Professor John Murtagh
(DVD review)

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There are some excellent text books on the market, that teach general practice, but even with arrows and careful line drawings, paper based education has trouble depicting 'the art' of general practice.
The art encompasses many things - how to handle the patient during physical examination, how to find and define underlying pathology, how much pressure to apply, how much pain or discomfort a patient should have to endure to determine diagnosis, how to inject, and how to pick up the facial, verbal and bodily signals that indicate possible diagnoses.

The GP also needs to know, how to elicit the needed information from the patient and how to talk to the patient, not just in the words said, but to convey respect, professionalism, trust and empathy. This involves observing how the patient walks, talks, reacts, and so much more. It involves the personal interaction between doctor and patient, and using physical examination to determine the diagnosis.
In developing countries where doctors have no access to modern diagnostic facilities, physical exam and careful history taking may be the only diagnostic tools a doctor has.

The art of general practice therefore becomes the only real diagnostic tool, along with careful history taking, that a doctor may have.
These simple and straightforward video based educational series feature Professor John Murtagh loved and respected throughout the world for his excellent best selling text General Practice and for his dedication to excellence in general practice/family medicine in academia.
This volume focuses on physical examination of the lower back, and the upper and lower limbs.

Examination includes where and how to inject, and discussion on particular pathologies related to the examination: e.g. sporting injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoporosis and specific pathologies of the spine and limbs.