I often take care of patients that I have to decide if they are capable of making their own medical decisions. Everyone in medical school is taught how to do a mini mental exam (MMSE). Want to know my one question version? It's supposed to be a quick and dirty evaluation . Even though it is supposed to be brief, I don't know anyone except perhaps third year medical students who have the time to perform it. I'm not even sure if the psychiatrists take the time to perform the whole exam.
I have thus created my own mini mental exam. It has one question. What is the significance of 9/11.
This question has everything.
- Orientation (in time and space)
- Registration (There were two towers)
- Calculation ( There were two towers)
- Recall (There were two towers)
- Language ( Explaining the event)
There you have it. My one question mini mental. Works like a charm.
And what happens if you get someone who says it was an inside job? Obviously "crazy," right?
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