HSC 1531 Course Project Medical History
HSC 1531 Course Project Medical History
In this
course project assignment, you are presented with a medical history for two
different patients. A medical history can be fairly brief or extremely lengthy,
depending on the patient’s health history. Basic components of a medical
history generally include the following pieces of information:
Patient
demographics: Includes name, date of birth, gender, race etc.
Chief
complaint: Specifies the primary reason for the patient seeking care
History of
present illness: Includes details of chief complaint in chronological order
Past
medical history: Includes a list of current and past medical conditions
Family
history: Includes pertinent diagnoses of close family members
Social
history: Includes information about patient’s lifestyle and characteristics
Medication
history: Includes list of current and prior medication use
Review of
systems: Includes subjective findings from a head-to-toe examination
Physical
examination: Includes objective findings from a head-to-toe examination
You will be
exploring the medical terminology used in these medical histories and will be
asked to interpret the meanings of various words and abbreviations.
To complete
this assignment, do the following:
Download
the clinical notes for the two patients:
Eric
Rodriguez Medical History
Jaclyn
DeMonte Medical History
Download,
complete, and submit the document below. This document contains questions you
will answer regarding the medical histories for each patient.
Module 03
Course Project Assignment Template
Submit your
completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the
Course Calendar for specific due dates.
Save your
assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append
the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should
be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of
the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below: