Online exams | Just an idea: the "online exa…

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Hi there … :😃

a lot of people around here are still wondering what an “online exam” might be or how it is done. And to be honest I'm not an expert myself, because so fare I've done only two and like I said, that really doesn't make me the “go-to” person for all the different questions out there. But I had an idea (I know I'm really smart … lol … ok enough about me back to my idea) maybe we “all” could create some sort of “ online exam guide ” which contains all the necessary information we can find and some extras like personal experiences and so on.

Let's just start with the different ways to perform an online exam and all the things you need.

maybe stuff like:

* webcam

* instand messenger

* pictures (if you don't like the webcam idea)

something like: fully clothed, in your underwear, naked from the front and naked from the back

* your imagination

* clinical history (pre-appointment medical questionnaire)

* and so on and on ...

And because I mentioned the whole personal experience thing above … I'll go first and give you an example … lol … my first “online exam” experience:

My first “online exam” was awesome (maybe because it was my first one). I never thought that it would work, but it did. After a few minutes I could imagine the whole thing in my mind. I scheduled the appointment for Thursday 26th July at 7pm. It was a “female” health exam. First I had to fill out a complete medical history form and then return it to the doctor's office. At the beginning of my appointment the doctor and I run through my medical history. For my first exam I did something, I never did before. Since I have no webcam (and I'm really not a big fan of the idea) we had a little problem. But I'll just took some pictures with my cell phone: fully clothed, in my underwear, naked from the front and naked from the back. And it worked, I mean knowing that the “doctor” was able to see me like a real doctor was really not bad. It made the whole exam more realistic.

So now I hope together we can create that little “ online exam guide ” … and answer all the remaining questions.

bye Kailee 😘

drdavid842

I have done a fair amount of online exams. The key is to have a good imagination and very good descriptive text. Cameras and web cams are not essential, and I feel not only create privacy issues but also do not foster good evocative text.

Long Lee

I've been wondering a lot about how online exams work recently; its nice to see how other people have done it, both from a “back and forth” messaging/pictures standpoint, as well as in a web-cam format. I've never done one, but will have to try now. I think I would much rather do a web cam version, but I can see how you can get a really good back and forth going if you do it just as pictures; being descriptive with what you are assessing and having the patient respond back to what they see and feel definitely seems key.

curtina

@Long_Lee :

Nice idea - please do it

DocLancaster

I suggest the chat with pic/video exchange as a way to dip your toe into the online exam experience. Web cam exams can be complicated for both the doc and patient - both with being “on stage" the entire time and also keeping things discrete can be more challenging when you are on cam.

I've done both as a play doc, and I have to be honest as a general rule of thumb, chat with pic/video exchange are my favorite ones. I think there is a sense of mystery that occurs when you are reading the text and seeing some snippets of what is going on, on the other end.