errors in the triage area.
• To complete the second stage of our ____ , we need to re-evaluate our protocols next month.
• Severe ____ in London emergency departments has led to an increase in corridor care.
• Excellent ____ are necessary when Ben and Laura need to resolve a disagreement quickly.

Remember: Unreal past: it's (high) time, would rather, as if / as though, suppose / what if + past

• It is high time the department [updated / updates / has updated] its protocols on atypical coronary presentations.
• The senior resident would rather we [did not dismiss / do not dismiss / won't dismiss] the patient's vague complaints so quickly.
• Laura acted as if she [knew / knows / has known] the diagnosis before the troponin test even came back.
• Suppose we [missed / miss / will miss] the aortic dissection because of anchoring bias; what would we do then?

Remember: Habits and annoying behaviour: will / would, be always + -ing, keep (on) + -ing

• The junior doctor [is always forgetting / always forgets / forgetting always] to check the troponin levels in elderly patients.
• When I was a resident, the clinical lead [would constantly challenge / constantly challenges / will constantly challenge] our initial diagnoses to prevent anchoring bias.
• Even though we told him to stop, he [keeps on dismissing / keeps to dismiss / kept dismiss] subtle signs as mere anxiety.
• The triage nurse [will always argue / is always arguing / is always argue] with the senior residents about diagnostic momentum during busy shifts.

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