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I feel most like I am “among my people” discussing diagnostic dilemmas with my team post call. What makes a diagnostic dilemma? Diagnostic dilemmas are those which occupy the other three squares of a 2X2 table. 2 Common puzzles testdiagnostic reasoning. These unsolved chronic problems are never easy.
Old-fashioned doctors spend whatever time it takes to obtain a good medical history and physical examination. The history and physicalexam is not something to be fetishized but something to be recognized as a time saver. An exam finding does, on occasion, make you feel more comfortable with your diagnosis.
While video calls allow for visual assessments, certain aspects of a physicalexam—such as checking vital signs, palpating areas of pain, or listening to a patient’s heart and lungs—cannot be replicated remotely. This limitation means that telehealth may not be suitable for all medical concerns.
The information recorded may include symptoms, medical history, test results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescription medications, and progress made at appointments. Plan : Further diagnostictests and other tasks are included here, along with proposed treatment including patient education, medications, further therapy, and so on.
There will always be new procedures, new medications, and new lab tests to learn about. Through patient case scenarios, the examtests your ability to formulate a diagnosis based on a patient’s history, their physicalexam, and the associated lab findings. It also tests your ability to manage a patient.
As an EBM and diagnostic reasoning obsessive, I often see this as a 2X2 table with the patients knowledge in the columns and the doctors as the rows: Most commonly, both doctor and patient know when the end of life is near — square A. This is what everyone fears, square D. ” This is a rare situation.
Support During Diagnostic Procedures Veterinary technicians play a crucial role in supporting diagnostic procedures during emergencies. – Performing DiagnosticTests: Operating imaging equipment like X-rays or ultrasounds to help diagnose internal injuries or conditions.
As an EBM and diagnostic reasoning obsessive, I often see this as a 2X2 table with the patients knowledge in the columns and the doctors as the rows: Most commonly, both doctor and patient know when the end of life is near — square A. This is what everyone fears, square D. ” This is a rare situation.
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Doctors of a certain age tend to fetishize the physicalexam. I think this is because learning the physicalexam is an important part of the socialization of the doctor. Though with every passing day I feel more and more like part of the old guard, I can only give the exam a tepid defense.
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