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Thursday, May 27, 2010

FINAL PCL

PCL 13: Anne’s Holiday (woohoo!)
Patient details:
Name: Anne
Age: 42 or above
Occupation: Nurse (requires standing for long hours in the surgical ward)
Smoker: Yes
Concerns: Overweight, long hours in air
Chief Complaint: Pain in left leg, walking eventually became a problem
Quality: Annoying, excruciating pain, so painful you can even put your leg on the floor
Associated symptoms: Swelling in the left leg
Lifestyle: Lack of physical exercise
Differential Diagnosis:
• DVT
• Compartment syndrome (no trauma)
• Varicose veins
• Elephantitis
• Sickle cell anemia
Learning issues:
1) Types of blood disorders (Syukriah & Sam)
a. Inherited
b. Non-inherited
2) Epidemiology & Definition of DVT (Kieron)
3) Pathophysiology of DVT (Sham & David)
a. Encourage patients to walk after surgery (previously not encouraged)
4) Causes & Risk factors (smoker, previous surgery) leading to DVT (Nic)
a. Economy class syndrome? (What is it?)
5) Signs & symptoms of DVT (FC)
6) Diagnosis & Investigations (Deep)
7) Prevention, Management & Treatment (Viran & Rosie)
8) Prognosis & complications (Lukman)
That’s ALL for this Semester! 

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Week 13 Anatomy Practical

Task Delegation
Guys, your task for this week! ~Jia you~
1.1 and 1.2 Kieron

1.3 Sam

2.0 Lukman

3.0 Deepak

4.0 Shamendri

5.0 (1.5 &1.6) Syukriah

5.0 (1.7) Nicole

6.0 Fui Chen

7.0 Rose

8.0 (1.15&1.16) David

8.0(1.17) Viran

Thursday, May 20, 2010

PRACTICAL NECK II: ANTERIOR REGION OF NECK

2.1-2.2 SYUKRIAH

2.3 -3.1 NICOLE

3.2 - 3.3.3 FUI CHEN

3.4- 4.1 ROSE

4.2 KIERON

4.3 VIRAN

5.1 SAM

5.2 DAVID

6.1-6.2 DEEPAK

6.3 LUKMAN

6.4-6.5 SHAMENDRI

PCL topics

Learning IssuEEEEEEEESSSSSSS
Define types of veganism (David Soon)
- What can you suffer from?
- Can vegan cause anemia? O.o
What is anemia? (Deepak)
- How do you define it and classification
- What is the cause of iron deficiency in a male
Signs and symptoms (lookman)
Causes and risk factors of anaemia(Rose, viran)
- Can iron deficiency cause menstrual problems? Or the other way round?
Pathophysiology of anaemia (SAM)
- O2 transport
- Why is she tired and lethargic
Diagnosis and investigation (kieron, shami)
- Blood test, what is expected to be seeeeeeeeeeeeeen
Management, treatment and complication (fui chien, nicole)
- Diet
o Sources of iron
Psychosocial (syukriah)

Friday, May 14, 2010

Practical Task Delegation Week 11

Topics for Practical week 11.

1.0 Nose and paranasal sinuses

1.1- 1.2.3.1- Sam

1.2.4- 1.5- Deepak

2 Pharynx and Palate
2.1- 2.4.1- Rose

2.5- 2.8.1- Fui Chen

3.0 Larynx
3.1- 3.3.2- Lukman

3.4- 3.6.1- Viran

4.0 Mouth and Tongue
4.1- 4.3.1 Shamendri

4.3.2- 4.5.1- Kieron


5.0 Surface and clinical anatomy


5.1- 5.2.1- David

5.3- 5.4.1- Nicole