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. Your next patient is Murray Pendergast, 64, a retired farmer who has put on about 10 kg over the past year and whose skin tears and bruises at the slightest knock.
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Examine the patient
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Outline to the examiner:
Your findings
Your most likely diagnosis
You do not need to take a full history
Describe your examination as you go; findings that cannot be seen on the patient will be given on request
The examiner will ask you one question at the end
Practising alone? Ask the examinerFindings appear only when you ask for them
Investigations
Examination
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