HPI-focused narrative

Document an attributed symptom history

Build an HPI from patient, caregiver, measured, prior-record, and clinician-supplied facts.

Demonstration content — not an exam question or approved clinical curriculumAll names, records, dates, rules, and identifiers in this area are fictional.

Briefing

Learning objective: Separate attributed history from measured findings and acknowledge an unsupplied detail.
Your role: Documentation learner recording a supplied outpatient encounter
Review method: Structural check, demonstration reference example, and your six-part self-review. No automated clinical correctness score.
Version set: enc-cough-v1 / hpi-template-v1 / self-review-v1

Use only the supplied simulated case; do not enter real patient information.

Source register

COUGH-PAT-01Patient statement

Avery Quinn says the dry cough began about nine days ago and is more noticeable at night.

Simulated patient statement2042-07-12 09:10

COUGH-CAR-02Caregiver statement

The caregiver reports hearing the cough on three of the last four nights.

Simulated caregiver statement2042-07-12 09:12

COUGH-OBS-03Observation

Temperature 37.1 °C; respiratory rate 16/min. One cough was observed during intake.

Supplied intake observation2042-07-12 09:16

COUGH-CLN-04Clinician supplied

Clinician describes a nonspecific cough and supplies a plan for supportive measures plus reassessment in three days if not improving.

Supplied clinician finding and plan2042-07-12 09:28

COUGH-PRIOR-05Prior record

Prior record documents seasonal nasal symptoms. It does not describe the current cough.

Prior synthetic encounter, 2042-05-032042-05-03

COUGH-UNK-06Not supplied

Recent travel is not supplied in this exercise.

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