Lab Assignment: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions
To prepare:
- Review the Skin Conditions document provided in this week’s Learning Resources, and select two conditions to closely examine for this Discussion.
- Consider the abnormal physical characteristics you observe in the graphics you selected. How would you describe the characteristics using clinical terminologies?
- Explore different conditions that could be the cause of the skin abnormalities in the graphics you selected.
- Consider which of the conditions is most likely to be the correct diagnosis, and why.
By Day 3
Post a description of the two graphics you selected (identify each graphic by number). Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in each graphic. Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for each. Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis, and explain your reasoning.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.
By Day 6
Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days Make sure that you respond to colleagues who selected at least one graphic that is different from the ones you selected. For each, address all of the following:
- Critique your colleague’s clinical description of the physical characteristics of each.
- Suggest an additional possible condition for each graphic, and explain your reasoning.
- Provide an alternative correct diagnosis, and explain your reasoning.
- Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.
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