USMLE step 2 clinical skills triage : a guide to honing clinical skills / Kevin Schwechten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwechten, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical medicine--Examinations, questions, etc.

Clinical medicine.

Clinical medicine--Case studies.

Physicians--Licenses--United States--Examinations--Study guides.

Physicians.

Medical history taking--Examinations, questions, etc.

Medical history taking.

Medical history taking--Case studies.

Diagnosis, Differential--Case studies.

Diagnosis, Differential.

Diagnosis, Differential--Examinations, questions, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

USMLE step two clinical skills triage

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills Triage is the indispensable preparation book for the Step 2 Clinical Skills exam, presenting 40 high-yield patient-encounter cases that simulate the examination experience. Cases are organized for straightforward learning: a sample dialogue that mimics actual doctor-patient communication is followed by guidelines on performing the physical exam, ending the case, writing the patient note, and outlining the differential diagnosis. Comprehensive yet succinct, the cases address almost all possible exam scenarios, including telephone cases and ""difficult patient"" enco

Contents:

Contents; Section 1: Logistics of Step 2 Clinical Skills; Section 2: USMLE Clinical Skills Strategy; 1. Vision Loss; 2. Red Eye; 3. Mental Status Change; 4. Dizziness; 5. Headache; 6. Sleep Difficulties; 7. Headache and Stiff Neck; 8. Syncope; 9. Heat-Related Injury; 10. Breast Lump; 11. Chest Pain; 12. Chronic Cough; 13. Shortness of Breath; 14. Weight Loss and Fatigue; 15. Respiratory Symptoms; 16. Male Abdominal Pain; 17. Nausea and Vomiting in a Diabetic; 18. Nausea and Vomiting; 19. Female Abdominal Pain; 20. Anterior Knee Pain; 21. Wrist Pain; 22. Joint Pain; 23. Back Pain

24. Back Pain in an Elderly Patient25. Shoulder Pain; 26. Lower Leg Pain; 27. Fatigue and Bruising; 28. Fever in Pregnancy; 29. Hematuria; 30. Testicular Mass; 31. Irregular Menses; 32. Fever in a Child; 33. Difficult Patient: Fibromyalgia; 34. Difficult Patient: Drug-Seeking; 35. Difficult Patient: Non-English Speaking; 36. Telephone Case: Abdominal Pain; 37. Telephone Case: Elderly Fall; 38. Telephone Case: Labor Check; 39. Telephone Case: Question of Abuse; 40. Telephone Case: Toxic Ingestion; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-61341-3

9786612613418

0-19-974985-X

OCLC:

642662089