USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills Triage : A Guide to Honing Clinical Skills

Usmle Step 2 Clinical Skills Triage Is The Indispensable Preparation Book For The Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam, Presenting 40 High-yield Patient-encounter Cases That Simulate The Examination Experience. Cases Are Organized For Straightforward Learning: A Sample Dialogue That Mimics Actual Doctor-patient Communication Is Followed By Guidelines On Performing The Physical Exam, Ending The Case, Writing The Patient Note, And Outlining The Differential Diagnosis. Comprehensive Yet Succinct, The Cases Address Almost All Possible Exam Scenarios, Including Telephone Cases And Difficult Patient Encounters. Each Case Contains Detailed And Relevant Information On Presenting Complaints And Conditions, With Pertinent Points Highlighted And Boxed For Easy Review. Written By The Author Of The Popular Usmle Step 3 Triage, This Book Is Optimal For Either Individual Or Group Study And For Any Student Interested In Reviewing How To Practice Applying Medical Knowledge And Patient-centered Skills.--publisher's Website. Vision Loss -- Red Eye -- Mental Status Change -- Dizziness -- Headache -- Sleep Difficulties -- Headache And Stiff Neck -- Syncope -- Heat Related Injury -- Breast Lump -- Chest Pain -- Chronic Cough -- Shortness Of Breath -- Weight Loss And Fatigue -- Respiratory Symptoms -- Male Abdominal Pain -- Nausea And Vomiting In A Diabetic -- Nausea And Vomiting In A Female -- Female Abdominal Pain -- Anterior Knee Pain -- Wrist Pain -- Joint Pain -- Back Pain -- Back Pain In An Elderly Patient -- Shoulder Pain -- Lower Leg Pain -- Fatigue And Bruising -- Fever In Pregnancy -- Hematuria -- Testicular Mass -- Irregular Menses -- Fever In A Child -- Difficult Patient: Fibromyalgia -- Difficult Patient: Drug Seeking -- Difficult Patient: Non-english Speaking -- Telephone Case: Abdominal Pain -- Telephone Case: Elderly Fall -- Telephone Case: Labor Check -- Telephone Case: Question Of Abuse -- Telephone Case: Toxic Ingestion. Kevin Schwechten. Includes Index.