How to Perform A Thyroid Exam - Clinical Skills - Dr Gill

Thyroid Medical Examination - Thyroid OSCE Station - Medicine Explained - Clinical Skills - Dr Gill

This Thyroid Exam Deep Dive looks at the details of how to establish the thyroid status of a patient, whilst highlighting what is being checked for during special tests and examination findings

We’re going to focus on WHAT we’re doing during the exam, HOW we’re doing it, and crucially WHY you need to #putabitofpaper on the patient's hands!

In this video, we demonstrate how to perform a clinical examination of the thyroid for your medical school Clinical Skills OSCE. Endocrine examinations are quite common for medical finals

For a passing grade in your Clinical Skills OSCE, in a Thyroid exam follow the approach of:
Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
Other tests

This video has two other thyroid assessment videos associated with it:

   • Thyroid Clinical Exam - Clinical Skil...   - Thyroid Assessment Demo

   • Thyroid Assessment - Medical Deep Dive   - Thyroid Examination Deep Dive

Some people may experience an ASMR effect from this video

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Please note that there is no ABSOLUTE way to perform a clinical examination. Different institutions and even clinicians will have differing degrees of variations - the aim is the effectively identify medically relevant signs.

However during OSCE assessments. Different medical schools, nursing colleges and other health professional courses will have their own preferred approach to a clinical assessment - you should concentrate on THEIR marks schemes for your assessments.

The examination demonstrated here is derived from Macleods Clinical Examination - a recognised standard textbook for clinical skills.

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00:00 - Preparing for the Thyroid Examination
01:47 - Hand Examination for Thyroid Symptoms
04:00 - Checking Pulse and Blood Pressure
05:56 - Facial Examination for Thyroid Indicators
07:01 - Eye Movement and Symptoms of Hyperthyroidism
09:07 - Assessing the Thyroid Gland and Neck Examination
13:16 - Reflex Tests and Physical Examination
15:15 - Closing Thoughts and Next Steps