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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. The 40-week program is offered during the day and in the evening to accommodate the busy lives of our students.

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Friday Reflection 27: The Poor Historian

Sensible Medicine

Many a medical trainee has been humiliated on morning rounds after proclaiming that their presentation was wanting because the “patient was a poor historian.” Often, the inability of a doctor to obtain a history is actually a physical exam finding – an extremely non-specific finding, but a finding nonetheless.

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What to Expect During Medical School

Accepted Blog

If you are more of a kinesthetic learner, then time spent on hospital rounds will be a great way to reinforce concepts. Interacting with patients Medical students start by learning to take a complete patient history and review of systems, then progress to the physical exam.