Medical Mystery Time!

You have just graduated medical school and are now beginning your residency. You and your team of other residents will be working together to help Dr. House with some of his more straightforward cases (sorry, no Exploding Head Syndrome or hypertrichosis to solve this time). Your task is as follows:

1. Based on the reporting patient’s symptoms, diagnose the disease or condition to the best of your ability. Support your conclusion with logical reasoning.

2. Recommend a treatment for the patient with an explanation of why you think this will work.

3. Produce a write-up for the patient’s medical files as well as a report to your supervisor. Your individual write-up will include the following:

a. The patient’s symptoms
b. Your diagnosis and the reasoning/evidence behind it
c. A detailed explanation of how the patient’s condition is an example of a disruption to homeostasis
d. Your recommendation for treatment supported by reasoning and evidence
e. A prognosis for the patient – Do you expect the patient to survive? Will he or she live a normal life and be able to maintain homeostasis? Explain.
f. An APA formatted bibliography

4. Create a 3-5 minute oral presentation of your patient and his/her condition and treatment to enlighten your supervisor and the other residents at your institution (School of the Future).

Your individual write-up about the case is due by the end of class on Wednesday, March 7.

Your group presentation will be given in class and your final group write-up is due on Friday, March 9.