2026) Advanced Physical Assessment | Study
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,A 34-year-old male with a history c. Following the patient's lead to understand
of complex social and medical their thoughts, ideas, concerns, and requests
needs (including current substance
abuse) presents to a primary care
teaching clinic. The patient has
experienced a number of
adversarial relationships with prior
clinicians, including voluntarily
leaving two practices within the
previous year and being asked to
leave care at a third clinic due to
misbehavior. The attending
physician desires to utilize the
approaches to this patient that are
most likely lead to comprehensive
care and patient compliance.
Which of the following is the most
,appropriate interview style for the
attending physician to use?
a. Focusing on the need for
immediate diagnostic certainty
over personal connection
b. Taking charge of the interaction
to meet the clinician's desire to
acquire diagnostic information
c. Following the patient's lead to
understand their thoughts, ideas,
concerns, and requests
d. Deferring respect, empathy,
, A 36-year-old female air traffic b. Recognizing the patient's emotions by asking
controller presents to her primary or confirming how she feels about the event
care provider for a routine visit 3
months after losing her spouse to a
lengthy battle with a
neurodegenerative disease. The
patient denies any psychiatric
symptoms on review of systems
and, in fact, states that she has
slept better in the last month than
she had in the previous years. She
endorses a healthy support
system, including the extended
family of her deceased spouse,
with whom she is still close. She
becomes wistful and briefly tearful
when speaking of the plans that