Guide to Clinical Examination/Quick Guide

This is just a quick guide to various history and examinations.

The pages are mostly quick bulleted points, designed to be used on their own when practising a particular exam station. Things that you might want to say to the examiner appear in quotation marks "like this".

They should keep everything in a logical order, and minimise the amount a patient has to move around.

History and assessment

 * /General medical history/
 * /Psychiatric history/
 * /Self-harm or suicide attempt/

Examination

 * /Quick examination of everything/ (useful for clerking in a patient)
 * /Cardiovascular examination/
 * /Respiratory examination/
 * /Combined cardiovascular and respiratory examination/
 * /Gastrointestinal examination/
 * /Abdominal examination/
 * /Neurological examination/
 * /Musculoskeletal examination/

Advice giving
These tend to vary more from place to place. We have tried to stay general, without being to vague. Just use your common sense when using them.


 * /Cutting down alcohol/
 * /Stop smoking/
 * /Asthma inhaler/