Do you use Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination in your course?
Bates’ recently changed platforms and is now accessible only using the new URL: https://pitt.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://clinicalcontext.lww.com/en/batesvisualguide
(If you are off campus, you will first need to log in via Pitt Passport.)
If you previously inserted links to Bates’ into course documents, syllabi, Canvas, or other learning management systems, please update those links with the new URL as well as any access instructions promptly. Previous links to Bates’ will no longer work, effective January 14, 2025.
If you need to update links for individual videos or their segments, these lists may be helpful:
- A mapping of existing link URLs to the new link URLs.
- A clean list of just the new link URLs.
- For such links to work off campus, please add the library’s proxy prefix (https://pitt.idm.oclc.org/login?url=) at the beginning of the link URL.
If you are presented with a sign-in screen when first accessing the new Bates’ website, please try clearing your browser’s cache and trying the link again – or, choose the “Library, Continue as anonymous library user” option:
Are you new to Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination, and would like to learn more about it?
HSLS provides access to three series of Bates’ Visual Guide videos: “Physical Examination,” “Communication and Interpersonal Skills,” and “OSCE Clinical Skills.” The physical examination videos focus on step-by-step physical examination with topics such as “Head-to-Toe Assessment: Adult” and “Head-to-Toe Assessment: Child.” The interpersonal skills and communication videos demonstrate behavioral techniques in clinical encounters, such as “Use of Preferred Title, Name, and Gender Pronoun” and “Rapport: Patients with Physical and Sensory Disabilities.” The OSCE clinical skills videos, with topics such as “Shortness of Breath” and “Memory Loss,” provide examples of new patient encounters, to help viewers practice their clinical reasoning skills.
The Bates’ Visual Guide videos vary in length; some videos are under five minutes, while some more extensive demonstrations are 20-30 minutes (and up to 56 minutes) long. Each video provides viewers with a first-hand view of health professionals in the exam room and helps prepare students for patient encounters and board exams. With guided narration and closed captioning, the Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination supports student learning across the health sciences and helps clinicians refresh their understanding of examination and communication techniques.
If you have questions about the Bates’ Visual Guide, please contact Ask a Librarian.