Are Medical Students Comfortable with Practicing Physical Examinations on Each Other?

PPAS- Practicing Physical Assessment with Simulators for Medical and Nursing Students

Because medical professionals have to understand their patients’ conditions, students in medical and nursing schools need to practice physical assessments. Since real patients and clinical situations are difficult to produce in school settings, many kinds of simulators have been developed to enable students to practice physical assessments. Simulated patients do not need additional cost but do ...

The reach of Spanish-language YouTube videos on physical examinations made by undergraduate medical students

This study was conducted to evaluate the performance and reach of YouTube videos on physical examinations made by Spanish university students. We analyzed performance metrics for 4 videos on physical examinations in Spanish that were created by medical students at Miguel Hernández University (Elche, Spain) and are available on YouTube, on the following topics: the head and neck (7:30), the card...

Are yearly physical examinations in adolescents necessary?

BACKGROUND Recommendations regarding the frequency of routine physical examinations for adolescents have varied from one examination every 2 to 3 years to yearly evaluations. Because none of these recommendations was based on studies regarding the usefulness of such examinations, it was pertinent to review the results of published studies. METHODS All series of routine school and preathletic ...

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Conducting forensic examinations on the road: are you practicing your profession without a license?

Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals retained in civil or criminal litigation are frequently required to travel to a state in which they are not licensed to perform assessments and offer testimony. Adverse professional and legal consequences may await the unwary peripatetic forensic expert. Failure to address local practice requirements may result in disqualification to testify a...