Undertaking consultations and clinical assessments at advanced level

Once deemed the reserve of doctors, ‘the medical interview’ has since transitioned across professional boundaries and is now a key part advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) role. Much literature surrounding this topic focuses on purely model; however, ACPs' use consultation assessment complex patient caseloads with undifferentiated undiagnosed diseases regular feature in healthcare practice. This article explores how knowledge fundamental principles ACP–patient communications, along appropriate frameworks examination skills, can provide deeper insight enhance existing skills ACP. A comprehensive guide to undertaking consultations, physical diagnostic reasoning body systems basis explored future issues Advanced Clinical Practice series.