By askdoc, on October 7th, 2008%
We now come to Part III of our discussion on “Preparing for the Step 2 CS” In Part I, we discussed how to prepare for the medical interview part of the clinical encounter. In Part II, we discussed the physical examination part of the clinical encounter. We will now tackle the social aspects of the clinical encounter which is usually called bedside manners.
We can further divide the social aspects of the clinical encounter into two. Those that you do in every clinical encounter and those that you do in specific situations. We will start with the first one.
So what are the things you do in every clinical encounter?
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By askdoc, on September 18th, 2008%
We now come to Part II of our discussion on “Preparing for the USMLE Step 2 CS”. In Part I, we discussed how to prepare for the medical interview part of the clinical encounter. We will now tackle the physical examination part of the clinical encounter,
To answer the first question on a lot of people’s mind. No, you should not do the physical examination while conducting the medical interview. Not only is it rude, you miss the opportunity of building rapport with your “simulated patient”. A question your “patient” is asked is if they would want you to be their physician and depending on the source could be an additional 1 or 2 points for you.
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