Skill Checkup

• Skill Checkup: Man With Unusual Dyspnea, Wheezing, and Dry Cough A 32-year-old man presents to the emergency department with unusual severe shortness of breath, wheezing, and persistent, nonproductive cough. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 21, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Man With Tenderness and Stiffness in Foot A 48-year-old man with treated psoriasis presents with worsening tenderness and stiffness in his left foot and new-onset pain and stiffness in his right index finger. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 20, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A 28-Year-Old Woman With Erythematous Plaques A 28-year-old woman presents with several thick, well-defined erythematous plaques with silvery scale, primarily on the bilateral elbows, knees, and scalp. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 20, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Swollen, Tender Peripheral Joints A woman with history of psoriasis developed joint pain, stiffness, and swelling was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis but did not respond to initial treatment. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 20, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Man With History of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Premature Coronary Heart Disease A man with a history of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia and premature coronary heart disease has an LDL-C level of 244 mg/dL, despite statin treatment. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 17, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Male With Mild Cognitive Impairment A 62-year-old Black male with a history of hypertension and atrial fibrillation presents with mild cognitive impairment and breathlessness only on minor exertion. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 13, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Woman With an Abnormal Mammogram Finding A 52-year-old Black woman presents for a consult after an abnormal finding on a routine mammogram. She does not report any symptoms or a family history of breast cancer. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 09, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Woman With a Neck Nodule A 55-year-old woman presents with a single, painless nodule that is hard and fixed in front of the neck, just below the larynx at her annual physical. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, March 07, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Women With Treated T2D and Shortness of Breath A 65-year-old woman with a 10-year history of type 2 diabetes and on 1000 mg/day metformin XR since diagnosis complains of shortness of breath and lightheadedness. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 23, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Man With T2D Struggling to Lose Weight A 36-year-old man presents for a 3-month follow-up for his type 2 diabetes and is struggling to lose weight. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 23, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Male With Worsening Fatigue and Shortness of Breath A 62-year-old male with a history of COPD complains of worsening fatigue after engaging in minimal activities and shortness of breath. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 21, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Never-Smoker With Decreased Breath Sounds A 69-year-old never-smoker presents with visual disturbances, nausea, fatigue, headaches, and decreased breath sounds. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 17, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Woman Who Is Not Responding To PBC Treatment A 44-year-old woman with primary biliary cholangitis received therapy with ursodeoxycholic acid for 1 year. Her alkaline phosphatase is 247 IU/L and bilirubin is 2.0 mg/dL. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 15, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A 46-Year-Old Woman With Dyspnea and Dry Cough A 46-year-old woman presents with dyspnea on exertion and a nonproductive cough. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 15, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Man With Weight Loss, Vomiting, and Fatigue A 69-year-old man presents with weight loss, night sweats, abdominal pain, vomiting, and fatigue. He was diagnosed with stage IV MCL approximately 30 months ago. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 10, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A 65-Year-Old Man With Racing Heart Rate A 65-year-old man presents with complaints of progressively increasing shortness of breath on moderate exertion, which began approximately 2 weeks earlier, and racing heart rate. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 10, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A 41-Year-Old Man With Abdominal and Flank Pain A 41-year-old man presents with new-onset abdominal pain, which has been bothering him for the past week. About 3 days ago, he began experiencing flank pain as well. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 02, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Cognitive Impairment and Memory Loss A 71-year-old woman presents with signs of self-reported cognitive impairment and primarily short-term memory loss. Symptoms have worsened in the past 6 months. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 31, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Man With Persistent Cough, Shortness of Breath A 63-year-old man presents with a cough that has persisted over the past several months along with new shortness of breath. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 27, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Past Breast Cancer and Spine Pain A 56-year-old woman previously treated for localized breast cancer in her left breast presents with a palpable lump in her right breast and recent spine pain. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 23, 2023