Training grade examiners reported fewer examinations where these signs were present than fully trained forensic paediatricians (cases: 68% versus 75%; controls 11% v 19%) but these differences were not significant (P = 0.4 and 0.2 respectively).
The total number of physical examination observations and number of body systems examined declined over the study period, and fewer examinations were performed for palpable liver, palpable spleen, cardiac murmur and apex beat location and character.
Women were asked fewer questions, received fewer examinations, and had fewer diagnostic tests ordered for coronary heart disease (11, 12).
These data clearly show that detecting rates of visual field change with certainty generally requires many visual fields; however, larger rates of change require fewer examinations.
In a way, this approach tries to do more with less, i.e. provide more diagnostic information with fewer examinations[ 6 ].
In the area of diagnosis and treatment, gender bias can result in women being asked fewer questions, and receiving fewer examinations and fewer diagnostic tests for coronary heart disease and other NCDs compared with men with similar symptoms.
This neglect may result in women receiving fewer examinations and diagnosis tests, despite the fact that the absolute numbers of NCD deaths in women are similar to that of men.
While Powell et al. [ 33] found that both male and female students were able to perform fewer examinations on the opposite sex during their training and were less confident with these examinations, the finding that the greatest distress around this issue was described as being in male students learning to perform pelvic examinations is not described elsewhere.
The building, where patients squeeze into in a few examination rooms, will expand to house nearly triple the work force of 35 if a federal grant of $450,000 arrives.
There are few examinations more intimate: my cheek often brushes theirs, and usually both of us, through politeness, end up holding our breath.
