Physical Exam Essentials app review: your source for a quick overview of the patient physical exam

Introduction

This is a great iPhone and iPad app that has been designed specifically to provide those of you in the medical profession with a quick refresher on a number of procedures and techniques so that you can make sure you are always providing your patients with the best you have to offer.

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The easiest way for me to sum up the purpose of this app is to include an excerpt from the iTunes description page, which reads as follows:

“Preparing for a career in medicine requires learning a daunting amount of information and technique. When facing an important test of your knowledge and abilities, like the physical examination of a patient, nerves can derail all of your memorization and confidence, in a hurry.”

The idea is that you’ve got the information floating around in your head somewhere, so you can use this app as a quick reminder or refresher so that you can provide nothing but the best to your patients.

A Quick Refresher for Doctors

Physical Exam Essentials has been designed to provide medical professionals with a quick and easy point of reference for reviews procedures and techniques covering the following categories:

• The Health History
• The General Survey

• Skin and Nails

• HEENT and Neck

• Thorax and Lungs
• Breast and Axillae
• Cardiovascular Exam

• Peripheral Vascular System
• Abdominal Exam

• Male Genitalia, Anus, Rectum, Prostate
• Female Genitalia, Anus, Rectum
• Mental Status Exam
     
• Cranial Nerves
• Neurological Exam


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Each section contains a collection of images which are used to illustrate and help you visualize different maneuvers you may need to make during the physical exam. You can also look up certain terms online via Wikipedia and Google.

Speak to Your Patients With Confidence

To ensure you are never caught off guard, the developer of this app has seen fit to also include descriptions of special tests that are not usually performed in a routine physical exam, so these are likely to come in very handy when you most need them.

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In addition to all of this, Physical Exam Essentials also includes a Clinical Correlates feature which helps to highlight the significance of certain physical exam findings, enabling you to speak to your patients with absolute confidence in what you’re telling them.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Your source for a quick overview of the patient physical exam
• Reviews of procedures and techniques are neatly sorted into 14 different categories
• Look up certain selected terms in Wikipedia, Google, or Google images
• Includes Clinical Correlates which highlight the significance of certain physical exam findings
• Includes descriptions of special tests that are not usually performed in a routine physical exam
• Pictures are included in each section illustrate physical exam maneuvers
• Presentation Tips included to help you describe your findings
• Enjoy frequently updated entries and images

Cons                     

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

Simply put, Physical Exam Essentials is a must-have iPhone and iPad app for any medical professional.