How to take a History
- Understand the importance of history taking
- Learn a standardised approach to ask questions
- How to tailor history to specific presentations
- Special cases
Overview
History Taking is one of the most important skills required by a doctor. Many clinicians argue that 70% of the diagnosis can be found in the history, with follow up investigations, imaging and special tests only really required to answer initial doubts. This course will go through the principles of history taking, what questions to ask, and how we can tailor this to different presenting complaints.
What's Covered
Section 1: Intro
- Learn a unique acronym to take clinical histories
- Cover all the essential components like drug, family, past medical and social history
- Address common queries and FAQs
Section 2: Specific examples
- Apply the template to different presentations
- Explore common symptoms: chest pain, cough, headache, fainting
- Haematuria, Diarrhoea, Palpitations, Joint Pain
Section 3: Special Cases
- Apply the template to paediatric and psychiatric histories
- Learn to explore a paediatric past medical and developmental history
- Learn to assess risk of suicide and assess mood
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