The manual is a good guide to stepwise head-to-toe physical examination. It's a thorough guide to mastering physical assessment for clinical practice. Important skills in history taking such as approach to a patient's presenting complaint, the art of eliciting information as opposed to conducting an interrogation, being mindful of indicative markers and useful tips for it, formulating the SOAP note is discussed very well and will be of utmost importance to the reader/provider in their practice in the long term. System wise instructions and interpretations in every section enforce comprehensive understanding of physical assessment in the context of various clinical conditions. The manual is also good for training in clinical decision making following a comprehensive physical evaluation aided with useful tips in the section on diagnostic imaging.

The text serves as an ingenious and formative study tool as it is accompanied by photographic illustration for each and every aspect of examination including special tests. The clinical notes and interpretation for every single examination makes it an exhaustive resource alongside an easy to access manual. The manual fulfills its purpose in presenting contents in a concise yet comprehensive form. Inclusion of useful tips for physical assessment and mnemonics for quick recollection of important material makes it an engaging and valuable study material.

Some of the information may seem overwhelming to students or providers not already in practice and hence may not be very clear for beginners without a background knowledge of basic medical sciences.