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Shoulder pain reaching overhead - General practice

CurtinYear 410 min + 2 min readingMusculoskeletal & rheumatologyStandardClinical years
  • Focused examination (shoulder)
  • Dx
  • Initial Mx

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2 min reading, 10 min station, warning at 2 min

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Station - Instructions for candidate

You are a medical student on placement in a general practice.

Eleni/Yiannis Papadopoulos, a 61-year-old self-employed house painter, has asked for this appointment about a six-month problem with the right shoulder that has been getting worse. There has been no fall or injury.

Your tasks are to:

  1. Perform a focused examination of the shoulder. Tell the examiner what you would like to examine or demonstrate and the relevant findings will be provided to you.
  2. State your most likely diagnosis and one or two differentials to the examiner, with your reasoning.
  3. Outline your initial management plan to the examiner, including referral and safety-netting.
  • You do NOT need to take a formal history; brief clarifying questions are allowed.
  • Tell the examiner what you would like to assess; the relevant findings will be provided as you reach each step.
  • You do NOT need to summarise your findings to the examiner before giving your diagnosis and plan.
  • You do not need to request or interpret investigations.

This is a 10-minute station, with 2 minutes of reading time.

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Solo practice: say out loud what you would ask for, then choose the category. Names appear only after you commit, and a result is revealed only when you ask for it.

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