Benjamin Nuri MF4 Brain and Behaviour
Activity
Tutorial
Tutorial
Benjamin Nuri is a 45 year old Caucasian male who presents at the emergency room accompanied by his wife. He has been to the emergency room on two occasions prior to today . He reports that for the past year and a half he has experienced transient episodes of chest pain, shortness of breath, sweating nausea, numbess in the left side of his face and left arm as well as dizziness.
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour / Medical Foundation 4 / Part 4 / Week 2
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
General Objectives
- Anxiety or panic.
- Understand the major drug classes used to treat diseases studied in brain and behaviour, their mechanisms of action; indications and adverse effects: benzodiazepines; SSRI / SNRI/ TCA ; First- and second-generation antipsychotics.
- Explain the importance of ruling out medical and substance-related causes of psychiatric symptoms.
- Recognize the role of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in producing physical symptoms associated with psychiatric syndromes.
- Discuss the general pharmacokinetic properties of psychotropic drugs, including volume of distribution, time to steady state concentration, and half-life.
- Explore the benefits and side effects of benzodiazepines and stimulant medication use.
Global Objectives
Assessments
End-Unit Tutorial Assessment
Concept Application Exercise (CAE)
Tags
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
Prevention and control
Cohort Year
2010
Curriculum Block
Brain and Behaviour
Medical Foundation 4
Part 4
Week 2
Curriculum Week
Part 4
Week 10
Discipline
Emergency Medicine
Psychiatry
MCC Presentations
Anxiety
Chest Pain
Numbness / Tingling / Altered Sensation
Vomiting and/or Nausea
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
MeSH
Anxiety Disorders [F03.080]
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory [E01.370.370.140.100]
Chest Pain [C23.888.646.215]
Coffee [J02.200.325]
Dizziness [C10.597.751.237]
Dyspnea [C23.888.852.371]
Epinephrine [D02.033.100.291.310]
Hypesthesia [C10.597.751.791.500]
Hypochondriasis [F03.875.450]
Interpersonal Relations [F01.829.401]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Nausea [C23.888.821.712]
Panic Disorder [F03.080.700]
Parasympathetic Nervous System [A08.800.050.600]
Patient Education as Topic [N02.421.143.827.407.680]
Psychiatry [F04.096.544]
Risk Reduction Behavior [F01.145.699]
Somatoform Disorders [F03.875]
Sympathetic Nervous System [A08.800.050.800]
Weight Loss [C23.888.144.243.963]
