A ‘good teaching case’ in the clinical setting is often shorthand for patients with rare diagnoses or atypical presentations. However, simple, typical, straightforward cases are the highest yield for...

A ‘good teaching case’ in the clinical setting is often shorthand for patients with rare diagnoses or atypical presentations. However, simple, typical, straightforward cases are the highest yield for early learners. Consider clinical cases in your specialty that would maximize learning for students who are just beginning to build their illness scripts for common diagnoses. What clinical syndromes (e.g., acute headache) are fundamental for students to understand, and which diagnoses causing those syndromes would you choose to highlight?