COMLEX Level 2-PE Review Guide

TITLE......Page 2
COPYRIGHT......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 12
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 14
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS......Page 16
THE BIOMEDICAL/BIOMECHANICAL DOMAIN......Page 17
GRADING......Page 18
REFERENCES......Page 19
VERBAL SKILLS......Page 20
LISTENING SKILLS......Page 21
EDUCATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS......Page 22
RESPECT......Page 23
EMPATHY......Page 25
PROFESSIONALISM......Page 26
REFERENCES......Page 27
OVERVIEW OF THE STANDARDIZED PATIENT ENCOUNTER......Page 28
OFFICE SETTING......Page 29
FINAL PREPARATION......Page 30
INTRODUCTION TO THE PATIENT......Page 31
REFERENCE......Page 33
THE OPENING STATEMENT......Page 34
REDIRECTION......Page 35
LOGICAL SEQUENCE......Page 36
CODIERS......Page 37
SMASH FM......Page 44
THE PATIENT DATA SHEET......Page 50
BEGINNING THE EXAMINATION......Page 51
RECOMMENDED HEAD-TO-TOE METHOD OF EXAMINATION......Page 52
THE TARGET METHOD......Page 55
TIPS FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION BY SYSTEM......Page 56
INTEGUMENTARY EXAM......Page 57
REFERENCES......Page 60
PATIENTS WITH A CHIEF COMPLAINT......Page 62
PATIENTS WITHOUT A CHIEF COMPLAINT......Page 63
MOTHRR......Page 64
REFERENCES......Page 68
SUBJECTIVE......Page 70
OBJECTIVE......Page 73
ASSESSMENT......Page 74
PLAN......Page 75
MOTHRR......Page 76
STOP WRITING!......Page 77
REFERENCES......Page 79
WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE COMLEX 2-PE......Page 80
HOW TO UTILIZE THE PRACTICE CASES......Page 81
REFERENCES......Page 83
CASE 1: AN 18 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “A RUNNY NOSE.”......Page 84
SAMPLE SOAP NOTE PROVIDED FOR CASE 1......Page 88
CASE 2: A 45 Y/O MALE PRESENTS FOR “SHOULDER PAIN.”......Page 90
SAMPLE SOAP NOTE PROVIDED FOR CASE 2......Page 94
CASE 3: A 76 Y/O FEMALE IS BROUGHT INTO YOUR OFFICE BY HER DAUGHTER FOR FORGETFULNESS.......Page 96
CASE 4: A 26 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS C/O FOOT PAIN.......Page 100
CASE 5: A 62 Y/O CAUCASIAN MALE PRESENTS WITH CHEST PAIN.......Page 104
CASE 6: A 35 Y/O CAUCASIAN MALE PRESENTS WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 108
CASE 7: A 35 Y/O CAUCASIAN MALE PRESENTS WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH.......Page 112
CASE 8: AN 88 Y/O MALE PRESENTS WITH BACK PAIN.......Page 116
CASE 9: A 15 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “A BURN ON MY FOREHEAD.”......Page 120
CASE 10: A 21 Y/O FEMALE COMPLAINING OF A COLD.......Page 124
CASE 11: AN 82 Y/O FEMALE IS BROUGHT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BY AMBULANCE.......Page 128
CASE 12: A 24 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “UTI.”......Page 132
CASE 13: A 72 Y/O MALE PRESENTS WITH LEG PAIN.......Page 136
CASE 14: A 25 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “FERTILITY PLANNING.”......Page 140
CASE 15: A 51 Y/O AA MALE PRESENTS FOR EVALUATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE.......Page 144
CASE 16: A 4-MONTH-OLD MALE PRESENTS WITH HIS MOTHER FOR “SPITTING UP.”......Page 148
CASE 17: A 30 Y/O MALE PRESENTS C/O KNEE PAIN.......Page 152
CASE 18: A 62 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “COUGHING ALL THE TIME.”......Page 156
CASE 19: A 20 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS WITH “MY HEAD HURTS.”......Page 160
CASE 20: AN 18 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS WITH A HEADACHE.......Page 164
CASE 21: A 49 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS WITH NECK PAIN.......Page 168
CASE 22: A 68 Y/O MALE PRESENTS FOR “LIGHTHEADEDNESS.”......Page 172
CASE 23: A 57 Y/O MALE PRESENTS FOR SHORTNESS OF BREATH.......Page 176
CASE 24: A 45 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “SWELLING OF THE WRISTS.”......Page 180
CASE 25: A 20 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “A RASH.”......Page 184
CASE 26: A 14 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “A HUMP ON HER BACK.” MOTHER IS PRESENT.......Page 188
CASE 27: A 36 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “A COLD.”......Page 192
CASE 28: A 56 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS C/O LOWER LEG PAIN.......Page 196
CASE 29: A 22 Y/O FEMALE COMPLAINING OF NO MENSES FOR 3 MONTHS.......Page 200
CASE 30: A 22 Y/O MALE COLLEGE STUDENT PRESENTS WITH CHEST PAIN.......Page 204
CASE 31: AN 82 Y/O MALE PRESENTS WITH A “PRIVATE PROBLEM.”......Page 208
CASE 32: A 67 Y/O CAUCASIAN MALE PRESENTS WITH A COUGH.......Page 212
CASE 33: A 43 Y/O CAUCASIAN FEMALE PRESENTS FOR ABDOMINAL PAIN.......Page 216
CASE 34: A 69 Y/O MALE PRESENTS FOR LEG PAIN.......Page 220
CASE 35: A 54 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS WITH FOOT PAIN.......Page 224
CASE 36: A 76 Y/O MALE PRESENTS WITH HEARING LOSS.......Page 228
CASE 37: A 69 Y/O MALE PRESENTS TO THE OFFICE WITH HEMATURIA.......Page 232
CASE 38: A 53 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR EVALUATION OF CHOLESTEROL.......Page 236
CASE 39: A 15 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS WITH PALPITATIONS.......Page 240
CASE 40: A 43 Y/O MALE PRESENTS C/O ARM PAIN.......Page 245
CASE 41: A 28 Y/O CAUCASIAN MALE PRESENTS WITH BACK PAIN.......Page 249
CASE 42: A 32 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS, STATING, “I THINK I’M PREGNANT.”......Page 253
CASE 43: A 49 Y/O MALE PRESENTS COMPLAINING OF ABDOMINAL PAIN.......Page 257
CASE 44: A 54 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS C/O ARM PAIN.......Page 261
CASE 45: A 42 Y/O OBESE MALE COMPLAINS OF EXCESSIVE FATIGUE.......Page 265
CASE 46: A 38 Y/O MALE PRESENTS TO QUIT SMOKING.......Page 269
CASE 47: A 79 Y/O MALE PRESENTS FOR “FUNNY HEART BEATS.”......Page 273
CASE 48: A 62 Y/O VIETNAMESE MALE PRESENTS WITH A COUGH (DAUGHTER IS TRANSLATING).......Page 277
CASE 49: A 32 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS FOR “HEADACHES.”......Page 281
CASE 50: A 68 Y/O FEMALE PRESENTS C/O BEING UP ALL NIGHT GOING TO THE BATHROOM.......Page 285
APPENDIX A: COMLEX 2-PE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE......Page 289
APPENDIX B: COMMON MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS......Page 293
INDEX......Page 297