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Paediatric short case examination
Author(s) -
Isaacs David
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.12754
Subject(s) - artificiality , medicine , test (biology) , physical examination , value (mathematics) , pediatrics , surgery , epistemology , paleontology , philosophy , machine learning , computer science , biology
The short case is a highly artificial scenario, in which the examination candidate is given little or no history and instructed to examine one system or one aspect of a patient and draw conclusions. Despite their artificiality, short cases test clinical skills which senior paediatricians value and consider essential qualities of a competent physician. This article presents some general suggestions on an approach to doing short case examinations.