Introduces self
0
1

Confirms name & age of patient
0
1

Explains & gains consent
0
1

Arranges chaperone, closes curtains/sign/locks door
0
1

Washes hands
0
1

Asks if patient is in pain
0
1

Exposes patient from waist down and asks them to stand
0
1

General inspection around bed and patient for scars, swellings, lumps
0
1

Asks patient to cough, observing for impulse in groin and scrotal areas
0
1

For swelling, describes size, shape, surface, consistency, colour, edge, temperature of any masses. Determines if mass is accentuated by coughing
0
1

Place fingers over superficial ring and determine if there is any cough impulse
0
1

Ask patient to reduce the hernia (which might require them to lie down)
0
1

Palpate over deep ring and feel for a cough impulse to determine if hernia is direct or indirect
0
1

Percuss over hernia
0
1

Auscultate the hernia
0
1

Place fingers over superficial ring on the other side and determine if there is any cough impulse
0
1

If hernia present, ask patient to reduce the hernia
0
1

Palpate over deep ring and feel for a cough impulse
0
1

If hernia present, percuss and auscultate the hernia
0
1

Palpate inguinal lymph nodes
0
1

Palpate femoral artery and auscultate for bruits
0
1

Thanks patient and offers help to redress
0
1

Washes hands
0
1

Requests abdominal examination and examination of the external genitalia
0
1

Summarise appropriately with only key findings.
0
1

Offer appropriate differential diagnoses.
0
1

Patient global score
0
1
2