Family Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• Skill Checkup: A 41-Year-Old Man With Abdominal and Flank Pain A 41-year-old man presents with new-onset abdominal pain, which has been bothering him for the past week. About 3 days ago, he began experiencing flank pain as well. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 02, 2023
• Patient Simulation: A 78-Year-Old Man With Diabetes and Heart Disease A 78-year-old has difficulty catching his breath and gets tired easily. What steps would you take to manage his condition?
  Medscape, February 01, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Cognitive Impairment and Memory Loss A 71-year-old woman presents with signs of self-reported cognitive impairment and primarily short-term memory loss. Symptoms have worsened in the past 6 months. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 31, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Management of Metastatic Bladder Cancer How much do you know about metastatic bladder cancer management? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• Managing Respiratory Symptoms in the 'Tripledemic' Era Readers weighed in on Dr Charles Vega's approach to a patient whose symptoms could be from COVID-19, flu, or RSV.
  Medscape Family Medicine, January 30, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Broken-Heart Syndrome Are you aware of critical signs, symptoms, and risk factors as well as medications for reducing recurrence of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• A Sexually Active Construction Worker Has Erection Concerns A 58-year-old man cannot maintain an erection. He has no difficulty with orgasm/ejaculation. He is in a stable, monogamous relationship. He does not believe underlying psychogenic factors are at work.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• A Teacher With Severe Hip Pain Despite Chiropractor Visit A 56-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents with left hip pain. The pain would resolve with rest at first but is now continuous. Can you make this challenging diagnosis?
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Man With Persistent Cough, Shortness of Breath A 63-year-old man presents with a cough that has persisted over the past several months along with new shortness of breath. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 27, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Colorectal Cancer Screening How familiar are you with colorectal cancer screening? Check your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 27, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Hidradenitis Suppurativa Management How much do you know about the management of hidradenitis suppurativa? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, January 27, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Management of Mantle Cell Lymphoma How familiar are you with the management of mantle cell lymphoma? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 26, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Differential Diagnosis of IPF Can you identify idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis from other conditions in the differential diagnosis? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, January 26, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Psoriasis Psoriasis is commonly found on the elbows, knees, scalp, lumbosacral areas, intergluteal clefts, and glans penis. Joints are affected in as many as 30% of patients. Test yourself with our short quiz.
  Medscape, January 25, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment An estimated 30% of patients with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis. With a lack of specific tests, defining this condition is difficult. Do you know the signs to look for and best treatment practices?
  Medscape, January 25, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Psoriatic Arthritis Presentation and Diagnosis How much do you know about the presentation and diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis? Refresh your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 25, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Alcoholism (Alcohol Use Disorder) Are you up to date on substance abuse medications, including their indications, contraindications, and recommendations during withdrawal? Test yourself on these therapeutics with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 24, 2023
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Substance Use Disorder Medications Are you up to date on substance abuse medications, including their indications, contraindications, and recommendations during withdrawal? Test yourself on these therapeutics with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 24, 2023
• A 38-Year-Old Woman’s Screaming, Thrashing Alarms Her Husband A 38-year-old woman presents after her screaming and thrashing during sleep alarmed her husband. She's not under any exceptional stress and has a history of chronic allergies. What's wrong?
  Medscape, January 24, 2023
• An Accountant on a Weight-Loss Program Has a Rash, Poor Sleep A 43-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with hyperlipidemia presents with a rash that affects both axillae. He also has diffuse itching on his trunk and extremities. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, January 24, 2023