CASC physical examinations

Frontal lobe examination?
- 1.) Personality change?
- 2.) FAS and animal in 1 min each
- 3.) Luria test
- 4.) Go-no-go
- 5.) Cognitive estimates
- 6.) Similarities
- 7.) Proverb interpretation
- 8.) Palmar grasp reflex
Parietal lobe examination - Dominant
- 1.) Finger agnosia
- 2.) Astereoagnosia
- 3.) Dysgraphaesthesia
- 4.) Dyscalculia
- 5.) R-L disorientation
Finger agnosia?

Touch nose with index finger - cannot recognise finger
Astereoagnosia?

Recognise object place in hand by touch, eyes closed.
Dysgraphaesthesia

Trace letters onto back of hand, eyes closed, check sensation first.
Dyscalculia

Simple sums
R-L disorientation

Touch left ear with right hand
Parietal lobe exam - non-dominant
- 1.) Inattention
- 2.) Constructional apraxia
- 3.) Topographical disorientation
- 4.) Ideational and ideomotor apraxia
Inattention?

Draw clock face
Constructional apraxia

Interlocking pentagons
Topographical disorientation

Do you get lost in familiar places?
Ideamotor and ideational apraxia

3 stage command - take this piece of paper in your left hand and place it on the floor

Mime cutting paper with scissors
Parietal lobe exam

Visual fields
Parietal lobe exam - speech
- 1.)Conduction aphasia
- 2.) Receptive dysphasia
- 3.) Alexia
Conduction aphasia

Cannot repeat phrase that is said to them
Receptive aphasia

Difficulty in comprehension - comment on this, no specific test
Parietal lobe exam - Reading and writing

Lesions of the angular gyrus can cause problems with this

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CASC physical examinations

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Physical examinations including cognitive testing for the MRCPsych CASC examination.

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2018-12-29T23:18:00Z

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