Health Assessment Links

• Assessment Skills - From the Nursing Learning Objects Library at Mesa Community College, this site provides a variety of online study tools on the health assessment interview, physical assessment, and pediatric assessment. Web Address / URL:
  http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d31/nur/learning_objects/_assessment/

• Auscultation Assistant - This site provides links to heart sounds, heart murmurs, and breath sounds.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/intro.html

• Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool - This online interactive tool developed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSAABP) Biostatistics Center measures a woman's risk of invasive breast cancer.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/

• Cardiovascular Examination - This site from the University of Florida, College of Medicine, provides categories of information on: Arterial Pulses, Jugular Venous Pressure, and Precordial Movement.
  Web Address / URL: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/clist/cardio.html

• McGill University Virtual Stethoscope - Features on this site include: "a tutorial on the physical exam with emphasis on auscultation, a brief review of selected cardiac and pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology topics, and a virtual stethoscope interface for auscultating normal and abnormal cardiac and respiratory sounds."
  Web Address / URL: http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/mvsteth.htm

• Neuroexam.com - This site outlines the main components of the neurologic exam using streaming video segments showing how each portion of the neurologic exam is performed.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.neuroexam.com

• Physical Exam Study Guides - "From the University of Florida, this online guide covers: Vital Signs, Back and Extremity Exam, Chest and Lung Exam, Eye Exam, Abdominal Exam, Breast Exam, Pelvic Exam, Neurologic Exam, and Mental Status Exam".
  Web Address / URL: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/clist/

• University of Maryland Medicine Health Calculators - This site from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides links to a variety of interactive online health calculators to assess such conditions as: asthma, heart disease risk, teen alcohol use, and waist-hip ratio.
  Web Address / URL: http://umm.edu/healthcalculators/

• Your Disease Risk - Originally developed by the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health, Your Disease Risk provides online interactive tools to estimate the risk of developing the following diseases: cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and stroke.
  Web Address / URL: http://www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu/

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Revised 12/2007

Disclaimer:  These web pages are for educational purposes only. Any medical or other decisions should be made in consultation with a qualified health care provider.