AT 3312 Exam 1 questions well
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What are soft skills? - correct answer ✔✔Necessary for a good clinician to help perform
examination and create trust with the patient
Examples of illustrative soft skills - correct answer ✔✔effective communication, empathy,
dependability, integrity
Aspects of a clinician that is nor a good healthcare professional - correct answer ✔✔inference
from irrelevant details, lack of experience, miss obvious signs, anxiety
What are barriers to effective communication? - correct answer ✔✔body language, facial
expressions, uncomfortable topics, personal space
What are qualities of an effective interview/interaction? - correct answer ✔✔active listening,
evidence based approach, pattern recognition, colleagues, interdisciplinary approach
What is involved in the subjective interview? - correct answer ✔✔including yes and now
questions which can be leading for a patient
What aspects are you looking for during an observation? - correct answer ✔✔Gait/movement
patterns, posture, general appearance, discoloration, deformity, swelling, inflammation, atrophy
What is clinical reasoning? - correct answer ✔✔mental process used when analyzing the
elements of a clinical situation and using analysis to make a decision; this is how we reach a
diagnosis
, What steps lead us to a differential diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔History, observation with a
physical exam
What is a lower quadrant screening? What is involved? - correct answer ✔✔History and
physical exam including the lumbar spine, thoracic spine, sacroiliac joint, and lower extremities
What are the deep tendon reflexes of the lower extremity? - correct answer ✔✔Patella(L3-L4)
and Achilles(S1)
what are the myotomes for L4-S1 - correct answer ✔✔L4. ankle dorsiflexion
L5. great toe extension
S1. ankle plantar flexion/ ankle eversion/ hip extension
what are the dermatomes for L4-S1 - correct answer ✔✔L4. medial lower leg to great toe
L5. dorsum of the foot
S1. lateral lower leg to 5th digit
What are the most common lower limb neural tension tests and what are they testing? - correct
answer ✔✔Slump test: mechanical movement of neurological tissue
Lasegue's Test: disc pain vs. leg pain
Nachlas Test: pain in lumbar area vs. anterior thigh
Brudzinzki Kernig Test: nerve root impingement
When assessing posture how should we look at the patient? - correct answer ✔✔Anteriorly,
laterally, posteriorly (all bilaterally)
What are 5 things we look at in the anterior view? - correct answer ✔✔shoulder height, iliac
crest, ASIS, patellar position, lateral malleoli
answered already passed
What are soft skills? - correct answer ✔✔Necessary for a good clinician to help perform
examination and create trust with the patient
Examples of illustrative soft skills - correct answer ✔✔effective communication, empathy,
dependability, integrity
Aspects of a clinician that is nor a good healthcare professional - correct answer ✔✔inference
from irrelevant details, lack of experience, miss obvious signs, anxiety
What are barriers to effective communication? - correct answer ✔✔body language, facial
expressions, uncomfortable topics, personal space
What are qualities of an effective interview/interaction? - correct answer ✔✔active listening,
evidence based approach, pattern recognition, colleagues, interdisciplinary approach
What is involved in the subjective interview? - correct answer ✔✔including yes and now
questions which can be leading for a patient
What aspects are you looking for during an observation? - correct answer ✔✔Gait/movement
patterns, posture, general appearance, discoloration, deformity, swelling, inflammation, atrophy
What is clinical reasoning? - correct answer ✔✔mental process used when analyzing the
elements of a clinical situation and using analysis to make a decision; this is how we reach a
diagnosis
, What steps lead us to a differential diagnosis? - correct answer ✔✔History, observation with a
physical exam
What is a lower quadrant screening? What is involved? - correct answer ✔✔History and
physical exam including the lumbar spine, thoracic spine, sacroiliac joint, and lower extremities
What are the deep tendon reflexes of the lower extremity? - correct answer ✔✔Patella(L3-L4)
and Achilles(S1)
what are the myotomes for L4-S1 - correct answer ✔✔L4. ankle dorsiflexion
L5. great toe extension
S1. ankle plantar flexion/ ankle eversion/ hip extension
what are the dermatomes for L4-S1 - correct answer ✔✔L4. medial lower leg to great toe
L5. dorsum of the foot
S1. lateral lower leg to 5th digit
What are the most common lower limb neural tension tests and what are they testing? - correct
answer ✔✔Slump test: mechanical movement of neurological tissue
Lasegue's Test: disc pain vs. leg pain
Nachlas Test: pain in lumbar area vs. anterior thigh
Brudzinzki Kernig Test: nerve root impingement
When assessing posture how should we look at the patient? - correct answer ✔✔Anteriorly,
laterally, posteriorly (all bilaterally)
What are 5 things we look at in the anterior view? - correct answer ✔✔shoulder height, iliac
crest, ASIS, patellar position, lateral malleoli
