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Videos · 3:52TEACHING RESOURCE M0029
Mini-CEX: observing a clinical history
An Australian Medical Council demonstration of observing a cardiovascular history-taking encounter.
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AudioTEACHING RESOURCE M0033
Auscultation: crackles
An individual MSD Manual recording of crackles, attributed to David W. Cugell.
MSD · D. W. Cugell
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Lung ultrasound: B-lines
Movie 3 from “Lung Ultrasound: The Essentials”, illustrating B-lines in a pulmonary oedema context.
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AudioTEACHING RESOURCE M0035
Auscultation: wheezing
An individual MSD Manual recording of wheezing, attributed to David W. Cugell.
MSD · D. W. Cugell
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Videos · 2:37TEACHING RESOURCE M0039
Meningeal examination: Kernig and Brudzinski signs
A demonstration of both manoeuvres, selected by the Open RN teaching manual.
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Using an incentive spirometer
A tutorial selected by Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in a sickle-cell information leaflet.
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Purpura
Haemorrhagic spots that persist under pressure; elevation and systemic findings guide assessment.
Abdullah Al-Hargan; Yasser A. Ghobara; Ahmad Al-Issa · Purpura après épilation laser documenté · https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1604-4 · CC BY 4.0
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Ecchymoses
Areas of bleeding beneath intact skin, described with their extent and context.
James Heilman, MD — Echymosis.jpg — CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEchymosis.jpg
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Raynaud phenomenon
Episodic finger colour changes after cold or stress, characterised through clinical history.
MSM98 · Phénomène de Raynaud · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raynauld.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nail psoriasis
Nail plate and bed abnormalities: pitting, separation, salmon patches or hyperkeratosis.
JVO27 — NailPsoriasis.JPG — CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANailPsoriasis.JPG
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Teaching collections
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ECG: describe, interpret and contextualise
Ten interpretation tracings and two cardiology-station resources for comparing rhythm, conduction and repolarisation.
13 resourcesRespiratory examination: listen and observe
Two auscultation recordings, an ultrasound loop and an incentive-spirometry demonstration.
8 resourcesNeurology: examination and imaging
The Kernig and Brudzinski demonstration and the CT image from the thunderclap-headache station.
5 resourcesHaematology: examining a blood film
Schistocytes, an Auer rod and sickle cells: three individual images for refining morphological description.
10 resourcesMalaria: prepare and observe
A parasitology image and two separate CDC procedures: thick and thin blood films.
4 resourcesImmunology and clinical reasoning
Still disease, cognitive bias and ANA interpretation: relate a result to a clinical question.
6 resourcesTherapeutic safety and prioritisation
Four videos for discussing infection prevention, methotrexate safety and assessment of urgent presentations.
6 resourcesCommunication and OSCE preparation
Presentations, handovers, shared decisions, disclosure of harm and bad news: prepare a conversation or role-play.
6 resourcesSupervision, feedback and portfolio
One-Minute Preceptor, feedback, Mini-CEX and Gibbs’ cycle connect clinical observation, reflection and development.
4 resourcesCritical appraisal and meaningful results
A critical-appraisal approach and an NNT demonstration for preparing a journal club.
2 resourcesTeaching & Internal Medicine · teaching and supervision
Learn, teach and supervise: media from the guide and five diagrams from the teaching dossier, with precise sources and QR codes.
35 resourcesCross-disciplinary OSCEs: all 14 resources
The images, videos and sounds from the collection’s six stations, retaining each station’s original labels.
14 resourcesMental state examination · observe and structure
Eight course diagrams covering examination domains, catatonia, cognition, thought, perception, mood and safety.
8 resourcesVascular examination · signs and techniques
Four atlas resources connected to the revised vascular examination course, blood-pressure measurement and ABI exercises.
4 resourcesMehani–Larbani clinical photo collection
Clinical photographs, fictional teaching cases and questions from the personal collection of Dr H Mehani and Dr S Larbani. The images are available in the reader after signing in.
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