Palms sweaty, heart racing, and after what I hope comes across as a poised knock on the door, I walk into the mock exam room at our school’s Patient Simulation and Clinical Competency Center. It looks like the generic doctor’s office I have been to a million times for the flu, my athletic physical, and several […]
Retracing Footsteps
The very first semester of medical school, my classmates and I were taught the full-body physical exam. It took the. whole. semester. Every couple of weeks, in small groups of 5 students and one faculty preceptor, we would approach a different organ system–cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and so on–first practicing on each other, and then several times […]
Pediatric Physical Exam Pearls
For the last month, I have been rotating at a Pediatric Emergency Department. One of the many things I learned during this rotation is how to do a Pediatric physical exam effectively. Infants and toddlers tend not to be very cooperative during the physical exam and sometimes even during the whole encounter. I have learned […]
