MODULE 1 Flashcards
A clinician must do no harm to the patient.
Non-malifecence
A well-informed patient is better able to exercise ____________ knowing that choices are available.
A. Utilitarianism
B. Beneficence
C. Autonomy
D. Deontology
C. Autonomy
Recognition of the balance between between autonomy and competing interests of the family and community.
A. Fairness and justice
B. Deontological imperatives
C. Utilitarianism
D. Nonmaleficence
A. Fairness and justice
The need to consider the appropriate use of resources for the greater good of the larger community.
Utilitarianism
Phrasing questions carefully to avoid inaccurate or misleading patient responses.
A. Flexibility
B. Subtlety
C. Empathy
D. Specificity
D. Specificity
During questioning, learn to go far enough but not too far.
A. Specificity
B. Subtlety
C. Clarity
D. Flexibility
B. Subtlety
TRUE or FALSE: In taking the maternal history, it is also important to take note of the father’s health, medications, occupational exposures, etc.
TRUE
____________ are a universal human experience, but often have a unique personal meaning.
Symptoms
_________ is the explanation the clinician brings to the symptoms, leads to diagnosis and management plan.
Disease
It is how the patient experiences the symptoms, shaped by pervious experiences, how symptoms affect daily living, culture, age, and expectations about medical care.
Illness
TRUE or FALSE: The chief complaint may be discovered in the course of the interview.
TRUE.
Because the chief complaint is not necessarily the first problem mentioned by the patient.
It is the clear, chronological narrative account of the present problem.
History of Present Illness (HPI)
TRUE or FALSE: If symptoms in the review of systems appear to be related to Chief Complaint, move the data to HPI.
TRUE
This includes the pertinent POSITIVES and NEGATIVES.
Review of Systems
A good gauge of nutrition for the under 6 years old.
Upper midarm circumference
A condition where in the arm span exceeds total height.
Eunochoid proportion
In addition to treating illness, we have an obligation to ease suffering, minimize disability, prevent disease, and promote health.
A. Cooperation
B. Rights
C. Balance
D. Comprehensiveness
D. Comprehensiveness
Care of the individual is central, but the health of the population is also our concern.
A. Rights
B. Safety
C. Improvement
D. Balance
D. Balance
Process by which a living being or any of its parts increases in size and mass, either by multiplication or enlargement of component cells.
Growth
A result of maturation of the nervous system and psychological reaction.
Development
Consider all known causes equally likely and simultaneously test for all of them.
A. Probabilistic approach
B. Prognostic approach
C. Pragmatic approach
D. Possibilistic approach
D. Possibilistic approach
Consider the most serious diagnoses first.
A. Probabilistic approach
B. Prognostic approach
C. Pragmatic approach
D. Possibilistic approach
B. Prognostic approach
Consider the diagnosis that is most responsive to treatment first.
A. Probabilistic approach
B. Prognostic approach
C. Pragmatic approach
D. Possibilistic approach
C. Pragmatic approach
Consider first those disorders that are more likely and with the highest pretest probability.
A. Probabilistic approach
B. Prognostic approach
C. Pragmatic approach
D. Possibilistic approach
A. Probabilistic approach
TRUE or FALSE: In a standard clinical diagnosis, “not written is considered not done”.
TRUE
