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A Very Tepid Defense of the Physical Exam

Sensible Medicine

Doctors of a certain age tend to fetishize the physical exam. I think this is because learning the physical exam is an important part of the socialization of the doctor. Though with every passing day I feel more and more like part of the old guard, I can only give the exam a tepid defense.

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When AI Listens In: How Conversational Data Could Disrupt Medicine

Sensible Medicine

The physician later reviews the summary, signs off, sends the suggested orders and maybe follows up with a quick call. Need a physical exam? Some encounters start with the agent and follow up in person: “Let’s start the antibiotic today and have someone take a look Friday.”

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Telehealth Analysis: The Pros & Cons

We Care Online

Improved Patient Engagement and Follow-Up Telehealth can improve patient engagement by making it easier for individuals to follow up with their healthcare providers. For many people, traditional in-person follow-up appointments can feel burdensome, leading to missed visits and gaps in care.

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In The AI Revolution, Medical Schools Are Falling Behind U.S. Colleges

Forbes Healthcare

Follow Author Share Save Comment Innovation Healthcare In The AI Revolution, Medical Schools Are Falling Behind U.S. Follow Author Jul 07, 2025, 04:15am EDT Share Save Comment Instead of learning to use the tools that will define tomorrow’s care, med school students still. But most professors will be playing catch-up.

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Inside Pitt Med School: Innovations in Medical Education 

Accepted Blog

The students are broken up into 16 groups. So it’s been moved up a bit. So the basic science portion goes up to the winter break, and then they start the block system which we had before. From the beginning they learn how to take a history, do a physical exam. So, but the cost does end up.

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Friday Reflection 47: Patients Make the Hardest Decisions

Sensible Medicine

Following a third course of antibiotics, bronchoscopy, and consultation with spine and thoracic surgeons, a lobectomy is recommended. If you write enough of these reflections, you end up constructing a few 2X2 tables. The following day, her husband noticed the change and brought her to the emergency room.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

These included: A clinician’s lack of ability to conduct a physical exam (75% of older people concerned about this). Now that virtual care programs have been stood up, fine-tuning and re-designing must commence to improve these systems for patients beyond the pandemic crisis. 24% had privacy concerns.