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Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination
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Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:00 eastern
Audience: Nursing staff, Clinical Educators, Residency Directors/Coordinators, Residents
Description: Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques. The site features more than 8 hours of video content. The videos, delivered via streaming video, cover adult, infant, child, and older adult patients. Each video may be viewed as a full volume, or chapter-by-chapter. This resource also provides access to ten Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) Clinical Skills Videos. Each presents a clinical encounter; viewers are then given the opportunity to develop an assessment or differential diagnosis and provide an appropriate diagnostic workup.
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