Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) - Clinical Skills - Dr Gill

Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) - Clinical Skills - Dr Gill

The Rectal Examination or digital rectal exam (DRE) is a vitally important clinical skill - as part of abdominal, neurological and GUM clinical examinations

Often at Medical School, the rectal exam is a very difficult clinical skill to teach practically as a result it is often left to academic study. As a result, it is a medical examination which students are often quite anxious about when asked to perform on the wards - both due to their original exposure, but also lack of revision opportunities

Limbs and Things, have a range of products which enable the simulated practice of intimate examinations - such as the rectal examination - although it is worthwhile highlighting the that digital rectal exam (DRE) is often incorrectly termed "a PR" where PR stands for per rectum - literally meaning "by rectum" and thus should be recognised as an administration approach, not a medical examination

This video reviews the anal, rectal and prostate exam, as well as reviewing potential pathologies of the prostate.

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00:00 - Overview of Examination and Patient Consent
01:15 - Importance of a Chaperone
02:08 - Preparing for the Examination
03:37 - Patient Positioning
04:05 - Checking for Anomalies
04:32 - Performing the Examination
05:55 - Visualising the Examination
06:35 - Post-Examination Procedure and Patient Care
07:15 - Closing Remarks