Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

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.

Physical Exams 294

Physical Exams Tests Diagnostics Discharges 294

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We wait for the test results. We wait to be discharged. ” 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. We wait to see the provider. We wait for our IV to be started.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Discharges Physical Exams Hospital 52

Accepted Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

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.

Medication 98

Medication Admissions Follow-Up Physical Exams 98

Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2025

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.

Physical Exams 289

Physical Exams Follow-Up Tests Discharges 289