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It is July 1, and K.M. is a third-year student preparing for his first day on an inpatient service. The second-year resident with whom he is working tells K.M. about a patient just admitted with chest pain, saying, “This should be a good patient for you. Take a medical history from him.” The resident then walks off, leaving him, starched white coat, spanking new stethoscope, and all, standing at the door of the patient’s room. This is the moment for which he has been waiting, “real clinical medicine,” but he can’t help also feeling somewhat anxious. What should he ask? How can he put the patient and himself at ease? How can he get appropriate information so that he can “shine” on rounds?
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Cass, A.R., Schwiebert, L.P. (1991). Interviewing and History Taking. In: Mengel, M.B. (eds) Principles of Clinical Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1657-0_3
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