Case presentation

A case presentation is a formal communication between health care professionals such as doctors and nurses regarding a patient's clinical information.{{Cite web |title=Clinical Vignette: Deciding What to Present {{!}} ACP |url=https://www.acponline.org/membership/residents/competitions-awards/acp-national-abstract-competitions/guide-to-preparing-for-the-abstract-competition/presenting-a-clinical-vignette-deciding-what-to-present |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=www.acponline.org|date=17 May 2016 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Dustyn E. |last2=Surakanti |first2=Shravani |date=2016 |title=Developing Oral Case Presentation Skills: Peer and Self-Evaluations as Instructional Tools |journal=The Ochsner Journal |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=65–69 |issn=1524-5012 |pmc=4795506 |pmid=27046408}}{{Cite journal |date=2005 |journal=Journal of Family & Community Medicine |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=97–100 |issn=1319-1683 |pmc=3410129 |pmid=23012083|title=Teaching tips: Twelve tips for making case presentations more interesting }}

Essential parts of a case presentation include:

• Identification
• Reason for consultation/admission
• Chief complaints (CC) - what made patients seek medical attention.
• History of present illness (HPI) - circumstances relating to chief complaints.
• Past medical history (PMHx)
• Past surgical history
• Current medications
• Allergies
• Family history (FHx)
• Social history (SocHx)
• Physical examination (PE)
• Laboratory results (Lab)
• Other investigations (imaging, biopsy etc.)
• Case summary and impression
• Management plans
• follow up in clinic or hospital
• Adherence of the patient to treatment
• success of the treatment or failure.
• causes of success or failure.