I’m a familiar face around my city’s medical center, where some know me as that closeted gay man who infected his wife with HIV or the hostile employee who physically threatened a co-worker in an act ...

More than one nervous medical student has entered Robin Mulroney’s hospital gown from the bottom to listen to her lungs. Aspiring doctors also have been known to forget to release blood-pressure cuffs ...

All of us — physicians, patients and payers — need to change our attitudes about routine health checks. When he posed that question recently to a group of medical residents, he received what is ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Molly Heublein, MD: Hi. I'm Dr Molly Heublein. Welcome to Curbsiders Teach, our Curbsiders family podcast on teaching in medical education. Era ...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether licensed physical therapists (n=8) serving as standardized patients (SPs) for practical examinations evaluate physical therapy students (n=51) ...

What Is an Annual Physical Exam? The physical exam is an essential part of any doctor's visit. Surprisingly, though, there are no absolutes in a routine physical. A good doctor may be thorough or ...