LWW Health Library: Bates Guide to Physical Examination & History Taking
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking 13e by Call Number: ebookISBN: 1496398173Publication Date: 2021This highly regarded text includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right.
The book has great supplementary videos - Another way to access this content is to search the LWW Health Library platform for the Bates Guide, then limit your results to Video.
Books
The resources highlighted in this guide are appropriate for students accross the different DMU clinical programs. Let us know. library@dmu.edu.
Degowin's Diagnostic Examination by Call Number: ebookISBN: 1260134881Publication Date: 2020"DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination describes the techniques for obtaining a complete history and performing a thorough physical exam, links symptoms and signs with the pathophysiology of disease, presents an approach to differential diagnosis, based upon the pathophysiology of disease, which can be efficiently tested in the laboratory, and does all of this in a format that can be used as a quick point-of-care reference and as a text to study the principles and practice of history taking and physical examination"
Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination: an interprofessional approach by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780323481953Publication Date: 2018-01-26
Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis by
"The purpose of this book is to explore the origins, pathophysiology, and diagnostic accuracy of many of the physical signs currently used in adult patients."
Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780323392761Publication Date: 2018
An Osteopathic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment by Call Number: ebookISBN: 0781742935Publication Date: 2005
Zitelli and Davis' Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis by ISBN: 9780323393034Publication Date: 2018
Dutton's Orthopaedic: Examination, Evaluation and Intervention, Fifth Edition by ISBN: 9781260143874Publication Date: 2020
Helpful Online Resources
- Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine: A comprehensive physical examination and clinical education site for medical students and other health care professionalsEach section is constructed to answer the question: "What do I really need to know about this area of medical care?" The material covered is presented in a concise, ordered fashion that should be readily applicable to the common clinical scenarios that you will actually see in day to day practice.
- The Stanford Medicine 25"The Stanford Medicine 25 consists of hands-on sessions and online content to teach the bedside physical exam to students, residents and faculty and promote the culture of bedside medicine."
- NeuroLogic Examination Videos and Descriptions... an Anatomical Approach The "NEUROLOGIC EXAM VIDEOS AND DESCRIPTIONS: AN ANATOMICAL APPROACH" is a freely available resource that uses over 250 video demonstrations with narrative descriptions in an online tutorial. It presents the anatomical foundations of the neurologic exam and provides examples of both normal and abnormal conditions as exhibited by patients. The website combines the use of anatomical diagrams, live patient exams, video patient cases and self-evaluation tools to accomplish its educational goals.