tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post114385108058045356..comments2024-03-27T03:58:43.402-04:00Comments on <center>CasesBlog - Medical and Health Blog</center>: Is Physical Examination Useless?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-613399368360644822009-04-29T05:48:00.000-04:002009-04-29T05:48:00.000-04:00The bigger question is does Physical exam is the o...The bigger question is does Physical exam is the only way available for medical learning. can there be other options available. Time is precious but that does not mean that one should handle patients beyond its capacity.Medical Taining.http://www.medacademy.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11326364.post-1166845908683865002006-12-22T22:51:00.000-05:002006-12-22T22:51:00.000-05:00I can't believe there haven't been any comments po...I can't believe there haven't been any comments posted about this subject. People wonder why going to the doctor has become so expensive. One of the reasons is the rampant over-reliance on high tech investigations of diseases and disorders which can more appropriately be diagnosed at the bedside. This is no small point, physical exam and history are necessary and often sufficient to diagnose a disease. Imaging and labs are there to confirm those impressions. I don't trust any physician who does not do a physical exam on me and I tell them so when I meet them. Physical exam is fundamental to the physician patient encounter.If you can't use a stethoscope to listen to my heart, lungs, abdomen and carotid pulses and know what you are hearing then get away from me junior.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com