I trained at the Univ. of Pennsylvania Hospital and no ‘Physical Exams’ are done. Their approach is similar to what obtains at your place of work.
Best Regards,
Chinyere Omeogu MD, MPH
From: MCOH-EH <mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net> On Behalf Of
Cockrum, MD David S
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 1:33 PM
To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh@mylist.net>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [MCOH-EH] Provider Exams for New Hires
I was hoping to get some input from other medical facilities on this. When I arrived at my current job, the Employee Health team had not been doing provider physical exams for pre-placement medical evals for the hospital; we take a medical
history, assess vaccinations, etc, and do a nursing assessment (vitals and vision test). Having come from the military, with a different approach to these things, I was a bit surprised.
I am now working on a re-write of the policy for new hires, and am debating whether to include a provider physical exam. What are other medical facilities doing? Is there a physical exam with every new hire evaluation, only in certain cases,
or not at all?
Thanks for any inputs!
David
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