Dear All

Thank you for particpating in the session today.

In Rapid Random Review we discussed:

• ALL – Therpay objective
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Congestive Heart Failure – symptoms in infant

We started on History & Management station today. 

History taking is a very important skill needed in all the exam though with different and acquiring different details. History skill set can be compared to the skill set a player in cricket needs and uses differently in different formats of: test match – One day – T20 games. Dr AG discussed the ins & outs of the various stations and information one has to get with the help of a Power Point presentation. There was good discussion following the presentation with a question answer session with Dr Shishir.

The Learning points are:

• Adapt to the situation
• Develop a Differntial diagnosis
• Skeleton history with Time line to follow – at start
• Open ended questions to begin – will get you more information
• Different to ‘History’ in indian exams
• Communication skills are tested
• Body Language is essential to ‘monitor’ and be aware of
• Queries from RP – handle tactfully and Park – do NOT ignore
• Act like a doctor and not a robot
• Stressful inside- but need to demonstrate clam
• Social hisotry very important
• Summarize to the RP at 9mmins – brief and check for what else

please visit www.mrcpchonline.org to add your comments or points I may have missed.

Anil Garg