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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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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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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.

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Telehealth Update from J.D. Power, Amwell, Cigna, GoodRx, and a Trio of Smart Doctors

Health Populi

Across all providers, AmWell scored highest at 885, followed by Doctor on Demand with 879 points. Cigna, the highest-scoring payer-backed telehealth organization, racked up 874 points on the 1,000-point scale. WebMD announced a new service enabling consumers to schedule telehealth visits from the WebMD Care and Vitals platforms.

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What to Expect After Medical School

Accepted Blog

The rest is up to you. The drawback of this is having to pick up and move two times. Many institutions offer more preliminary internships than residency spots (cheap labor), so interns who have not been accepted to residency can work hard and hope for acceptance (or at least a good letter of recommendation) the following year.

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What It’s Like to Work as a Podiatrist’s Medical Assistant

Prism Career Institute

Regarding administrative work, podiatrist’s assistants often oversee ordering, organizing, and storing supplies, restocking exam rooms, setting up instruments, and sterilizing equipment.

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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.