OSCE - general

  1. HPI
    ChLORIDE FPP

    • Character
    • Location
    • Onset
    • Radiation
    • Intensity
    • Duration
    • Events associated

    • Frequency
    • Palliative factors
    • Provocative factors
  2. Building your DDx
    Vitamins C
    • Vascular
    • Infectious
    • Traumatic
    • Autoimmune/Allergic
    • Metabolic
    • Idiopathic/Iatrogenic
    • Neoplastic
    • Substance use/Psychiatric

    Congenital
  3. physical exam basics
    • inspection
    • palpation
    • percussion
    • auscultation
  4. you WILL fail the station if you
    don't wash your hands
  5. FIFE
    • feelings
    • ideas
    • fears
    • expectations
  6. SPIKES to break bad news
    • Setting up the interview to be ready for questions and make the pt/family feel comfortable
    • Perceptions - "what have you been told about your condition so far?"
    • Invitation - what level of info does the pt want to know (detailed or big picture)
    • Knowledge passed onto patients - the "warning shot" - "I have some bad news to tell you", use language pt can understand, check in on their comprehension
    • Emotions - identify and address the emotions, be empathetic
    • Strategy and Summary - outline next steps for the pt esp written info and the plan for a 2nd encounter
Author
schulichbeliever
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Card Set
OSCE - general
Description
general mnemonics to help when your brain goes blooey on the osce
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