--- title: Completing a Sample Minor Ailment Assessment description: Learn how to complete a sample Minor Ailment assessment in MedEssist so your team can familiarize themselves with the workflow before assessing patients. --- [Skip to content](https://help.medessist.com/completing-a-sample-minor-ailment-assessment#main-content) [![MedEssistLogoNEW-1](https://help.medessist.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MedEssistLogoNEW-1.png?width=200&height=43&name=MedEssistLogoNEW-1.png)](https://help.medessist.com?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Launch MedEssist](https://app.medessist.com/) [Launch MedEssist](https://app.medessist.com/) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [MedEssist Help](https://help.medessist.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Clinical Tools](https://help.medessist.com/clinical-tools?hsLang=en) 3. [Minor Ailments and Prescribing](https://help.medessist.com/clinical-tools?hsLang=en#minor-ailments-and-prescribing) # Completing a Sample Minor Ailment Assessment ## Learn how to complete a sample Minor Ailment assessment in MedEssist so your team can familiarize themselves with the workflow before assessing patients. 1\. On your MedEssist dashboard, click **"Schedule"** on the left hand side. ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-05-12/411075d9-6afe-4b09-ac7a-dc3b61eaf1b8/ascreenshot_6b7dc8db4198443ab160d0b0780f2963_text_export.jpeg) 2\. Click **"New"** in the top-right corner and select **"Registration"** from the drop-down. ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-05-12/da58ac4d-acd0-4bfb-b028-e70dd90f1b93/ascreenshot_42dde7cb01cf4c128699285ae7cfd146_text_export.jpeg) 3\. Select **"Minor Ailments & Conditions"** and choose a condition from the dropdown menu, then click **"Assess Now".** A new popup window will appear. ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-05-12/6139faf2-eb65-4d6f-a919-2effd6513a4e/stack_animation.webp) ### Clinical Assessment 4\. Complete the patient questionnaire using sample patient information.  **Tip:** Intentionally select some responses that may trigger a red or yellow flag to see how they appear on an assessment. ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-05-12/d20c2fd4-871c-4cbb-a00a-4b84a214bd12/ascreenshot_b875b3b14acb416eaf3cfc12a995f68d_text_export.jpeg) ### Patient Information 5\. Enter test patient information ![](https://colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-05-12/aa87ab3d-98c9-4c5e-9f0c-a9fe0dee8415/stack_animation.webp) 6\. 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