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‘The medical history’ is a structured assessment conducted to generate a comprehensive picture of a patient’s health and health problems. It includes an assessment of: the patient’s current and previous health problems. current and previous medical treatment. the patient’s health in general.
Taking the history of a patient is the most important tool you will use in diagnosing a medical problem. To be able to obtain a history that is targeted to the presenting complaint takes practice, as well as knowledge of possible differential diagnoses. In this chapter, we will provide you with a basic structure for asking questions.
Effective history taking involves allowing the patient to talk in an unstruc-tured way whilst you maintain control of the interview. Use language that the patient can understand and avoid the use of medical jargon. Avoid asking questions that can be answered by a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Ask questions that
History Taking – Overview. Free medical revision on history taking skills for medical student exams, finals, OSCEs and MRCP PACES.
This is derived from the “Green Book”, a typewritten aide memoire for clinical examination well known to all Glasgow graduates. It is intended as an aid to learning clinical history taking and examination, specifically in Phase 3 of the MB ChB curriculum - the first 15 weeks of Year 3.
It outlines the basics of taking a medical history within a framework that is patient-centred and emphasises effective communication. In addition, it describes an approach to recording information from the consultation in the clinical record. The consultation.
Chapters 4 to 17 detail the anatomy and physiology, health history, guide-lines for health promotion and counseling, techniques of examination, and examples of the written record relevant to specific body systems and regions.
