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Patient History
Obtaining a comprehensive and detailed history from a patient (or anamnesis) is the first step in a thorough assessment and ensures that the clinician will be guided by the patient’s needs and wishes when subsequently formulating an appropriate treatment plan. This Learning Pathway is based on a Learning Module together with patient cases offering examples of important, relevant information gleaned from the patient’s anamnesis.
On completion of this Learning Pathway you should be able to:
- define anamnesis
- explain why a detailed patient history is required in the process of determining a diagnosis
- distinguish between patient-reported symptoms and clinical signs
- list the required components of the anamnesis and the reasons for obtaining this information
- describe examples of relevant information obtained from patient anamnesis
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