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  label: "Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 14th Edition provides complete and authoritative guidance on performing physical examinations successfully. The focus is on training students on the skills needed for patient encounters - head-to-toe and physical examination skills, history taking, communication, patient note taking, and often touching on clinical reasoning and differential diagnosis"-- Provided by publisher.
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  date: 2026-07-07T22:42:51.363267+00:00
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  label: Foundational Skills Essential to the Clinical Encounter -- Interviewing, Communication, and Interpersonal Skills -- Health History -- Physical Examination -- Clinical Reasoning, Assessment and Plan -- Clinical Documentation and Presentation -- Health Maintenance and Screening -- Evaluating Clinical Evidence -- Basic Principles & Techniques: Point of Care Ultrasound -- General Survey, Vital Signs and Pain -- Cognition, Behavior and Mental Status -- Skin, Hair, and Nails -- Head and Neck -- Eyes -- Ears and Nose -- Throat and Oral Cavity -- Thorax and Lungs -- Cardiovascular System -- Peripheral Vascular System -- Breasts/Chest and Axillae -- Abdomen -- Anus and Rectum -- Pelvis and Genitourinary System: Penis, Scrotum -- Pelvis and Genitourinary System: Vulva, Vagina, Uterus and Adnexa -- Musculoskeletal System: Neck, Shoulders, and Upper Extremities -- Musculoskeletal System: Lumbosacral Spine, Hip, and Lower Extremities -- Nervous System -- Children: Infancy through Adolescence -- Pregnant Persons -- Older Adults.
supplementary content: index
supplementary content: bibliography