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Hi there, my name is Andrew, I'm one of the family of medical students.
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Could I just check your name and date of birth please?
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Yeah, James Alexander, 13th of December 1989.
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Nice to meet you James.
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Today I've been asked to examine your abdomen.
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This will involve looking from the end of the bed, feeling various areas of the abdomen and then listening at the end.
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Would that be okay?
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That sounds fine.
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Brilliant.
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Have you any pain anywhere at all?
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No. And have you got any questions about the exam?
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No, not that I can think of.
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Okay.
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Okay, James, we can start the exam now.
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I'm just going to start by having a look from the end of the bed.
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James, I'd like to start by looking at your hands.
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If you could just bring them up in front of you, please.
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And if you could turn them over.
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Fantastic.
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And if you could bring two fingernails together like this for me.
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Brilliant.
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You can relax.
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James, if you could now bring your hands out in front of you and cock your wrist back.
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And keep it there. and relax.
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If you could just lift your right arm up for me. And your left arm.
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That's fine.
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James, I'm now going to have a look at your face and eyes.
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If you could just look straight ahead for me.
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And I'm now going to pull down on your lower eyelid.
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and just look down for me.
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If you could just open your mouth for me, lift your tongue to the roof of the mouth.
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That's great.
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James, if you could now sit forward for me, and I'd like to examine for any glands in the neck.
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I'd now like to more closely inspect the chest.
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James, we're going to move on to more closely examining your tummy now.
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For this I'll need you in a flat position, so I'm just going to lower the bed.
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If you could just sit up for me.
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And you can lie back.
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Now if you could just put your hands down by your side, I'm just going to more closely inspect your tummy.
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I'd now like to move on to feel different areas of the tummy.
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Can I just check before I do that you don't have any pain at all?
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No, I don't.
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James, I now need to press a little harder.
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James, could you now take some deep breaths in and out for me?
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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James, I'm now going to tap on you, Tommy.
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I'm going
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to go ahead and get it.
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If you could roll onto your right hand side for me, James. And roll back.
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I'm now just going to listen to your tummy.
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Okay.
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James, that completes the examination.
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Thank you very much, you can now get dressed.
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In summary, I performed an abdominal exam on James, a 27 year old male.
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James had no peripheral stigmata of gastrointestinal disease.
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His abdomen was soft and non-tender with no masses or organomegaly.
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On auscultation he had normal bowel sounds.
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This was a normal abdominal exam.
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To complete the exam, I would like to examine the herniol orifices
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and also do a digital rectal exam and examination of the external genitalia if indicated.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Abdominal Examination - OSCE Guide”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: James, exam, tummy, abdomen, examine. This video has 61 sentences and 547 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:47. The speaker talks slowly, about 70 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
tummy noun/ˈtʌ.mi/The stomach or belly.
abdomen noun/ˈæb.də.mən/The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac…
abdominal adjective/æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
inspect verb/ɪnˈspɛkt/To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
auscultation noun/ˌɔːskəlˈteɪʃən/Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.
eyelid noun/ˈaɪ.lɪd/A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.
fingernail noun/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
gastrointestinal adjective/ˌɡæstɹoʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines, and thus to digestion.
genitalia noun/ˌd͡ʒɛn.ɪˈteɪ̯.liː.ə/External sex organs.
organomegaly nounThe abnormal enlargement of an organ
rectal adjective/ˈrɛk.təl/Of, via or related to the rectum.
bowel noun/ˈbaʊ.əl/A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
peripheral adjective/pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/On the periphery or boundary.
stigma noun/ˈstɪɡmə/An indication of infamy or disgrace.
wrist noun/ɹɪst/The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
go ahead verb/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/To proceed with; to begin.
hands down adverbwithout much effort; easily
lie back verbTo lie down by moving in a posterior direction, ending up supine.
roll back verbTo return to a prior state.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Could I just check your name and date of birth please?
  • Today I've been asked to examine your abdomen.
  • Have you any pain anywhere at all?
  • I'd now like to more closely inspect the chest.
  • I'm now just going to listen to your tummy.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'd, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: auscultation /ˌɔːskəlˈteɪʃən/, gastrointestinal /ˌɡæstɹoʊɪnˈtɛstɪnəl/, genitalia /ˌd͡ʒɛn.ɪˈteɪ̯.liː.ə/, peripheral /pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tummy, abdomen, abdominal.

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