Clinical Diagnosis
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Grade, SemesterYear 4 1st semest []
CategoryMajor Core Courses
Elective, CreditsRequisites 2credit
 Syllabus Number7B231

Course Description

The students learn how to diagnose the patients in standard clinics. The basic methods of diagnosis including the clinical interview, inspection, palpation, percussion and physical testing will be learned. The students will also learn how to read the X-ray photographs and other images obtained by other testing in radiology. The ways how to answer the clinical questions of case problems in the license examination would also be learned.

Course Objectives

To master the way how to diagnose the patients in standard clinics.
To be able to explain the typical findings detected in the cases on major injuries and diseases that are frequently experienced in Judo-Seifuku Clinics.

Grading Policy

Paper Examination 90%, Behavioral score 10%.

Textbook and Reference

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TextbookMaterials would be distributed at the class.
References

Requirements(Assignments)

Prepare for the lecture by checking the textbook for theoretical Judo-Seifuku, orthopedics and general medicine. At least 90 minutes is required for the preparation each time.

Note

Schedule

1Age, gender and other environmental factors affecting the diseases; differential diagnosis
2Mechanisms contributing to the onset; sports, occupation, and mechanical forces
3Differential diagnosis based on the symptoms including swelling pain and disability
4Practice in answering clinical case questions-1: fracture, dislocation, sprain, and other soft-tissue injuries
5Practice in answering clinical case questions-2: fracture, dislocation, sprain, and other soft-tissue injuries
6Reading the plain radiograms
7Reading the CT images
8Reading the MRI images
9Reading the Echograms
10Diagnosis on Images: Case Study-1
11Diagnosis on Images: Case Study-2
12Pitfalls
13Practice for the Examination-1
14Practice for the Examination-1
15Examination and Lecture