The Mini-Cog tool is a quick screening tool with a sensitivity and specificity similar to the Mini Mental State examination.
It consists of a recall test of three words and a clock face drawing test.
Say "Please remember these three words and then repeat them back to me when asked."
Then select one of the following sets of words and slowly read them out one at a time.
List A
Banana
Sunrise
Chair
List B
Daughter
Kitchen
Baby
List C
Village
Garden
Picture
List D
River
Heaven
Mountain
List E
Captain
Nation
Finger
List F
Leader
Season
Table
Then ask "please repeat the three words back to me."
If the subject fails to get all three words correctly, repeat the three words and ask them to repeat them back to you again. Give the subject up to three tries before moving on to the clock drawing test.