How NOT to Take a Medical History!

Bad Doctor: Bad to the Bone

Please post comments: Can you spot all the bad things the doctor did in this video?


This is the first in a series of videos called "The History-Taking Project", which will consist of videos on how to take a good history. Stay tuned!


Actors: (in order of appearance)
Patient - Dr. Jahan
Doctor - Gary Chan
Narrator - Jesse Livingston


Special Thanks to the following:
Dr. Jahan - initiator of the project, writer
Jesse Livingston - camera man, assistant director


Please contact me if you would like to be in a future video.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• medical
• history
• taking
• physical
• exam
• technique
• medicine
• physician
• family
• past
• examination
• training

[chagar82]

Hey guys! Good to hear you like it :) Wow, the vid got into your lecture PDF. Awesome! What school do you go to, HectorMudflap?

[Thamer4life]

Seriously guys, get a director, a new camera, and a microphone that doesn't capture the "bzzzzzzz" in the background, and minimize filming time.

I'm not criticizing, I'm just giving you advice. Whether you put that to use or shove it in a garbage can, is up to you.

Like the idea though. I'm a medical student and it IS true. I have colleagues who are a disgrace to the profession.

[chagar82]

@Thamer4life

Will try to do a better job next time. A lot of technical errors for a little 1 minute video. Some of the footage was shot in the wrong aspect ratio, and all I could think of at the time is to bootleg it by videotaping it again by videoing the computer screen. Yeah, shitty... I know!

I will try to shove your advice into some nether region of my frontal cortex next time I make a video. I will tape some bees and wasps, or get the sound working better. How'd you find the video, btw?

[rstheoneandonly]

This was awesome! The campy low budget quality makes it even more wonderful. I'll be showing this to all of my colleagues.

[HectorMudflap]

I watched it and Im in first year. Its actually in a lecture PDf so even if its crappy it still makes the point.

Well done.

It made me laugh and Ive been doing homework for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and hours...!

[GaryChanShow]

@Thamer4life Hey, I don't know if anybody watches this video anymore. But, I know how to fix the sound & pictures of this video. Is it worth the time & trouble?

[Thamer4life]

@chagar82 Well I'm sure you'd be pretty much able to do a better job! I'm glad you didn't take my advice the wrong way.

I found it when I searched "How To Take Medical History" on Youtube. You see I just started 4th year and when I tried to take my friend's history (when he pretended to be a 40-year-old woman with pneumonitis) I really messed up. So I thought if I watched a few videos I would know what to do.