These are the conditions that students will use during the orientation and during the day back assignments (clinical reasoning assignments and chronic illness presentations).
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Common complaints
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Chronic Conditions
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Prevention
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- Abdominal Pain LLQ/Dyspepsia
- Anxiety
- Joint Injury/Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Chest Pain
- Cough
- Dermatitis
- Diarrhea
- Dizziness
- Dyspnea
- Dysuria
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Headache
- Menstrual Complaints/ Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
- Nausea and/or Vomiting
- Pelvic Pain
- Red Eye
- URI symptoms/Sinus pain/Pharyngitis/Bronchitis
- Vaginitis or Vaginal Discharge
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- Arthropathy
- Asthma
- Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Dz/ Hyperlipidemia
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dz
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Depression
- Diabetes Mellitus (focus on Type II)
- Kidney Dz, chronic
- Hypertension
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Counsel on:
- Contraceptive Options
- Physical Activity and Diet
Screening for:
- Sexually Transmitted Infection
- Osteoporosis
- Cancer (screening for breast, cervical, colon)
- Substance Abuse
Selection of Immunization for vaccine preventable diseases
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Common Procedures
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- Observed exam of the knee
- Observed exam of the shoulder
- IM/SQ Injections
- Joint Aspirations/injection
- Pap smear
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Common Conditions and Procedures (from UNC 96)
Important topics for Family Medicine rotation but will not be explicitly covered during Day Back Curriculum. Students should, however, seek out these patients and procedures in the practice and read about them in suggested resources.
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Common Conditions
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Common Conditions (continued)
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- Abscess
- Adverse Medication Reaction
- Allergy
- Bite, bee sting or envenomation
- Bronchitis, acute
- Cellulitis
- Chronic Pain
- Domestic Violence or Abuse
- Edema
- Hemorrhoid
- Influenza
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Laceration
- Liver Disease chronic/Cirrhosis
- Lymphadenopathy
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- Neuropathy (diabetic/carpal tunnel)
- Obesity
- Pneumonia
- Substance Abuse
- Thyroid Dysfunction
- Tobacco Abuse
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Common Procedures
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- Abnormal EKG
- Skin biopsy
- Skin suturing
- Splint and/or casting
- Use of local anesthetic
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