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SKILLS: Clinical and Intellectual
During the clerkships, medical students practice their skills. The clinical skills are those of history taking and physical examination and the intellectual skills are those of evaluation and management.

A key component of the Internal Medicine clerkship is to document the acquisition of these skills by recording the history, physical examination, evaluation and proposed management of newly admitted patients = "the write-up". Although individual physicians may differ in the style of their written communications, a clear and comprehensive record is essential. Click on the links for examples of excellence with my annotations about style and content.
Example Write-ups     A 22 year old man found unconscious...

    A 25 year old woman with an ulcerated leg....
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The views expressed above are my personal opinions and should not be construed as representing the clerkship or curriculum. Jennifer Cuthbert
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