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Physical Examination, Laboratory Values, and Clinical Calculators
This guide is designed is designed to help students find resources for effectively performing physical examinations. Also included are high quality resources for laboratory values and clinical calculations.
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Physical Examination Resources
Geriatric Examination Toolkit [University of Missouri]
This is a comprehensive linked list of physical examination and evaluation tools, specific to the geriatric population.
Internal Medicine - Clinical Examination Tutorials [AMBOSS]
This is a series of 19 free YouTube videos from AMBOSS: Medical Knowledge Distilled.
Nursing Head-to-Toe Assessment [RegisteredNurseRN]
This is a series of 69 YouTubes videos from RegisteredNurseRN.com covering nursing head-to-toe physical assessment videos that include heart sounds, checking vital signs, and other resources.
Orthopedics - Clinical Examination Tutorials [AMBOSS]
This is a series of 20 free YouTube videos from AMBOSS: Medical Knowledge Distilled.
Pediatrics - Clinical Examination Tutorials [AMBOSS]
This is a series of three free YouTube videos from AMBOSS: Medical Knowledge Distilled.
Physical Examination Video Series [University of Wisconsin]
This is a series of 29 YouTube videos that cover all aspects of the adult physical examination.
Practical Clinical Skills
This is a training and reference guide focusing on simulation-based lessons covering heart sounds, murmurs, lung sounds, carotid bruit, blood pressure measurement, and EKG training.
Patient Interviewing Resources
Calgary-Cambridge Guide to the Medical Interview [Physiopedia]
This is a patient-interview guideline that presents the interview in a 5-step model.
Communication Skills: A Patient-Centered Approach [Western Michigan University]
This is a 13 minute YouTube that demonstrates the patient-centered approach for conducting a patient interview.
Medical Interview: Complete Interview [University of Wisconsin]
This is a 28 minute video focusing on conducting a full patient interview.
Laboratory Value Resources
Geriatric Examination Toolkit - Lab Values [University of Missouri]
This resource provides laboratory reference ranges for healthy members of the geriatric population.
Lab Values, Normal Adult [Medscape]
This website provides laboratory reference ranges for healthy adults. Medscape is free with registration.
Normal Laboratory Values [Merck Manual Professional Version]
Includes tables for normal reference values are included on tables for blood, urine, CSF, stool, and other fluids (eg, gastric acid) and other commonly used panels.
Pediatric Test Reference Values [Mayo Clinic Laboratories]
The website provides age-matched reference values to a wide range of laboratory tests.
Vital Signs Resources
Auscultation
Auscultation [Physiopedia]
This is an online resource that provides audio and video resources for learning the art of auscultation.
Easy Auscultation
This is a comprehensive online learning module that includes practice quizzes.
Heart Auscultation [AMBOSS]
This is a series of five free heart auscultation YouTube videos from AMBOSS: Medical Knowledge Distilled.
Lung Auscultation [AMBOSS]
This is a series of three free lung auscultation YouTube videos from AMBOSS: Medical Knowledge Distilled.
Blood Pressure
Blood Pressure Measurement - Clinical Examination [AMBOSS]
This is a 43 second YouTube video that includes sphygmomanometer readings with the corresponding ausculation.
Blood Pressure Measurement: How to Check Blood Pressure Manually [RegisteredNurseRN]
This is a 5 minute and 19 second video for nurses on how to manually measure blood pressure.
How to Take Blood Pressure [Ausmed]
This is a video and text-based learning module for learning how to take blood pressure measurements.
Measuring Blood Pressure - Measuring Vital Signs [AMBOSS]
This is a 3 minute and 43 second YouTube video that covers clinical principles of measuring blood pressure.
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Practical Clinical Skills
This website provides several modules for taking a variety of vital signs.
Vital Signs Nursing: Respiratory Rate, Pulse, Blood Pressure, Temperature, Pain, Oxygen [RegisteredNurseRN]
This is a 13 minute 28 second YouTube video covering the various professional nursing aspects of taking vital signs.
Clinical Calculator Resources
Calculate by QxMD
Calculate by QxMD offers over 400 point-of-care tools to educate around prognosis, diagnosis, and optimal patient management.
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Calculators [Medscape]
This Medscape suite provides various clinical calculators within 33 subject areas.
ClinCalc.com
The website provides evidence-based clinical decision support tools and calculators for medical professionals.
Nursing Math - Medical Calculators
This suite of calculators focuses specifically on medicine dosage equations.
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