background : one of the essential components of learning and educational program is evaluation or examination. there are various methods for evaluating clinical skills among which objective structured clinical examination (osce) has been recognized as the most reliable method for evaluation of the clinical skills. methods : this was a one-step single-group descriptive study which was conducted ...

in thoracolumbar spinal fractures with posterior column injury for applying proper management, it is important to distinguish a flexion-distraction injury (fdi) from a three column burst fracture (bf) as in clinical examination, both may have a similar significant tenderness on direct spinal palpation. careful attention to the comprehensive clinical examination and detailed imaging features are...

a 55-year-old man presented with pain in the left flank for the last 8 months with history of significant weight loss. the pain was relieved on assuming a knee-chest position. on clinical examination the patient was afebrile with mild tenderness in the left hypochondrium. there was no icterus or lymphadenopathy. the spleen was palpable 6 cm below the costal margin and was firm and non-tender. t...

BACKGROUND Well woman health checks are offered in general practice and may include breast examination. METHODS The authors explored the attitudes of general practitioners toward clinical breast examination as a screening test in asymptomatic women. Twenty-seven GPs were interviewed about their current practice and opinions of the value, advantages and disadvantages of breast examination. The...

Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women demanding accurate diagnosis to take remedial measures to treat.Objective: Comparing the diagnostic capability of the computer regulation thermography (CRT), as a novel and safe diagnostic procedure, with common methods including sonography, mammography and clinical examinations for diagnosing breast cancer in suspicious...

Data are given on the radiation exposure occurring in high volume angiographic suites to physicians and technical personnel. Emphasis is directed to coronary artery examinations since multiple recording modalities are utilized in these examinations and consequently personnel exposures are greater than in other angiographic studies. A comparison of dose exposures when these examinations are done...

S dysfunction is a major focal neurologic disability. The type of speech abnormality that a patient manifests allows the clinician to localize the lesion. We present a case of a patient who developed acute dysarthria without dysphasia. The CT brain revealed a hematoma in the pre-frontal cortex rather than the motor cortex or sub-cortical tracts. Considering the discrepancy between the clinical ...

The clinical vision examination routinely includes an evaluation of ocular motor function. In a number of diverse situations, thorough objective recording of eye movements is warranted, using any of a variety of eye-tracking technologies that are available currently to clinicians. Here we review the clinical uses of eye tracking, with both an historical and contemporary view. We also consider s...