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Medical Student Resources

Resources for UMass Chan medical students.

Online Resources

General and/or Collections of Study Tools

NeuroLogic Exam: An Anatomical Approach

Video tutorials and descriptions focusing on mental status, cranial nerve, coordination, sensory, motor, and gait examinations. (University of Utah School of Medicine; © University of Utah)

Practical Clinical Skills

Simulation-based training modules include lessons on heart sounds, murmurs, lung sounds, carotid bruit, blood pressure assessment and EKGs.

P/D Videos

A collection of Physical Diagnosis videos from the Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University in Chicago.  (NOTE: Windows Media Player or Quicktime is needed to play these videos.  Downloads of these plug-ins are available at the top of P/D Videos page. ALSO: It has been reported that the software download links on this page do not work any longer.  The videos are still playable.)

Breath Sounds / Auscultation

Pulmonary Breath Sounds

.wav files of tracheal, bronchial, vesicular, and bronchovesicular breath sounds; rales, crackles, pleural friction rub, death rattle, stridor, sibilant rhonchus or wheeze. (East Tennessee State University)

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination