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Clinical examination is facing a challenge concerning its accuracy and importance. The advancement in research has proven low reliability and validity of many clinical tests with higher rates of accuracy associated with imaging and scans<ref>Fourie M. Communication in the Physical Examination. Physioplus Course 2021</ref>. However, when the subject is approached from cost-effectiveness and availability point of view the perspective changes. Access to advanced medical diagnostic tools geographically and the affordability of such tests differed from a place to another. Therefore, clinical examination is still a valuable tool in clinical practice. | Clinical examination is facing a challenge concerning its accuracy and importance. The advancement in research has proven low reliability and validity of many clinical tests with higher rates of accuracy associated with imaging and scans<ref>Fourie M. Communication in the Physical Examination. Physioplus Course 2021</ref>. However, when the subject is approached from cost-effectiveness and availability point of view the perspective changes. Access to advanced medical diagnostic tools geographically and the affordability of such tests differed from a place to another. Therefore, clinical examination is still a valuable tool in clinical practice. | ||
A thorough and effective physical examination is considered to be an art that is not only important for proper diagnosis but also builds the patient-healthcare relationship. Lack of physical examination is perceived by the patients as insufficient attention<ref>Asif T, Mohiuddin A, Hasan B, Pauly RR. Importance of thorough physical examination: a lost art. Cureus. 2017 May;9(5).</ref> | Despite being the golden standard, laboratory testing and imaging if misused could be harmful<ref name=":0" /> and could be contributing to overdiagnosis, leading to further psychological and behavioural harms<ref>Singh H, Dickinson JA, Thériault G, Grad R, Groulx S, Wilson BJ, Szafran O, Bell NR. Overdiagnosis: causes and consequences in primary health care. Canadian Family Physician. 2018 Sep 1;64(9):654-9.</ref>. | ||
A thorough and effective physical examination is considered to be an art that is not only important for proper diagnosis but also builds the patient-healthcare relationship. Lack of physical examination is perceived by the patients as insufficient attention <ref name=":0">Asif T, Mohiuddin A, Hasan B, Pauly RR. Importance of thorough physical examination: a lost art. Cureus. 2017 May;9(5).</ref> | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Good communication is an essential practice that has shown to improve the patient's willingness to engage in the treatment[1].
Clinical examination is facing a challenge concerning its accuracy and importance. The advancement in research has proven low reliability and validity of many clinical tests with higher rates of accuracy associated with imaging and scans[2]. However, when the subject is approached from cost-effectiveness and availability point of view the perspective changes. Access to advanced medical diagnostic tools geographically and the affordability of such tests differed from a place to another. Therefore, clinical examination is still a valuable tool in clinical practice.
Despite being the golden standard, laboratory testing and imaging if misused could be harmful[3] and could be contributing to overdiagnosis, leading to further psychological and behavioural harms[4].
A thorough and effective physical examination is considered to be an art that is not only important for proper diagnosis but also builds the patient-healthcare relationship. Lack of physical examination is perceived by the patients as insufficient attention [3]
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- ↑ Kourkouta L, Barsamidis K, Lavdaniti M. Communication skills during the clinical examination of the patients. Progress in Health Sciences. 2013;3(1):119.
- ↑ Fourie M. Communication in the Physical Examination. Physioplus Course 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Asif T, Mohiuddin A, Hasan B, Pauly RR. Importance of thorough physical examination: a lost art. Cureus. 2017 May;9(5).
- ↑ Singh H, Dickinson JA, Thériault G, Grad R, Groulx S, Wilson BJ, Szafran O, Bell NR. Overdiagnosis: causes and consequences in primary health care. Canadian Family Physician. 2018 Sep 1;64(9):654-9.
