Thyroid Clinical Exam - Clinical Skills - Medical School OSCE Revision - Dr Gill

How to perform a Thyroid Gland Examination - Clinical Skills Revision

The thyroid examination is one of the first sessions of the clinical skills block for medical students at Warwick Medical School - largely as it touches lightly on to other clinical areas, such as the cardiac examination, and the peripheral neurological examination making it an excellent starting point for building further knowledge


This is a clinical examination of the thyroid gland is performed by Dr James Gill following the approach in Macleod’s Clinical examination.


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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 evaluation - 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 - Explanation of Thyroid Examination Process
00:35 - Hand Examination
01:09 - Pulse Check and Blood Pressure Measurement
02:46 - Eye Examination
03:04 - Neck Examination for Lumps and Bumps
03:38 - Eye Tests for Movement and Double Vision
04:12 - Mouth Examination
04:22 - Throat and Chest Examination
04:55 - Leg and Ankle Examination
05:09 - Reflex Tests
06:09 - Conclusion and Final Remarks