The teaching of history taking is so often delivered through verbal and written means, relying heavily on acronyms such as OLDCARTS, OLDCIPPA in MSK or more generally SOCRATES in medical training. For leaners assimilating this… Read More »Why Use Visuals To Think About Patient Histories
Previous research has shown that physicians make a diagnosis from the patient’s history in 70-90% of cases. By the medical history, physicians garner 60–80 % of the information that is relevant for a diagnosis (Keifenheim 2015).… Read More »The Concept Of A Clinical History
My personal perspective from years of working in MSK both in the NHS and private is that taking a good history from your patient not only helps to drive your clinical examinations but often, the… Read More »MSK Assessment – Jigsaw Puzzle Thinking
When thinking about an MSK history and what areas need to be covered with your patient you quite quickly realise that there are some key areas, but thereafter multi-layers that sit beneath these areas. For… Read More »Sunburst Your Patient History