END OF TERM EXAMS YEAR 1 TERM 1 – CLINICAL SCIENCES - MCS 100/Clinical science exam answer key
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END OF TERM EXAMS YEAR 1 TERM 1 – CLINICAL SCIENCES - MCS 100/Clinical science exam answer key
1. What does the French expression “raison d’ ^etre” mean? What is the “raison d’ ^etre” of the medical profession?
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END OF TERM EXAMS YEAR 1 TERM 1 –
CLINICAL SCIENCES - MCS 100/Clinical
science exam answer key
1. What does the French expression “raison d’ ^etre” mean? What is
the “raison d’ ^etre” of the medical profession?
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2. Write your answers in column A. Which of the following statements
[in column B] is true or false. Patients have a right to:-
Column A [ your Column B [Statement]
answer T/F]
F 1. Read through their hospital records
T 2. Dignified treatment
T 3. Privacy
T 4. Have their medical information held in
confidence
T 5. Only give informed consent to procedures
whose risks and benefits have been explained
T 6. Have a chaperone when they are being
examined
T 7. Refuse medical treatment
T 8. Request for a second opinion
F 9. Refuse medical treatment for their children
under the age of consent [<18 years old]
T 10. Free emergency medical care
3. Write your answers in column A. Which of the following
statements [in column B] is true or false. For what parts of
the physical examination do you need a chaperone for:-
Column A [ your Column B [Statement]
answer T/F]
T 1. Rectal examination
, T 2. Pelvic or vaginal examination
T 3. Examination of female patient
T 4. Breast examination of a female
patient
F 5. Neurological examination
4. Write your answers in column A. Which of the following statements
[in column B] is true or false. The Hippocratic oath includes:-
Column A [ your Column B [Statement]
answer T/F]
T 1. Respect for one’s teachers of the profession
T 2. Obligation to pass on medical knowledge
T 3. Never to do harm
T 4. Never to use one’s skills and knowledge to kill
T 5. Obligation to consult and leave operations to
specialists
T 6. Guard against the dangers of alcohol,
women/men and wealth or money
T 7. Obligation to keep secrets of patients and never
reveal
F 8. Obligation to demand payment for services
rendered
T 9. Treat patients with dignity irrespective of their
station in life
T 10. De-registeration or being struck off the
medical register is the penalty for violating the
oath
5. Write your answers in column A. Which of the following statements
[in column B] is true or false. Clinical thinking is:-
Column A Column B [Statement]
[ your answer
T/F]
F 1. Precise thinking
F 2. Thinking like a clinician [doctor]
F 3. Thinking that takes place in a clinic
T 4. A systematic process which uses history, physical
examination and investigations to arrive at a
diagnosis of a clinical problem
, 6. Write your answers in column A. Which of the following statements
[in column B] is true or false. Before you take a history and
examine a patient:-
Column A Column B [Statement]
[ your answer
T/F]
T 1. Dress well with a clearly displayed indentification
card [ID]
T 2. Get the permission of the doctors taking care of
the patient
T 3. Get the permission of the sister-in-charge of the
ward or clinic
T 4. Prepare your questions in advance
T 5. Review the patient’s medical records
T 6. Introduce yourself to the patient and get their
permission to take a history and do a physical
examination
T 7. Get a chaperone if you intend to examine the
breasts and genitalia
T 8. Get a good interpreter if you do not share the
same language with the patient
T 9. Be prepared to listen well, speak well and write
well
7. Write your answers in column A. Which of the following
statements [in column B] is true or false. General
examination should include:-
Column A Column B [Statement]
[ your answer
T/F]
T 1. Inspection, palpation, percussion and
auscultation
T 2. Weight, blood pressure, heart rate,
respiratory rate, temperature, dip stick
urinalysis
F 3. Fundoscopy, protoscopy and direct
laryngoscopy
T 4. Observation of the patient’s gait, dress,
nutritional status, facial expression and
mood
F 5. Lumbar puncture
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