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    Head and Neck Exam Skill Sheet

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    This document provides directions for a head and neck examination skills evaluation. It lists the critical and non-critical examination steps to be performed on a patient within 10 minutes. These include inspection of the hair, scalp, skull, face and skin, as well as palpation of the skull, temporomandibular joint, neck, lymph nodes, trachea, thyroid gland and cervical spine. The evaluator will score based on the number of steps completed and critical steps performed. Comments on performance quality and need for remediation are also included.

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    This document provides directions for a head and neck examination skills evaluation. It lists the critical and non-critical examination steps to be performed on a patient within 10 minutes. These include inspection of the hair, scalp, skull, face and skin, as well as palpation of the skull, temporomandibular joint, neck, lymph nodes, trachea, thyroid gland and cervical spine. The evaluator will score based on the number of steps completed and critical steps performed. Comments on performance quality and need for remediation are also included.

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    This document provides directions for a head and neck examination skills evaluation. It lists the critical and non-critical examination steps to be performed on a patient within 10 minutes. These include inspection of the hair, scalp, skull, face and skin, as well as palpation of the skull, temporomandibular joint, neck, lymph nodes, trachea, thyroid gland and cervical spine. The evaluator will score based on the number of steps completed and critical steps performed. Comments on performance quality and need for remediation are also included.

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    Head and Neck Exam Skill Sheet

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    This document provides directions for a head and neck examination skills evaluation. It lists the critical and non-critical examination steps to be performed on a patient within 10 minutes. These include inspection of the hair, scalp, skull, face and skin, as well as palpation of the skull, temporomandibular joint, neck, lymph nodes, trachea, thyroid gland and cervical spine. The evaluator will score based on the number of steps completed and critical steps performed. Comments on performance quality and need for remediation are also included.

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    Skill Performance Evaluation: Head and Neck Examination

    Directions: You will have 10 minutes to complete the skill. All critical (C) steps and 80% of the noncritical steps
    must be performed or verbalized. Special tests (S) will be performed if requested by the examiner.
    Start: End:
    Performed Verbalized
    Washes hands and dons appropriate personal protective equipment. C
    Introduces self to patient using first and last name. Y/N
    Notes general appearance and vital signs. Y/N
    Inspection
    1. Hair: quantity, distribution, texture, and any pattern of loss Y/N Y/N
    2. Scalp: scaliness or lesions (including nits) Y/N Y/N
    Head

    3. Skull: size, contour, and any asymmetry Y/N Y/N


    4. Face: expression and contours, any involuntary movements or asymmetry Y/N Y/N
    5. Skin: discoloration, lesions, and distribution of facial hair Y/N Y/N
    Palpation
    1. Skull: deformities, depressions, lumps, or tenderness Y/N Y/N
    Inspection
    1. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ): swelling or redness Y/N Y/N
    TMJ

    Palpation
    1. Range of motion (ROM): Smooth Y/N Y/N
    2. Note swelling, tenderness, snapping, or clicking Y/N
    Inspection
    1. Neck: symmetry, scars, masses Y/N Y/N
    2. Trachea: deviation Y/N Y/N
    3. Thyroid gland: at rest and with swallowing, noting symmetry Y/N Y/N
    4. ROM: flexion, extension, rotation, lateral bending Y/N Y/N
    Palpation
    Neck

    1. Lymph nodes: size, shape, mobility, consistency, tenderness Y/N Y/N


    2. Trachea: deviation Y/N Y/N
    3. Thyroid gland: size, symmetry, consistency, tenderness, nodules Y/N Y/N
    4. Cervical spine: tenderness midline Y/N Y/N
    5. Cervical muscles: tenderness or spasms Y/N Y/N
    Auscultation
    1. Thyroid gland: if enlarged, check for bruit S Y/N
    Adequate exposure was maintained for all inspection steps. C
    Evaluation: #Y = #C =
    min. = 30/37 min. = 2
    Comments on quality of performance: Needs remediation?

    Y/N

    Student: Evaluator: Date:

    Developed by Albany Medical College, Center for Physician Assistant Studies | Bickley: Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination
    and History Taking, Twelfth Edition. Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health

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