Top 10 differential diagnoses in family medicine: edema.

Top 10 differential diagnoses in family medicine: Low back pain.

Dr Ponka is an Assistant Professor and Dr Kirlew is a second-year resident in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario. Correspondence to: Dr David Ponka, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa; e-mail [email protected] For a pdf of the Top Ten Differential Diagnoses in Family Medicine pamphlet or to access the slide show on-line...

Top 10 differential diagnoses in family medicine: Vertigo and dizziness.

1959 Dr Ponka is an Assistant Professor and Dr Kirlew is a second-year resident in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario. Correspondence to: Dr David Ponka, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa; e-mail [email protected] For a pdf of the Top Ten Differential Diagnoses in Family Medicine pamphlet or to access the slide show on...

Top 10 differential diagnoses in family medicine: Headache.

1733 Dr Ponka is an Assistant Professor and Dr Kirlew is a second-year resident in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario. Correspondence to: Dr David Ponka, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa; e-mail [email protected] For a pdf of the Top Ten Differential Diagnoses in Family Medicine pamphlet or to access the slide show on...

Top 10 differential diagnoses in family medicine: Fatigue.

Top 10 differential diagnoses in family medicine: Cough.

It has been widely accepted, since William Osler’s time, that differential diagnosis represents a unifying concept in medical education. Indeed, as a student advances in knowledge and skill, the “differential” guides that student’s history taking, physical examination, and investigational plan. A mature physician, in fact, often begins this process even before encountering individual patients, ...