Physical Exam

By: Tom Lewis, MSII As Sir William Osler, one of the fathers of modern American medicine, said, “The primary work of a professor of medicine in a medical school is in the wards, teaching his pupils how to deal with patients and their diseases.” And the most important component of interacting with patients to clinicians like Osler was the physical exam. We can all certainly recall the first time we used our stethoscopes to diagnose valvular disease, palpated the swollen [Read more]