Jan 2023

#25: Five Cases with Medical Ethics Issues

These five cases demonstrate important medical ethics principles. When would you breach patient confidentiality? When would you honor patient autonomy over beneficence? What are advanced directives and living wills? What is the principle of determining last known wishes, and if t ... Show More

24m 52s

Aug 2021

#24: Four Cases of Neuropathy

For a patient who presents with wrist drop and numbness on the back of the hand, what nerve is involved? In Saturday night palsy, which nerve is involved? What is the diagnosis in a patient presenting with a unilateral infrascapular localized area of pruritus? For a patient with ... Show More

18m 12s

Jul 2021

#23: Six Cases of Nutrient Disorders

What is the correct diagnosis in this 60-year-old homeless man with a rash and irritability? What is the most likely diagnosis in this patient who presents with fatigue and newly diagnosed diabetes? What is the next best test for a 24-year-old patient who presents with a normocyt ... Show More

15m 46s

Jul 2025

244. System Interactions Differential Diagnosis

A 72-year-old individual presents to outpatient physical therapy with complaints of bilateral shoulder and hip stiffness, difficulty rising from a chair, and diffuse aching that is most severe in the morning and lasts throughout the day. Laboratory results reveal an elevated eryt ... Show More

9m 1s

Sep 2025

252. Metabolic & Endocrine Differential Diagnosis

An adult patient presents with chronic pain, redness, and swelling in the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the right foot. The clinician notes the joint is warm to the touch with multiple subcutaneous tophi present. Which of the following conditions is MOST likely present? Find ... Show More

10m 1s

Oct 2025

253. Gastrointestinal Differential Diagnosis

A 52-year-old patient reports persistent midthoracic back pain that worsens at night and improves with antacid use. Which of the following actions is MOST appropriate? Find it all out in the podcast! Be prepared for the NPTE so that you can pass with flying colors! Check out www. ... Show More

6m 37s

Feb 2025

235. NM Differential Diagnosis Cutaneous Reflexes

Which of the following conditions is MOST likely present in a patient with exaggerated cutaneous reflexes? Find it all out in the podcast! Be prepared for the NPTE so that you can pass with flying colors! Check out www.ptfinalexam.com/podcast for more information and to stay up-t ... Show More

8m 32s

Oct 2025

256. System Interactions

Which combination of impairments is MOST likely to be present in a 7-year-old patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy? Find it all out in the podcast! Be prepared for the NPTE so that you can pass with flying colors! Check out www.ptfinalexam.com/podcast for more information and ... Show More

14m 20s

Sep 2025

249. NM Differential Diagnosis

A patient with central cord syndrome will MOST likely have difficulty with which of the following activities? Find it all out in the podcast! Be prepared for the NPTE so that you can pass with flying colors! Check out www.ptfinalexam.com/podcast for more information and to stay u ... Show More

9m 12s

Nov 2024

226. NM Examination Stroke

A patient with lateral medullary (Wallenburg) syndrome will most likely demonstrate which of the following clinical manifestations? Find it all out in the podcast! Be prepared for the NPTE so that you can pass with flying colors! Check out www.ptfinalexam.com/podcast for more inf ... Show More

10m 16s

Apr 2024

GI Differential Diagnosis

A 25-year-old patient is being evaluated for pain in the region of the right oblique abdominis muscle that has been present for 1 week. The patient describes the pain as deep and has progressively worsened in the last 3 days, with only mild relief felt when the patient bends over ... Show More

7m 49s

#22: 40 Year-Old Patient with Confusion ...