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AFMC National Clinical Skills

Gastrointestinal Examination

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Activities

Renal Examination and Volume Assessment
Clinical Skills Practice Sessions

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2 / Renal

Renal Exam Practice Case - Renal Colic
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2 / Renal / Week 3

Renal Exam Practice Case - Hematuria
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2 / Renal / Hematology / Week 1 / Week 4

Introduction and Overview of Abdominal Exam
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 3 / Medical Foundation 3 / Gastroenterology and Nutrition / Week 1

Abdominal Exam Practice Case - Abdominal pain
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 3 / Medical Foundation 3 / Gastroenterology and Nutrition / Week 2

Abdominal Exam Practice Case - Jaundice/liver disease.
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 3 / Medical Foundation 3 / Gastroenterology and Nutrition / Week 4

Melena Stool
Clinical Skills Sessions

Part 5 / Integration Foundation / Host Defense and Neoplasia / Week 3

Examination
Clinical Exposure

Clerkship / Surgery Rotation

Abdominal theme, review of targeted abdominal exam
Clinical Skills Sessions

Assessments

Objectives

Preparation for abdominal examination: draping, position, instruction to patient, communication during examination, washing hands.
General Objectives

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2

Inspection (abdominal): signs of distress, contour, symmetry, masses, umbilicus, skin/scars/ostomy appliances, dilated veins, movement, pulsation
General Objectives

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2

Auscultation (abdominal): (following inspection) bowel sounds, recognize bowel sounds vs. bruits, surface markings for aortic, renal, iliac artery bruits.
General Objectives

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2

Percussion (abdominal): tympany, dullness, shifting dullness, organ size, fluid (fluid wave, shifting dullness)
General Objectives

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2

Palpation (abdominal): light and deep palpation, identify guarding and rebound.
General Objectives

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2

Basic introduction to inguinal canal exam.
General Objectives

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2

Barium (swallow, enema), Barium follow-through.
General Objectives

Part 2 / Medical Foundation 2

Kidney examination: abdominal exam (bimanual examination, costophrenic angle tenderness, auscultation for bruits).
General Objectives

Part 3 / Medical Foundation 3 / Renal

Conduct a physical examination appropriate to the clinical problem presented.
General Objectives

Part 3 / Medical Foundation 3 / Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Practice a focused history and physical exam for a patient presenting with chest pain, dyspnea and nausea/vomiting, with a focus on the cardiac, respiratory and abdominal exam.
Activity Objectives

Transition to Clerkship / Week 1

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

Clerkship / Surgery Rotation

Discuss important physical exam findings: hepatomegaly; palpable mass; Courvoisier's sign; Murphy's sign; scleral icterus; abdominal tenderness; lymphadenopathy; Charcot's triad; Reynold's pentad.
Clerkship Objectives

Clerkship / Surgery Rotation

Abdominal examination
Clerkship Objectives

Surgery TTR / Clerkship / Surgery Rotation / Transition to Residency

Rectal examination
Clerkship Objectives

Surgery TTR / Clerkship / Surgery Rotation / Transition to Residency

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