,TABLE OF CONTENT
I.The Art of Assessment and Clinical Decision Making
1.The Art of Assessment and Clinical Decision Making
2.Differential Studies
3.Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
II.Advanced Assessment and Differential Diagnosis by Body Regions and Systems
4.Skin
5.Head, Face, and Neck
6.The Eye
7.Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat
8.Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems
,9.Respiratory System
10.Breasts
11.Abdomen
12.Genitourinary System
13.Male Reproductive System
14.Female Reproductive System
15.Musculoskeletal System
16.Neurological System
17.Nonspecific Complaints
18.Psychiatric Mental Health
III.Assessments and Differential Diagnosis with Special Patient Populations
19.Pediatric Patients
20.Pregnant Patients
21.Assessment of the Transgender or Gender Diverse Adult
22.Older Patients
23.Persons with Disabilities
Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care providers must be:
A. Methodical and systematic
B. Attentive to the patient’s verbal and nonverbal language
C. Able to accurately interpret the patient’s responses
D. Adept at reading into the patient’s statements
3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except:
A. Chief complaint
B. History of the present illness
C. Current vital signs
D. All of the above are essential history components
4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be
able to:
A. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
C. Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
D. Foresee unpredictable findings
5. The following is the least reliable source of information for diagnostic statistics:
A. Evidence-based investigations
B. Primary reports of research
C. Estimation based on a provider’s experience
D. Published meta-analyses
, 6. The following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-making:
A. Algorithm published in a peer-reviewed journal article
B. Clinical practice guidelines
C. Evidence-based research
D. All of the above
7. If a diagnostic study has high sensitivity, this indicates a:
A. High percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
B. Low percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
C. Low likelihood of normal result in persons without a given condition
D. None of the above
I.The Art of Assessment and Clinical Decision Making
1.The Art of Assessment and Clinical Decision Making
2.Differential Studies
3.Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
II.Advanced Assessment and Differential Diagnosis by Body Regions and Systems
4.Skin
5.Head, Face, and Neck
6.The Eye
7.Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat
8.Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems
,9.Respiratory System
10.Breasts
11.Abdomen
12.Genitourinary System
13.Male Reproductive System
14.Female Reproductive System
15.Musculoskeletal System
16.Neurological System
17.Nonspecific Complaints
18.Psychiatric Mental Health
III.Assessments and Differential Diagnosis with Special Patient Populations
19.Pediatric Patients
20.Pregnant Patients
21.Assessment of the Transgender or Gender Diverse Adult
22.Older Patients
23.Persons with Disabilities
Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care providers must be:
A. Methodical and systematic
B. Attentive to the patient’s verbal and nonverbal language
C. Able to accurately interpret the patient’s responses
D. Adept at reading into the patient’s statements
3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except:
A. Chief complaint
B. History of the present illness
C. Current vital signs
D. All of the above are essential history components
4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be
able to:
A. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
C. Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
D. Foresee unpredictable findings
5. The following is the least reliable source of information for diagnostic statistics:
A. Evidence-based investigations
B. Primary reports of research
C. Estimation based on a provider’s experience
D. Published meta-analyses
, 6. The following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-making:
A. Algorithm published in a peer-reviewed journal article
B. Clinical practice guidelines
C. Evidence-based research
D. All of the above
7. If a diagnostic study has high sensitivity, this indicates a:
A. High percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
B. Low percentage of persons with the given condition will have an abnormal result
C. Low likelihood of normal result in persons without a given condition
D. None of the above
