Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatric Step 2 CK Test Prep Series 09-10: No. 33--Ciggy Sally

Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatric Step 2 CK Test Prep Series 09-10: No. 33--Ciggy Sally
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
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Abstract: 

The Step2CK Test Prep Series was created by fourth-year students at the Texas Tech School of Medicine in Lubbock as a project of the fourth-year geriatrics rotation. It was developed as part of the Reynolds Geriatrics Podcast series, which is supported by an Aging and Quality of Life grant from the D.W. Reynolds Foundation. The episodes in this series are based on questions that have geriatrics content and patient vignettes from the 2009 Step 2CK Sample Exam. For more information on the series, go to http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/fammed/ttmedcast/gerseries/gerstep2ckprep.aspx.

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Educational objectives: 

This episode is based on Question 33 of the 2009 Step2CK Sample Exam.

Learning Objectives - the third-year medical student studying for the Step2CK exam should be able to:

  • Develop a differential diagnosis for shortness of breath and cough
  • Recognize risk factors for pulmonary neoplasms
  • Recognize the key features of different pulmonary neoplasms
  • Know the most common presentation of non-Hodgkin lymphomas, such as B-cell lymphomas
  • Recognize the populations that are at greatest risk for developing lung abscesses
  • Recognize the most important risk factors for developing sarcoidosis and its most common clinical manifestations
  • Recognize the most common clinical manifestations of tuberculosis
Date posted: 
Thu, 02/25/2010
Date last updated: 
Fri, 10/02/2009
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Contact person/corresponding author: 
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones (betsy.jones@ttuhsc.edu)
Authors: 
Dr. Andrew Dentino
Gage Hicks
Ebtesam Islam
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones
Amir Salam
Jennifer Song
NLM Citation:
Dentino, A, Hicks, G, Islam, E, Jones, B, Salam, A and Song, J. Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatric Step 2 CK Test Prep Series 09-10: No. 33--Ciggy Sally. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2010 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20588
APA Citation:
Dentino, A, Hicks, G, Islam, E, Jones, B, Salam, A and Song, J. (2010). Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatric Step 2 CK Test Prep Series 09-10: No. 33--Ciggy Sally. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20588