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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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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

We wait for the test results. Doctors see patients in rushed 15-minute appointments, often without a cursory physical exam. One aspect of being a healthcare consumer that can be most maddening is the hours of time spent waiting for things to happen. We wait to see the provider. We wait for our IV to be started.

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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

While video calls allow for visual assessments, certain aspects of a physical exam—such as checking vital signs, palpating areas of pain, or listening to a patient’s heart and lungs—cannot be replicated remotely. This limitation means that telehealth may not be suitable for all medical concerns.

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

Forbes Healthcare

Instead of learning to use the tools that will define tomorrow’s care, students still memorize biochemistry pathways and are tested on obscure facts they’ll never use in clinical practice. Today, universities are integrating generative AI into tutoring, test prep, research, advising and more. What laboratory tests would they order?

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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. Once they take the step, once they start their clinical rotations. That’s pretty good.

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A Call for Parentalism in Medicine

Sensible Medicine

There were ST elevations across all the precordial leads and signs of heart failure on physical exam. Even on the medication, her liver function tests climbed and her kidney function declined. She was admitted to the hospital with an MI. She had come to the emergency room with five days of chest pain.