Video Lectures on Physical Examination & History Taking?

[Taels]

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Hello guys!
I used lots of video lectures on my first year on medical school (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, etc). I also studied books, of course, but sometimes video lectures really saved me.
Now I'm studying history taking and physical examination (currently on Bates'), and I'd like to know if there is such thing as video lectures on these subjects.
If there is, could you tell me which ones are worth it?
Thanks in advance!

 

[tobi44]

Hello guys!
I used lots of video lectures on my first year on medical school (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, etc). I also studied books, of course, but sometimes video lectures really saved me.
Now I'm studying history taking and physical examination (currently on Bates'), and I'd like to know if there is such thing as video lectures on these subjects.
If there is, could you tell me which ones are worth it?
Thanks in advance!

youtube has lots of exam videos, you just need to google the particular terms you want to see.

As for history taking, the main thing with that is knowing your differential diagnosis. I don't think I've ever seen a video about history taking. The questions you ask on the history depend on what you are thinking is causing the problem, you rule in and rule out stuff with your history. But for the purposes of OSCEs you should just memorize the history taking checklist that your school probably provided you with. Differential diagnose building comes with time.

 

[Taels]

youtube has lots of exam videos, you just need to google the particular terms you want to see.

As for history taking, the main thing with that is knowing your differential diagnosis. I don't think I've ever seen a video about history taking. The questions you ask on the history depend on what you are thinking is causing the problem, you rule in and rule out stuff with your history. But for the purposes of OSCEs you should just memorize the history taking checklist that your school probably provided you with. Differential diagnose building comes with time.

Do you have any recommendations regarding good YouTube channels?

 

[tobi44]

Do you have any recommendations regarding good YouTube channels?

Not any particular channel I can think of, I just always goggled terms that I wanted to see performed. Its weird, now that I am in third year I see how clinicians spend like under 5 minutes on physical exam when we were taught a whole laundry list of items to look for in clinical skills sessions. Its depressing how little I use all that practice that I did for OSCEs.

http://www.onlinemeded.org/

Come to think of, this site helps a little with differentials and algorithms of treatment. I don't think that its useful for MS1-2. But it can be helpful for third year when you need to start thinking about management.

 

[Taels]

These videos are excellent! Thanks a lot!

 

[tobi44]

glad you like them. A useful way to takes notes with the videos is to take screen shots of his drawings and insert them into an open power point while typing up notes there. I keep the power points for reference.

 

[operaman]

OSCEs are more choreography than substance. Memorize the checklist, "perform" the maneuvers on the checklist and get your A.

To actually learn how to do stuff, youtube has tons of great stuff. Stanford's "Stanford 25" site has great stuff too. UCSD has a great history/physical site, but may be too in depth for what you need at this point.

History taking is an art and one I'm still at the start of learning. I think I took more H&Ps the first week of 3rd year than 1 and 2 put together! The beauty of real patients is that you can usually go back and ask them anything you forgot the first time.