PCMHE: Patient-Centered Medicine & Health Equity
Course Pre-Read: Medical Apartheid
Medical apartheid: the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 076792939XPublication Date: 2006
Associate Director and Coordinator of Medical Education
Victoria Wagner
Contact:
Robert Wood Johnson Library of the Health Sciences
Subjects: Medical Education
Required Text
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022 and 2023! Confidently Perform Accurate, Efficient, and Effective Physical Examinations. Master the techniques for successful physical examinations with the #1 choice for complete, authoritative guidance. This highly regarded text includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right. NEW! Expanded Unit 1 provides an overview of the components of the patient encounter and helps you ensure the most effective information-gathering and decision-making approaches. NEW! Key terms are bolded in chapters and correspond to an online glossary with definitions. UPDATED! Expanded coverage of special populations familiarizes you with important approaches for persons who identify as LGBTQ, persons with physical disabilities, and diverse populations throughout the life cycle. UPDATED! Restructured Regional Exam chapters enhance your understanding of overview material, examination techniques, and health promotion and counseling considerations. UPDATED! Photographs, illustrations, and references reinforce key content based on the latest evidence-based information. UPDATED! Text boxes are numbered to provide quick access to important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques. Clinical pearls, printed in blue, highlight key points at a glance. Detailed, highly illustrated tables of abnormal conditions display examination and clinical information in an easy-to-find, quick-reference format at the end of each chapter.
Call Number: e-BookISBN: 9781496398178Publication Date: 2021
Physical Examination: Recommended Resources
DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 11th EditionCall Number: e-BookISBN: 1260134873Publication Date: 2020
- AMA Student Blood Pressure Measurement learning seriesFive free modules and resources from the American Medical Association. Create a free account on AMA's Ed Hub site to access.
- A Practical Guide to Clinical MedicineUC San Diego School of Medicine's comprehensive physical examination and clinical education guide.
- Bates' Clinical Skills videosThis streaming video series provides head-to-toe and systems-based physical exam techniques, communication and interpersonal skills, and OSCE skills.
- Blood Pressure MeasurementNew England Journal of Medicine video in clinical medicine.
- Cardiac AuscultationHeart sounds: lessons, quizzes, reference guides.
- e-Books for H & PA curated list of e-books about physical examination, patient interviewing, and communication.
- Fundamentals of Lung AuscultationReview prior to Pulmonary.
- Pediatric Physical Examination videoView using Windows Media Player or VLC - this .wmv file will not play in Quicktime.
- Physical Diagnosis Skills - Skills ModulesUniversity of Washington Department of Medicine's Advanced Physical Diagnosis Learning and Teaching at the Bedside modules.
- Stanford 25: Promoting the Culture of Bedside MedicineStanford Medicine's hands-on sessions and online content to teach bedside physical exam skills.
Clinical Reasoning Skills: Recommended Resources
- Case Records of the Massachusetts General HospitalFrom the New England Journal of Medicine
- Resources for Patient CasesA curated list of resources for patient cases, specialty patient cases, and physical examination procedures.
Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based GuideCall Number: e-BookISBN: 1260121127Publication Date: 2020
Clinical Documentation (Write Up) Guides
- Good DocumentationKommer CG. Good Documentation. JAMA. 2018;320(9):875–876. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.11781
Topics in Health Systems Science: Recommended Resources
- Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityAHRQ's mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of health care. This site provides links to reports, data, tools, and research.
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesThis agency conducts and supports research in minority health and disparities and provides links to data, reports, and other tools.
- Think Cultural HealthThis U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website features information, continuing education opportunities, resources, and more for health care professionals to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services, or CLAS.
Other Recommended Texts
Harrison's Principles of Internal MedicineCall Number: e-BookISBN: 9781264268511Publication Date: 2022
The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical DiagnosisCall Number: E-bookPublication Date: 2009
