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Curriculum Objective
Objective
Clerkship Objectives
Demonstrate the components of a complete abdominal examination including rectal, genital and pelvic examinations.

Curriculum Block

Clerkship / Surgery Rotation
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Activities

Clinical Exposure
  • Examination

Tags

AFMC National Clinical Skills
Gastrointestinal Examination Genital Examination
Basic Sciences
Diagnosis
CanMEDS Roles
Medical Expert
Curriculum Block
Clerkship Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Surgery
General MCC Objectives
Physical Examination
Level Of Competence
Knows - Clerkship
MCC Presentations
Acute Abdominal Pain Chronic Abdominal Pain
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. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 1.6 Perform or assist with medical, diagnostic, and surgical procedures considered essential for the area of practice.
MeSH
Abdominal Pain [C23.888.646.100]
Objective Type
Core

Related Objectives

Parent Objective

Abdominal Pain

Child Objectives
  • Relate the significance of the various component examinations: observation, auscultation, percussion, palpation as they apply to common abdominal pathologic processes. Examples: distention, visible peristalsis, high pitched or absent bowel sounds, tympany, mass, localized vs. generalized guarding and/or rebound tenderness.
  • Demonstrate and relate the significance of various maneuvers utilized in evaluating acute abdominal pain. Examples: iliopsoas sign, Rovsing's sign, obturator sign, Murphy's sign, cough tenderness, heel tap, cervical motion tenderness.
  • Develop a differential diagnosis for various patients presenting with acute abdominal pain. Differentiate based on: Location (RUQ, epigastric, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ, Flank) and Symptom complex (examples: periumbilical pain localizing to RLQ, acute onset left flank pain with radiation to the testicle etc).
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