Thyroid nodule
Activity
e-Learning Module
e-Learning Module
In this module, you will learn about the presentation, diagnosis, and management of thyroid nodules and specifically of thyroid cancer.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Discuss the evaluation and differential diagnosis of a patient with a thyroid nodule.
- Discuss the common thyroid malignancies, their cell of origin and their management. Which has the best prognosis? The worst?
- Which (common thyroid malignancies) are associated with MEN syndrome?
- Discuss the relationship of radiation exposure to thyroid malignancy.
- Which malignancies frequently metastasize to the neck?
- Discuss the common non-neoplastic thyroid diseases that could present as a mass.
- Discuss the symptoms associated with hyperthyroidism and discuss treatment options.
- Discuss diagnosis and management of thyroiditis.
Assessments
e-Learning Module Completion
Tags
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Surgery
MCC Presentations
Neck Mass, Goiter, Thyroid Disease
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Thyroid Neoplasms [C04.588.322.894]
Thyroid Nodule [C04.588.322.894.800]
