clinical assessment
Diagnostic patient examination
Clinical assessment is the systematic evaluation of a patient's physical, psychological, or functional condition.
It typically combines interviews, observation, testing, and review of medical history to inform diagnosis or treatment decisions.
The clinical assessment revealed signs of anxiety disorder.
In broader use, clinical assessment can describe any methodical, objective evaluation: HR conducted a clinical assessment of the team's performance issues.
- questionnairesForms collecting structured responses
- intake formFirst-visit data collection document
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- differential diagnosisSystematic comparison of possible conditions
- blood pressure monitoringAssessing circulatory system tension
evaluation · hearing tests · biopsies · diagnostic criteria · laboratory tests · medical history · personality profiling · aptitude testing · rating scales · intelligence testing · chart · examination · vision screening · triage · detection · interview · bedside manner · white coat
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, therapist
- assessmentsassessments, evaluation, evaluations, test, tests
- behavioral assessmentself-report, diagnostic tools, t-scores, raw scores, standardized testing
- clinical interviewspsychiatric evaluation, psychiatric history, patient history, chief complaint, rapport building
- skin examsvisual inspection, mole check, dermoscopy, skin cancer screening, spot check
- academic assessmentsexam, essay, quiz, test, midterm
clinical assessmentcasual observation
Unstudied comment or notice
gut feeling · snap judgment · eyeballing · rough estimate · quick glance
clinical assessmentself-diagnosis
Identifying your own condition
guesswork · speculation · hunch · conjecture