SEQUENTIAL PATIENT SIMULATIONS (SPS)

These are short cases developed to target one specific area of learning information about the patient is sequentially revealed and they do not permit free inquiry as in the PBLM. They are available for $25 each.

PATIENT A.D.

Infant who has difficulty breathing, "is turning blue."

 

PATIENT B.A.

A six-year-old white male whose mother brings him to the office because he "has the flu and can't seem to get over it."

 

PATIENT C.R.

A 25-year-old white male who presents concerned about a lump in his neck.

 

PATIENT D.L.

A 52-year-old female has had numbness and tingling in both hands for several years. It has gotten worse over the past several months and awakens her several times each night.

 

PATIENT E.S.

A 60-year-old male truck driver with two-year history of intellectual decline, including difficulty with memory, difficulty in following instructions and the need to grope for specific words.

 

PATIENT H.J.

A 61-year-old white male presents to Emergency Room with history of left posterior knee pain.

 

PATIENT J.M.

A 21-year-old white male reports to Urgent Care concerned about rash.

 

PATIENT J.V.

A ten-year-old female whose left leg has been hurting for the past six months.

 

PATIENT K.L.

A 33-year-old married white woman presents to the office of her primary care physician with the complaint "I am becoming so nervous I feel as if I am going to pass out."

 

PATIENT M.T.

A 17-year-old male who had oral candidiasis at three years of age.

 

PATIENT R.C.

A 16-year-old female who went for her high school physical was told that she had scoliosis.

 

PATIENT R.J.

A 49-year-old woman with a 6-year history of Parkinsonism.

 

PATIENT R.L.

A 2 1/2 year old male who has an earache.

 

PATIENT S.M.

A three-year-old girl, previously healthy, wouldn't wake up from her nap.

 

PATIENT S.T.

A 4 1/2 months old female with legs that are unequal.

 

PATIENT T.J.

A 25-year-old laborer who has been admitted to the university hospital on 28 occasions since infancy.

 

PATIENT W.N.

A 73-year-old man is admitted because of inability to move his arms and legs.