MDT case studies
MDT · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The MDT credential validates the knowledge and applied judgement needed to work effectively inside a multidisciplinary team - the structured forum in which clinicians and allied professionals review complex cases, agree a shared plan, and coordinate follow-up. It suits nurses, allied health professionals, junior doctors, case managers, and team coordinators who prepare cases, present at meetings, document decisions, or chair the meeting itself. The MDT case studies are 5 cases and about 3,418 words.
1A frailty MDT with no terms of reference and no owner for actions
Northgate Community Frailty Service runs a weekly 45-minute multidisciplinary team meeting in a room booked for 30 minutes. Twenty-two patients are listed.
717 words, about 4 min2Skill mix on a stroke unit: when cover becomes unsafe delegation
On a 28-bed acute stroke unit the speech and language therapist is on annual leave for two weeks. The ward manager asks a band 5 physiotherapist to 'just do the swallow screens' so that patients who are nil by mouth can be upgraded to oral diet before the weekend.
705 words, about 4 min3Triage of an overloaded colorectal MDT list
Your colorectal multidisciplinary team meets once weekly and can hear 14 cases. Twenty-three referrals arrive by Wednesday for Friday.
652 words, about 3 min4Anticoagulation, falls and competing risks in an 84-year-old
An 84-year-old woman with permanent atrial fibrillation has a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 5 and a HAS-BLED score of 4. She fell at home and sustained a 3 cm scalp haematoma; CT showed no intracranial injury.
667 words, about 3 min5Resuscitation documentation, messaging apps and a 90-day improvement plan
After a serious incident, a review finds that the cardiac arrest team was called to a patient with a documented 'not for CPR' decision. The decision was written on a paper form, scanned into the electronic record 11 days later, and never entered on the electronic summary that the emergency team sees.
677 words, about 3 min