Clinical Examination Essentials

An Introduction to Clinical Skills (and how to pass your clinical exams)

5th Edition - July 1, 2019
Authors: Nicholas J. Talley, Simon O’Connor
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 3 1 1 - 8
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 7 4 1 - 9

Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical Examination Essentials 5e provides an introduction to the skills required to successfully pass your clinical exams. It offers tips on how to impres… Read more

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Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical Examination Essentials 5e provides an introduction to the skills required to successfully pass your clinical exams.

It offers tips on how to impress your examiners and highlights key steps in taking a history and conducting a physical examination. With practice these will become second nature, even under the stress of exam conditions.

We hope that Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical Examination Essentials inspires you to master your clinical skills and embark on a successful medical career. If you are looking to further develop your history taking and examination techniques, Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical Examination: A Systematic Guide to Physical Diagnosis provides greater detail (and more jokes).

Cover image
Title Page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Foreword
Preface
Reviewers
1 How to pass your clinical exams
Testing clinical skills in medical training: core competencies will be assessed
The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)
Alternative assessment methods
2 Taking the history
The history: rationale
Bedside manner
Obtaining the history
Concluding the interview
3 Advanced history taking
History taking for the maintenance of good health
Personal history taking
Cultural history taking
Functional history taking: activities and instrumental activities of daily living
Communication
The ‘difficult’ patient
4 Beginning the examination
Equipment
Hand-washing
First impressions
Vital signs
General appearance
Weight and body habitus
The hands and nails
How to examine a lump
Preparing the patient for examination
5 The heart and cardiovascular system
The cardiac history
Examination anatomy
Examining the heart
6 The chest
The respiratory history
Examination anatomy
Examining the chest
7 The abdomen
The gastrointestinal history
Examination anatomy
Examining the gastrointestinal system
The genitourinary system
Examination of the genitourinary system
The haematological system
Haematopoeitic examination
8 Neurology
The neurological history
Neurological examination sequence
9 The eyes, ears, nose and throat
The eyes
The ears
The nose
The mouth and throat
10 The thyroid and endocrine system
The thyroid
The endocrine system: a systematic approach
11 The breasts
The history
Examination of the breasts
12 The joints
The rheumatological history
Examination anatomy
The rheumatological examination (see Box 12.2)
13 The skin
The dermatological history
Examination anatomy
Examination of the skin
14 Assessment of the older patient
History taking in the older patient: special considerations
Mental state examination
The physical examination in the older patient: special considerations
15 Assessment of the acutely ill patient
16 Examining the systems of the body
The cardiovascular system (see Fig 16.1)
The respiratory system (see Fig 16.2)
The gastrointestinal system (see Fig 16.3)
The nervous system (see Fig 16.4)
17 Writing and presenting the history and physical examination
Writing up the history and physical examination
The history
The physical examination (PE)
Provisional diagnosis, problem list and plans
Presenting the history and physical examination
List of OSCEs
Final remarks
Index

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Nicholas J. Talley

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