NBME 18 "Tell me more about your concerns about your son's height." (NBME Answers)

NBME 18 Answers

nbme18/Block 2/Question#6 (reveal difficulty score)
A 17-year-old boy is brought to the physician ...
"Tell me more about your concerns about your son's height." 🔍 / 📺 / 🌳
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aWht si inogg on hree? ehT methro si tno eht aetip,tn why aer ew pniloexrg ihst hufrtre ewnh eht son is ctemellyop nl?roam I gte it htta we dlwuo say shti fi eht netapti rwee nrc,cndeeo tbu ehs' ont dna sh'e naolrm os hwy 'odtn we juts letl ehr thta ghryvnitee si lr?oamn lxorEginp frethur will rboplyab akme the teitnpa lfee w.soer

drdoom Another way to read the stem is like this: “Assume you will make a statement that assures mom that boy is fine. What other statement do you want to make?” Since we’re *already* assuring mom, the best next thing is to ask an open-ended question. There’s a reason for this. As a physician, you really don’t want to say more than what you are (1) sure of or (2) obliged to. “Accept him as he is” = judgy. “He’s not going to get any taller” = you don’t know this for sure. +5

cbreland I had it down between the correct answer and "your son is average". Picked the wrong one. As stated by @drdoom, the stem says you have already reassured that everything is fine. It would be a good time to get extra info from mom instead of say the same thing over again. Really the question gave us the answer (I still picked wrong, but we'll do better on test day!) +2

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