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Physical Assessment of the Adult - Google Doc

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Additional Resources

Hive Mind Lecture Slides

• Physical Assessment of the Adult Skills Review, December 20, 2023 with Gloria Campise, LM, CPM

Websites

• 12 Ways to be a feminist healthcare provider

• The Gynecological History and Examination

• Feminist Midwife: Pelvimetry

• On properly taking blood pressure

• The Management of Women with a low or high BMI : Association of Ontario Midwives

• Plus Size Birth

• How to undertake a postnatal examination

• Questioning the Routine Pelvic Examination

• “The Challenging Pelvic Examination”, Bates, Carroll, Potter

• Gynecological Teaching Associates

• “Vital Signs are Vital,” Clinical Concepts in Obstetrics, podcast episode, March 31, 2021. This podcast episode discusses the ranges of normal for vital signs, and possible complications when measurements are outside the range of normal.

Videos

Ritual of the Bedside Exam 

Khan Academy 

Dr. Abraham Verghese explains the ritual of the bedside exam. Created by Sal Khan.

08:47 minutes