Teaching physical evaluation and physical diagnosis in a hospital setting.
The inclusion of physical evaluation as a predoctoral course emphasizes the physical and emotional needs of the patient to the dental student. The dental graduate who enters a general practice residency program will have better preparation for his hospital training and he will have more time to develop diagnostic skills if his predoctoral training includes physical evaluation.
D003479:Curriculum; D003945:Diagnosis, Oral; D004497:Education, Dental; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009518:New York; D010808:Physical Examination