Knowra Clinical medicine Clinical medicine Clinical medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with examining, diagnosing, treating, and preventing illness in individual patients through direct care.
Medical history : A structured account of a person's symptoms, past illnesses, medications, and relevant personal and family health information. It supplies the patient's account and context before examination and diagnostic decisions.
Anatomy : The study of the structure of the human body and its parts. Knowledge of body structure helps locate abnormalities found in examination and imaging.
Primary care : First-contact, ongoing healthcare that addresses common conditions and coordinates access to other services. It is a common setting for prevention, initial assessment, and continuing care.
Public health : The organized effort to protect and improve the health of populations through collective action. It targets groups and conditions across communities, rather than primarily treating individuals.
Physical examination : The assessment of a patient's body using observation, touch, listening, and simple clinical maneuvers. It adds observable signs to the symptoms reported during a clinical encounter.
Physiology : The study of how living organisms and their parts function. Normal function provides the baseline against which illness is recognized.
Internal medicine : The medical specialty focused on preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases in adults, especially complex conditions. It exemplifies broad, non-surgical care for adults with multiple or difficult illnesses.
Basic science : Research that investigates fundamental biological processes without necessarily aiming at immediate clinical use. It seeks general explanations of biology, while clinical medicine addresses decisions for particular patients.
Differential diagnosis : A ranked list of possible causes considered to explain a patient's signs and symptoms. Clinicians compare competing explanations before settling on a working diagnosis.
Pathology : The study of disease, including its causes, development, and effects on tissues and organs. It explains the biological changes that produce clinical signs and symptoms.
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