Cultural competence. Lucy, a medical assistant, just started her first day on the job. She confides in Mark, a medical coder, that she doesn't like working with team
members of diverse backgrounds. Mark feels uncomfortable when he realizes she
chose to confide in him because he and she are of the same ethnic background. Mark
doesn't believe Lucy has done anything wrong since she was sharing only her
opinion. Even so, Mark discusses the situation with his manager but leaves out Lucy's
name, and recommends cultural competence and team work training. His manager
agrees with the suggestion. Do you think Mark handled this situation correctly?

A46-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia visits the physician for a routine followup. the patient's job involves a lot of travelling, and he admits to occasionally forgetting to take his medications with him when he travels. he complains of several episodes of chest pain in the past few months. the pain is sharp in nature, mainly over his lower chest and epigastrium, and tends to come on when walking. he believes these episodes are due to indigestion and has been taking antacids. there is a family history of heart disease, and his father died of a heart attack at age 48. on physical examination, his blood pressure is 150/80 mmhg and heart rate is 86/min. his lungs are clear to auscultation. cardiac auscultation reveals normal rate and rhythm, without rubs, gallops, or murmurs. there is no pedal oedema. he is sent for an exercise stress test. five minutes into the test, he develops st depression of 3mm in leads v1-v5. the st segment depression is greater than 0.12 seconds in duration and the stress test is stopped. which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management? - coronary angiography- holter monitor- no further tests are required- repeat stress test with thallium- upper gastrointestinal endoscopy