Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination
Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination delivers new clinical skills videos featuring head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques, as well as OSCE clinical reasoning modules.
Based on Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, this online guide maintains the evidence-based origins of the text and provides careful attention to clinical accuracy, and to the range of patient types profiled in the series.
In addition to practicing clinicians, this resource is ideal for any institution’s assessment or clinical medicine courses within medical, nursing, physician assistant, physical or occupational therapy, and pharmacy programs.
About Bates
Now in its Fifth Edition and featuring completely reshot content and new clinical skills videos, Bates’ Visual Guide delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. The site features more than 8 hours of video content.
Students and faculty in medical, nursing, and related programs will appreciate the careful attention to clinical accuracy, as well as the range of patient types profiled in the series. Institutions will benefit from the online delivery of content allowing their users to view the videos from any web-based location or device.
User Guide Factsheet AccessWhy Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination?
Supports teaching and learning objectives with hours of narrated and closed captioned videos
Prepares students for the patient encounter and board exams
Allows students independent, frequent viewing, and testing of their clinical reasoning skills
Provides a resource for practitioners to review and refresh their understanding of examination techniques
Creates direct paths to videos from library catalog or course syllabus; enables downloading of PDF transcripts for use in teaching guides
Available online and optimized for mobile devices
Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination Videos
18-Volume Physical Examination Videos
These physical assessment videos present a “patient-first” approach to the physical exam featuring a range of diverse patient profiles from adult to infant.
Additionally, each volume consists of multiple videos covering topics such as approach to patient, health history, anatomy review, examination, recording findings, and more.
AccessPhysical Examination Videos
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OSCE Clinical Skills Videos
These videos are designed to help prepare students for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) by testing their clinical reasoning skills covering typical/common complaints.
Each video provides a clinical encounter observation—giving students the opportunity to develop an assessment, or differential diagnosis, and provide an appropriate diagnostic workup.
OSCE Clinical Skills Videos
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