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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

We wait for the test results. ” If you’re waiting to be discharged from the hospital, what time you’ll be able to leave is anyone’s guess since one hand often doesn’t know what the other hand is doing. Doctors see patients in rushed 15-minute appointments, often without a cursory physical exam.

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Your Health Doesn’t Take a Summer Break: Why June Is the Perfect Time for a Checkup

Minority Nurse

However, people with a family history of medical conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, and even cancer are strongly encouraged to get regular checkups to test for risk factors and monitor their health. One of the benefits of a routine physical exam is ensuring youre feeling at your best.

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Telehealth Analysis: The Pros & Cons

We Care Online

Telehealth allows these patients to receive timely care without the added burden of physically getting to a clinic or hospital. Conditions that require in-depth physical examinations or diagnostic tests may still necessitate an in-person visit, which can reduce the overall convenience of telehealth for certain patients.

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Inside Pitt Med School: Innovations in Medical Education 

Accepted Blog

From the beginning they learn how to take a history, do a physical exam. So the committee absolutely wants to know that the person has really tested this decision, and that they know what they’re getting into. They have about 40 hospitals, many, many and so on. I mean, we have outstanding hospitals in every area.

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A Call for Parentalism in Medicine

Sensible Medicine

She was admitted to the hospital with an MI. There were ST elevations across all the precordial leads and signs of heart failure on physical exam. During her first five days in the hospital VB was transferred between ICU and the cardiology ward three times. She had come to the emergency room with five days of chest pain.

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A (re)Visit to an Old-Fashioned Doctor

Sensible Medicine

Old-fashioned doctors spend whatever time it takes to obtain a good medical history and physical examination. The history and physical exam is not something to be fetishized but something to be recognized as a time saver. An exam finding does, on occasion, make you feel more comfortable with your diagnosis.

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What to Expect After Medical School

Accepted Blog

There will always be new procedures, new medications, and new lab tests to learn about. Through patient case scenarios, the exam tests your ability to formulate a diagnosis based on a patient’s history, their physical exam, and the associated lab findings. It also tests your ability to manage a patient.