Learn how to do the exam — and how to use it.
BedsideDx is a complete physical exam and POCUS video library: every maneuver and view, demonstrated correctly — and built into evidence-based tools that show what each finding is actually worth at the bedside. Learners don’t just see how to perform a test; they learn how to use it to make a decision.
Two halves of one skill
Perform the exam correctly.
- Every physical exam maneuver and POCUS view, demonstrated on video
- Correct technique for each one — positioning, landmarks, and what to look or listen for
- Both the ideal technique and the real-world way to do it
Know what each finding is worth.
- Every maneuver is also a diagnostic test, with a known ability to rule disease in or out
- A plain rating of how much a result should shift the diagnosis
- A calculator that turns a finding into a real probability of disease
For programs & schools
A standard your whole program can share.
A standardized reference
One source of truth for technique, so faculty teach and students learn the same exam.
Consistent assessment
Score the exam against a shared standard and cut inter-rater variability.
Evidence faculty can check
Every diagnostic number is sourced to the literature — so it holds up in front of a skeptical room.
Evidence you can check.
Every diagnostic number on BedsideDx comes from the published medical literature, and every one links to its source. We report the data — we never invent a figure to fill a gap.
- Real, sourced numbers. Likelihood ratios drawn from peer-reviewed studies, each linked to the original so you can verify it yourself.
- Graded by strength. Each finding shows how good the evidence behind it is — and says so plainly when the evidence simply isn’t there.
- A plain helpfulness rating. How much a result should actually move you, so you don’t have to do the math in your head.
- A probability calculator. Turn a finding into an updated probability of disease for the patient in front of you.
The ideal exam — and the one you’ll actually do.
The exam is traditionally taught in its ideal form — patient gowned and fully exposed — and that is the most accurate way to perform it. But in practice the ideal exam isn’t always realistic, so some clinicians resort to poor technique or abandon the exam altogether.
BedsideDx demonstrates the ideal exam, but it also shows a real-world approach a clinician can use to get accurate data quickly while maintaining modesty — like working around a shirt to auscultate the heart when there isn’t time to gown the patient. Learners see both the ideal and the practical.
Ben Wilson, MD
BedsideDx was built by Ben Wilson, MD — a board-certified family physician who has practiced and taught medicine for more than a decade. He built it on a simple conviction: learners should master not just how to perform the bedside exam, but how to use it — with the same evidence we expect from every other diagnostic test.
Browse the full reference — no account needed.
Search every maneuver and POCUS view and read its technique, evidence, and helpfulness ratings, free.
A few sample videos are open to all — subscribe for the full video library, probability calculator, and AI Mode.
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