Blueprint ID | Learning Objectives |
1138 | Interpret critical clinical and laboratory findings which were key in the processes of exclusion, differentiation, and diagnosis. |
11001 | Demonstrate appropriate attitudes of empathy, ethics, responsibility and cultural awareness in keeping with the role of a physician. |
11213 | Describe 3 typical features of the back pain due to anklyosing spondylitis |
11214 | Describe 3 components of treatment for anklyosing spondylitis |
11215 | List 3 complications which may occur in anklyosing spondylitis |
11216 | List the 2 most common clinical patterns of psoriatic arthritis |
11217 | List 3 features that help distinguish psoriatic arthritis from rheumatoid arthritis |
11218 | Name 3 drugs used to treat psoriatic arthritis |
11219 | List 4 features of Reiter`s syndrome |
11220 | List 3 of the infectious agents which have been identified as "triggers" of Reiter`s syndrome |
11221 | List 3 features of the diseases in the "spondylarthropathy" family |
11222 | List 4 examples of spondylarthropathy |
11223 | Distinguish the cardinal clinical differences between the different types of chronic polyarthritis. |
11224 | Discuss of the pathogenesis of the different types of chronic polyarthritis. |
11225 | List a working differential diagnosis based on the patient's clinical findings and investigations for chronic polyarthritis. |
11226 | Discuss the multidisciplinary management programs for the different types of chronic polyarthritis. |
11227 | Elicit and distinguish the clinical differences between inflammatory versus non-inflammatory chronic polyarthritis. |
11228 | Describe the extra-articular manifestations of the different types of chronic polyarthritis and understand their significance with respect to prognosis. |
11229 | List and interpret investigations that will help in the differential diagnosis of chronic polyarthritis. |
11230 | Use the results of your clinical exam and investigations to gauge the present severity of the chronic polyarthritis and its prognosis. |
11231 | Elicit from the patient how their chronic polyarthritis affects their physical functional capacity and psychosocial environment. |
11232 | Describe the clinical pharmacology of the anti-rheumatic drugs used in the treatment of chronic polyarthritis. |
11233 | Distinguish the cardinal clinical features of the different types of acute monoarthritis. |
11234 | Discuss the pathogenesis of the different types of acute monoarthritis. |
11235 | List a working differential diagnosis based on the patient''s clinical findings and investigations for acute monoarthritis. |
11236 | Discuss the importance of making a diagnosis of septic arthritis and the potential serious consequences of missing such a diagnosis. |
11237 | Discuss the value of joint aspiration in acute monoarthritis. |
11238 | Identify the treatment options for acute monoarthritis especially for septic arthritis. |
11239 | Elicit and interpret the symptoms and signs of acute monoarthritis. |
11240 | Recognize the key clinical features of septic arthritis and its predisposing conditions. |
11241 | Differentiate among septic arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, cellulitis, and osteomyelitis. |
11242 | List the common organisms causing septic arthritis based on the age of the patient and the gram stain. |
11243 | Recognize and differentiate on polarizing microscopy the two crystals known to cause acute monoarthritis. |
11244 | Outline the general principles of treatment for septic arthritis, gout, and pseudogout. |
11245 | Outline the causal conditions (acute and chronic) of mono-articular joint pain. |
11246 | Identify the causal conditions (inflammatory and non-inflammatory) of poly-articular joint pain. |
11247 | Describe articular and extra-articular manifestations and complications. |
11248 | Differentiate the following: (a) articular from non-articular disorders (b) inflammatory from non-inflammatory arthritis |
11249 | Examine joints for soft tissue swelling, warmth, joint effusion, range of motion; examine lymph nodes, parotid, heart, lungs, skin, eyes and spine. |
11250 | Diagnose other causes of mono-arthritis, after considering infection. |
11251 | Conduct an effective plan of management for a patient with mono-articular or poly-articular joint pain. |
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