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PCC Simulated Cases

Purpose: The cases and discussion questions presented here are to provide a format for the student group to reflect on and prepare for the written exam and OSCE. Students are provided with a user name and log in and invited to post their thoughts, online resources they have discovered, advice from preceptors, and any other helpful information. If you lose the login and/or password, contact Claire Ann Boyce.

  1. Abdominal Pain
  2. Acute Respiratory Illness: Child
  3. Acute Respiratory Illness: Adult
  4. Asthma/Chronic Lung Disease
  5. Back Pain
  6. Chest Pain
  7. Depression
  8. Diabetes Type 2
  9. EBM
  10. Headache
  11. Hypertension
  12. Musculoskeletal
  13. Hyperlipidemia
  14. Substance Use
  15. Prevention Adult
  16. Prevention Pediatric


1. Abdominal Pain

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case20/index.htm (do not login to the email)
http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/PotterCase/potter.htm (beware the bongos!)
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/cases/a32aq.html

2. Acute Respiratory Illness: Case 1 Child

http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/cases/a36aq.html
CLIPP cases: http://clipp2.instruct.de/player/app/homepage.html
(Register and use your wisc.edu address to log in)

3. Acute Respiratory Illness: Case 2 Adult

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case19/index.htm
http://www.atsu.edu/faculty/chamberlain/white/
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/cases/a57a.html
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/cases/a19a.html
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/cases/a20aq.html

4. Asthma/Chronic Lung Disease

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case19/index.htm
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case30/index.htm
http://www.rice.edu/projects/HispanicHealth/Case1.html
CLIPP cases: http://clipp2.instruct.de/player/app/homepage.html
(Register and use your wisc.edu address to log in)

5. Back Pain

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case7/index.htm
http://www.vhct.org/case1699/index.htm (alternative point of view)

6. Chest Pain

http://www.vhct.org/case2000/index.htm

7. Depression

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case17/index.htm
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case17/part2.htm

8. Diabetes Type 2

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case5/index.htm
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case6/index.htm
http://www.vhct.org/case2600/index.htm

9. EBM

Under Construction

10. Headache

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case9/index.htm
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case15/index.htm

11. Hypertension

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case27/index.htm
http://www.rice.edu/projects/HispanicHealth/CaseHistories/case2.html

12. Musculoskeletal

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case3/index.htm
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case38/index.html
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case10/index.htm
http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/Website/Klein/Sally.htm
http://www.vhct.org/case2100/index.htm

13. Hyperlipidemia

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case26/index.htm

14. Substance Use

Under Construction

15. Prevention

http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case29/index.htm
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/ume/fcmonline/case33/index.htm

16. Pediatric

CLIPP cases: http://clipp2.instruct.de/player/app/homepage.html
(Register and use your wisc.edu address to log in)