Lauren Bick MF3 Endocrinology
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Lauren Bick is a 13-year-old girl who presents to her family physician's office with a 6-month history of weight loss. Her mother is concerned because she has noticed that Lauren has lost at least 10 pounds since her last doctor's visit which she had just before she started at her new school. Although Lauren has always been a "petite" girl, she is now the shortest in her class. The doctor asks Lauren's mom to give her a few minutes alone with Lauren. Once Lauren's mom has left the room, the doctor reviews the limits of confidentiality with Lauren and asks her about her weight loss. Lauren explains that she has met a new group of friends who do not believe that it is healthy to eat animals so she has joined them in following a vegan diet. She also reports that she's recently joined the long distance running club at her school. Lauren indicates that despite her mother's wishes, Lauren's goal is to get her weight down to 25 kg in the next few months. Lauren requests that you don't tell her mother this as it will likely cause them to argue. Lauren's menarche was at age 11 and she had been having regular menstrual periods but in the last 4 months, she has not had a period. Lauren indicates that she has not been sexually active. On questioning, she reports some constipation and says that she often feels cold.

Curriculum Block

Gastroenterology and Nutrition / Medical Foundation 3 / Part 3 / Week 4
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Basic Sciences
Biochemistry Ethics Etiology Human development Metabolism Physiology
Curriculum Block
Gastroenterology and Nutrition Medical Foundation 3 Part 3 Week 4
Curriculum Week
Part 3 Week 4
Discipline
Endocrinology Family medicine Nutritional Sciences Pediatrics
General MCC Objectives
Law And Ethics
MCC Presentations
Amenorrhea, Oligomenorrhea Confidentiality Consent Pediatric Constipation Weight Loss / Eating Disorders / Anorexia
McMaster Program Competencies
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 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations 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. 4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds 4.2 Participate in the education of patients, families, students, trainees, peers and other health professionals 4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics 4.4 Demonstrate insight and understanding about emotions and human responses to emotions that allow one to develop and manage interpersonal interactions, including the ability to manage one’s own interpersonal responses 5.4 Demonstrate respect for patient confidentiality, privacy and autonomy 5.5 Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population, including all dimensions of diversity such as those that are included in human rights legislation and federal and provincial law. 5.7 Demonstrate the application of ethical principles to commonly encountered ethical issues such as the provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, informed consent, and including compliance with relevant laws, policies, and regulations 8.3 Develop the ability to use self-awareness of knowledge, skills, and emotional limitation to seek help appropriately 8.4 Demonstrate awareness and acceptance of different points of view
MeSH
Failure to Thrive [C23.550.393.225] Adolescent Development [G07.345.374.500] Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena [G07.203.650.220.060] Amenorrhea [C23.550.568.500] Anorexia Nervosa [F03.400.125] Anorexia [C23.888.821.108] Basal Metabolism [G03.295.154] Body Mass Index [G07.100.100.125] Confidentiality [N03.706.437.650.124] Constipation [C23.888.821.150] Diet Records [N04.452.859.360] Diet, Vegetarian [E02.642.249.300] Energy Intake [G07.203.650.240.340] Exercise [I03.350] Feeding and Eating Disorders [F03.400] Growth and Development [G07.345] Growth Charts [E05.978.808.500] Growth Disorders [C23.550.393] Informed Consent By Minors [N03.706.437.650.312.500] Informed Consent [N03.706.437.650.312] Malnutrition [C18.654.521] Nutrition Policy [N03.706.825.608.428.650] Nutritional Requirements [G07.203.650.620] Parental Notification [F01.145.209.259.399] Pediatrics [H02.403.670] Running [I03.450.642.845.610] Starvation [C18.654.521.750] Weight Loss [C23.888.144.243.963]