Guided exams

I have done some "guided exams" with friends and I wonder if someone else here has done it or is interested. We found it is great for the training of new play docs.

What is a "guided exam"? You are with a friend in the same room and I talk to you through YIM. You are the play doc in training, your friend is the patient (or the other way around). I tell you what examination maneuvers to perform (e.g. take the patient BP or feel his abdomen below the navel) on the patient and you tell me what you find (e.g. 120/60 or tenderness on the left side). Depending on the reason for the exam or the findings, I direct you for more actions. In other words, you get experience by being my hands, ears and eyes for your friend exam..

Of course, we talk before about what exam you want to perform, your level of familiarity with the various maneuvers, and the instruments you have to perform them. I can also help you find example/training videos and/or how to use the instruments if necessary.

Both participants can be of either sex.

The guided exams I have done were with two women (same playdoc, various patients). It was by text only. But webcams would be a nice addition.

Curious? Interested? Contact me!

Peter

I would be interested in this

This sounds interesting

I like this idea - I feel if you have a good partner it would work really well. I was thinking of doing at some point an “image” exam with my equipment where you are reading through my exam with photos of me doing the stuff, angled as if you (the doc/reader) were “examining” me. I will have to work out some of the details but it seems like others have done similar things in the past.

I would also be interested in this. Being told how to give exams and essentially doing twice the exam on a patient sounds really thrilling to me.

Thanks for reviving this 10-years old post. If you have a friend and one can be my ears, hands and eyes to examine the other, please DM me.