Bedside Diagnosis Curriculum

Recommended basic, complete physical exam elements and sequence

1. The Nature of Medicine, the Placebo Response, and Hope - 7/7
2. Approach to Diagnostic Medicine - 7/8
3. Core concepts of Interviewing - 7/15
4. Vital Signs - 7/22
5. Head and Face - 7/29
6. Eye - 8/5
7. Ears, Nose, and Sinuses - 8/12
8. Oropharynx and Neck - 8/19
9. Chest wall and Breast - 9/2
10. Respiratory - 9/9
11. Abdomen - 9/16
12. Cardiovascular
13. Female genitalia -
14. Male genitalia, Hernias, and Rectal exam -
15. Bones and Joints, Upper body -
16. Bones and Joints, Lower body -
17. Lymph nodes -
18. Skin, non-infectious -
19. Skin, infectious -
20. Hair and Nails -
21. Neuromuscular I: Mental status, Meningeal signs, Cranial nerves -
22. Neuromuscular II: Motor, Reflexes, Sensory, Posture, Movement, Coordination, Vestibular -