Peer Activity: Focused Physical Assessment

Instructions: The purpose of this activity is for you to practice a focused assessment based on a patient’s chief complaint. You will perform 3 roles: 

1. the learner who will act as the healthcare provider 
2. the patient and 
3. the peer evaluator. 

Please follow the steps listed below to complete this assignment. 

Step 1: Form groups of 2 and determine who will act as the healthcare provider for the first simulation event. Later in the simulation, you will switch roles so that both learners have the opportunity to practice as the healthcare provider. 

Step 2: Review this video:  

Step 3: 

Practitioner: Acting as if you are the healthcare provider and your peer is the patient presented in the simulation video, conduct a focused physical assessment based on the patient’s chief complaint.

Patient: Allow your peer to perform the focused physical assessment as if you are the patient.

Step 4: Switch roles and complete the simulation a second time. 

Step 5: Complete the Peer Activity Completion Quiz below.

Step 6: Review the key provided and complete the Key Quiz in the following item.

OPTIONAL Step 7: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”