How to Take a Patient History (full guide) | KharmaMedic

👋🏻 Hey guys! In this video I run through how to take a patient history. This video is a collection of thing's I've learned during my time throughout medical school and from my time spend on hospital wards. I hope you find this video helpful in practicing your history taking technique. It has a lot of information I wish I had a couple of years ago.

Please remember, I am a medical student, NOT a doctor, and I am making this video simply to pass on the information which I have found helpful throughout medical school and which has helped me. This video is not a golden rulebook for history taking, nor the best way to do it, it's my way of doing it.

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🙋🏻♂️ My name is Nasir Kharma and I am a graduate student studying medicine on the undergraduate course at King's College London. This channel is dedicated to helping aspiring doctors reach their goals by getting into medical school and giving prospective medical students an insight into life at medical school. I hope these videos help :)

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - 00:55 Disclaimer & Intro
00:55 - 01:48 Before the History
01:48 - 03:13 History Structure
03:13 - 04:45 Approaching the Patient
04:45 - 05:44 Presenting Complaint (PC)
05:44 - 08:13 History of Presenting Complaint (HPC)
08:13 - 09:48 Systems Review (SR)
09:48 - 10:44 Past Medical History (PMHx)
10:44 - 12:11 Drug History (DHx)
12:11 - 13:09 Family History (FHx)
13:09 - 14:16 Social History (SHx)
14:16 - 14:43 Bonus Tip
14:43 - 15:22 Conclusion

[zeynabjafarzadeh]

Even though I'm not even a med student yet, it felt good to watch this as sb who is trying to get accepted in med school 🥰

[khalilahd.]

I’m currently applying to medical school so videos like this always get me so excited for what’s to come. Thanks for the video 🙏🏽💜

[esahoosa]

This is one of the best history taking guides I’ve seen! I’m a first year medical student and I needed this for my mock patient interviews and history taking skills, thank you so much!

[anushadewase]

So this way history taking is pretty universal and we follow the same and you just made it so crisp and concise!!

[miadifrancesco]

We use the acronym OLDCARTS for the HPI. Onset, Location, Duration, Character, Aggravating factors, Relieving factors, Timing, Severity. Usually works with most complaints!

[nikolaivanovic]

As a fellow medical student I think you have covered every single step to the depth. In my opinion better aproach would have been if you had a friend to play a patient and explain everything during the interview, altho as this isnt strictly video for future doctors it is more than enough to understand the concept of taking history. Great work man, keep it up!

[amandaokpoko]

Hi Nasir……thanks so much for the video, I currently graduated from medical school right now I am a doctor in Nigeria, it’s amazing to see how similar taking patient history are following the same pattern with slight difference….. appreciate your video.

[bornjuly]

Doctors reveal the heart of humanity - the need of support and healing in illness and the supply of it - so fine

[nunogoncalves]

As a medical student this was incredibly helpful, thank you very much for this amazing content. I would love to see more of this clinically oriented content now, specially because that’s primarily what you do as a final year student.

[poplionandrew]

Those in-depth questions are usually asked in the specialist department, but most of the GP I have been visiting are asking a few questions, e.g. what are your medication in the past weeks? how do you feel now after taking those? what is your medical concern now? I'm glad to learn a lot from the way KIng College Medicine has taught you along when you are practising your medical knowledge by sharing with us. Thanks.

[badgalriri]

you've motivated me to push through throughout this year

[SohiniHalder]

This is so helpful to review as a first year med student! It's interesting that y'all in the UK use "SOCRATES" as your acronym - I've never heard that before! Here in the US we use either "OLDCARTS" or more recently "OPQRST". Super cool video and would love to see more videos like this as you transition into full time clinical! 😇

[shravyag]

I’m not a med student so I can’t relate to this but the next time I’m at the doctors for something major I’ll see if they actually do take my history this way

[ThrivewithSierra]

Very concise and helpful - thank you! I have my first sim patient encounter this coming week and this video has given me a better idea of how to approach the patient.

[crescentmoon]

This video comes at the perfect time!! I’m in my first year in medical school and we’re just starting to learn history taking. Thanks for the vid!

[papiejaapie]

The day after tomorrow a need to do a test about this video. You helped me getting motivated this year. Thank you so much!

[emillynvieira]

I think this is the best video of the channel hahaha I wish all med students could see it. Thanks for it Nasir, it’s really really great! (+ I loved the digging part)

[leseditsilo]

Thank you so much! This helps a lot! I like this new type of content, keep it up!

[TheSneakerDoctor]

Going to save it in my phone. History taking is almost same all over the world. Thanks for a comprehensive video. Love from 🇮🇳

[jakuzigorero]

Nice, I’m a 2nd year nursing student from NZ and this helped me out a lot on placement. Thanks bro!