2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min
2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min
Instructions
You are a medical student on placement in general practice in Northam. Your next patient is Lionel Hatfield, 79, presenting with a swelling in his lower abdomen for a month and dribbling urine.
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Take a focused history
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Perform a focused examination
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Outline to the examiner:
Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
Verbalise your examination; the examiner will give findings on request
Practising alone? Ask the examinerFindings appear only when you ask for them
Investigations
Examination
After treatment
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