Medicine · History

Daily sputum

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the respiratory clinic. Fiona Corbett, 47, has been referred with years of a daily productive cough and four courses of antibiotics this year.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Request any relevant investigations

  3. Explain your diagnosis and management plan to the patient

  • You do not need to summarise your history or examine the patient
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Investigations