Wednesday, October 13, 2004
This morning was shocking, I was in stitches later on and I got plastered this afternoon.
Not as interesting as you might think. I was not having a bad morning, I was not laughing following my bad morning and I did not consume any alcohol this afternoon. Sorry to disappoint.
What I did today was [...]
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
If I could think of two things that should really never appear in the same discussion, let alone the same sentence it’s “pig’s trotter” and “fabric softener”. They just don’t seem to have anything remotely connected between them…..wrong!.
Fabric softener (bless it’s [soft] cotton socks) appears to work its softening magic on far more than [...]
Thursday, September 30, 2004
The University of California – San Diego has a fantastic series of pages which provide a succinct explanation to the art of clinical examination. Great for when you’re typing up notes or LOs.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Miss Immah put me onto this site today… ClinicalExam.com.
Most useful.
Can be downloaded to PDA.
Why didn’t I hear about this site earlier? A must for all med students.
Great little checklists for everything clinical exam oriented – right down to how to present a long case.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Hrmph! That’s what I have to say. Hrmph with a double helping of Ptooey!
Sleep patterns have swung again! This time I’m waking at 0300 then 0500 and being awake during the day…. but crashing at an obscenely early time in the evening (say….1700?) and sleeping until I wake again at [...]
The Mental Health Viva is split into three sections.
According to Jane Turner (Block Head), the following is expected:
You are expected to highlight the core features (please don’t just read out the proforma!) including key aspects of mental state, then give a diagnosis and differential. The examiners will ask you what other information you want (gaps [...]
Management Considerations of a patient with a mental illness (considered after performing a Psychiatric History and after having formulated answers to the Mental State Examination.
Immediate Risk / Grounds for admission
Does the patient show signs that they may be a risk to themselves or to others around them?
Is the patient in such a state that [...]
The MSE should be in the back of one’s mind when performing a Psychiatric History taking exercise.
Note: the MSE should be made up of observations and answers given during the history taking exercise – not based on the history of the patient etc.
The Mental State Examination Consists of:
Appearance
Are they dishevelled (may indicate depression, schizophrenia [...]
When taking a Psychiatric History the following headings should be considered:
Presenting Complaint
What is the psychiatric problem of interest in this patient.
History of presenting complaint
Tease out the details of the presenting complaint including precipitating factors that might have caused this presentation. Ascertain whether this is a new problem or a presentation of an old [...]
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Exams are LOOOOMING!!!.
How horrible. Got the timetable for viva today. I’m on for 0900 Thursday morning. Eeeeek. Well at least it will be over and done with. I swear it will not be pretty.
Michelle is up first – then me…then Theresa. I fear that I shall be [...]