Evidence-based Physical Diagnosis (2026 AC Live)

Only available as part of a package

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to understand the use of likelihood ratios in determining the accuracy of diagnostic tests.
Upon completion, participant will be able to identify some of the best tests to use in everyday practice which will help improve their diagnostic accuracy.
Upon completion, participant will be able to recognize the importance of their daily bedside physical examination in clinical practice.

Richard A. Shellenberger, DO, MACP (he/him/his)

Associate Program Director

Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital, Michigan

Dr. Richard Shellenberger graduated from Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1989. He completed a transitional internship at Flint Osteopathic Hospital followed by an Internal Medicine residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, where he was Chief Medical Resident in 1993-94. Dr. Shellenberger has been a faculty in the Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program since 1994 and has been the Associate program director for the past 16 years. In 2023 he was awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians. His research interests include evidence based physical diagnosis, malignant melanoma, skin cancer screening, and cancer epidemiology.