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General Examination Skills For Medical Practitioners
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General Examination Skills For Medical Practitioners

General Examination
Created byDr. Ray
Last updated 4/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • How to Perform General Examination in Patient
  • How to integrate Findings of Examination and history to come to a Diagnosis
  • Know the importance of each component of General Examination
  • Video Demonstration of Examination with Patient help you Understand better

Course content

1 section8 lectures3h 49m total length
  • Introduction43:31

    Begin general examination by assessing decubitus and posture, then evaluate build and nutrition with BMI, skinfolds, and mid-arm circumference, noting pallor, icterus, and cyanosis to inform history.

  • Lymph nodes and Edema27:13
  • Pulse49:29
  • Jugular venous pressure part-I24:04
  • Jugular venous pressure part -II33:46
  • Clubbing25:50

    Identify clubbing and its signs, explain the platelet megakaryocyte mechanism, and connect history to causes such as cyanotic heart disease, bronchogenic carcinoma, lung abscess, and biliary cirrhosis.

  • Examination of patient part-I12:29
  • Examination of patient part-II12:41

Requirements

  • Medical Practitioners or MBBS or MD or MBBS Student

Description

General Examination for Medical Practitioner which focus on all the points of examination in details and integrating with history taking to come to clinical diagnosis. it include decubitus, built, vitals, JVP, clubbing, cyanosis, pallor, edema, lymph node.


This comprehensive course is designed for medical practitioners seeking to enhance their diagnostic accuracy through effective integration of patient history and general physical examination findings. Understanding that a correct diagnosis often begins with a structured clinical encounter, this course provides a systematic approach to evaluating patients by merging the art of history-taking with the science of examination.

Participants will learn how to recognize key clinical signs during general examinations—such as posture, appearance, vital signs, and systemic clues—and interpret them in the context of the patient's reported symptoms. Through practical case studies, interactive sessions, and evidence-based frameworks, learners will develop the skills to identify red flags, prioritize differential diagnoses, and make sound clinical decisions with limited resources.

The course emphasizes a hands-on, patient-centered approach, fostering critical thinking and clinical reasoning from the first point of contact. Whether in a busy outpatient setting or an emergency scenario, practitioners will gain the confidence to use every patient interaction as a diagnostic opportunity.

By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to conduct efficient, focused, and insightful assessments that directly inform diagnosis and management plans—bridging the gap between theory and everyday clinical practice.

Who this course is for:

  • Medical Practitioner learning General examination and Integration with history for clinical Diagnosis