Lan Chen MF4 Brain and Behaviour
Activity
Tutorial
You are a family doctor in Thunder Bay. On your day schedule you note that Lan Chen is booked to see you about "fatigue". She is a devout, hardworking nurse who has in the past year developed hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and Type II Diabetes. She is 45, has been married for 18 years and has three healthy sons, ages 10, 8, and 6. The patient presents as tense, tired, and clearly distressed. Ms. Chen complains of feeling "wiped out", constantly fatigued despite sleeping up to 12 hours at a time. She describes herself as feeling "useless" because she is falling behind on her work at home and is worried about her work at the hospital because she is having trouble focusing: "my thoughts keep jumping around and I'm never really sure what I've done. I keep checking things over and over to make sure I'm not making mistakes". She feels overwhelmed by the many decisions she has to make every day in the hospital, and the demands on her at home. She used to love her work, her family, and coaching soccer. Now she describes feeling intense dread driving to work, at times crying in the car, knowing how busy and intense the day will be. She likewise dreads coaching her soccer team: "This year's group is different, they're a bunch of lazy little brats". She is very upset because she yelled at two of the girls at the last game, and is even more upset because she is yelling at her own sons "all the time".

Curriculum Block

Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 1

Objectives

General Objectives
Global Objectives

Assessments

End-Unit Tutorial Assessment
Concept Application Exercise (CAE)

Tags

Basic Sciences
Biochemistry Pharmacology Physiology Prevention and control
Cohort Year
2010
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour Medical Foundation 4 Part 4 Week 1
Curriculum Week
Part 4 Week 9
Discipline
Family medicine Psychiatry
MCC Presentations
Anxiety Depressed Mood Fatigue Sleep-Wake Disorders Weight Gain, Obesity
McMaster Program Competencies
1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests. 1.3 Interpret laboratory data, imaging studies, and other tests required for the area of practice 1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment 1.5 Develop and carry out patient management plans 1.7 Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their care and enable shared decision-making 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care.
MeSH
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive [C10.886.425.800.750.850] Antidepressive Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.122] Anxiety Disorders [F03.080] Anxiety [F01.470.132] Attention [F02.830.104.214] Behavior Therapy [F04.754.137] Behavioral Symptoms [F01.145.126] Cognitive Therapy [F04.754.137.428] Depression [F01.145.126.350] Exercise [E02.403.500] Fatigue [C23.888.369] Hyperphagia [C23.888.821.645] Irritable Mood [F01.470.047.110] Life Change Events [F01.829.458.410] Mental Disorders [F03] Neurotransmitter Agents [D27.505.519.625] Obesity [G07.100.100.160.120.699.500] Obsessive Behavior [F01.145.126.950] Physiological Effects of Drugs [D27.505.696] Psychiatry [F04.096.544] Psychotropic Drugs [D27.505.954.427.700] Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors [D27.505.696.577.600.850] Social Isolation [I01.880.853.748] Stress, Psychological [F01.145.126.990] Therapeutics [E02] Wakefulness [F02.830.104.821] Weight Gain [C23.888.144.243.926]