General practice · Explanation & counselling

Predictive testing talk

Hard

15 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

Practising together? The others go to choicehub.co/join and type

K W S P

2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Declan Strickland, 29, has come in because his mother was diagnosed with Huntington disease last year. He wants to know whether he should have the gene test.

  1. Take a focused history from Mr Strickland

  2. Counsel Mr Strickland on predictive testing and agree a plan

  • You do not need to examine the patient