Patient Assessment Skills

The student graduating from this medical school will be able to:

Demonstrate problem solving skills

  • Generate hypotheses in making a clinical diagnosis
  • Practice symptom pursuit
  • Apply scientific method (including evidence-based medicine principles) to patient care
  • Use appropriate academic resources

Formulate a clinical diagnosis

  • Utilize appropriate clinical skills to develop a differential diagnosis
  • Determine which diagnostic tests are appropriate and cost-effective methods of confirming clinical diagnosis

Interpret basic diagnostic tests

(the graduating student will be able to interpret, but not necessarily personally perform the following)

  • Resting EKG
  • Commonly performed diagnostic imaging, including:
    • Interpretation of an adult Chest x-ray (AP/lat)
    • Interpretation of an adult X-ray of long bones
    • Recognize Basic features of Ultrasound, CT and MRI films
  • Pulse oximetry readings
  • Peak expiratory flow rate measurement
  • Basic Spirometry results
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring strip and fetal non-stress test
  • Audiologic testing results (Audiometry and Tympanometry)
  • Interpret basic written reports of commonly performed tests, such as:
    • EEG
    • EMG and nerve conduction studies
    • Exercise treadmill tests
    • Common pathology reports - Gross and Microscopic
    • Common biochemical and hematologic studies
    • Common immunologic and genetic studies
  • Urine Microscopy report
  • Peripheral Blood Smear report