A New Symptom

Monday, July 31st 2006
Medical School

I no longer simply go blank and quite when I walk into a standardized patient’s room. No, I’ve gotten passed my nervousness and I’m actually fairly competent with the physical exam. However, I have developedaprettysloppyhabitwhere
Italkreallyfastandexplainstuffintoomuchdetail.
ThisiscalledaPronatorDrifttestandmigh
thelpidentifyspecificdeficitsinsomeone’s
corticalspinaltract!*Whew*


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