Unit 1. Foundations of Health Assessment -- Overview: physical examination and history taking -- Clinical reasoning, assessment, and recording your findings -- Interviewing and the health history. -- Unit 2. Regional Examinations -- Beginning the physical examination: general survey, vital signs, and pain -- Behavior and mental status -- The skin, hair, and nails -- The head and neck -- The thorax and lungs -- The cardiovascular system -- The abdomen -- The peripheral vascular system -- Male genitalia and hernias -- Female genitalia -- The anus, rectum, and prostate -- The musculoskeletal system The nervous system. -- Unit 3. Special Populations -- Assessing children : infancy through adolescence -- The pregnant woman -- The older adult

1. Physical Examination -- Methods
2. Medical History Taking -- Methods