A guide to clinical examination for medical students. Designed to boost your understanding of clinical techniques in practice, it builds confidence by: demonstrating a system for examining the body; displaying relevant observable and palpable anatomy; and, providing an introduction to basic pathology.
Ideal for quick reference in the clinical setting, this guide summarizes useful assessment skills with color pathology photos and illustrations, examination steps for each body system, normal versus abnormal findings, lifespan and cross-cultural considerations, nursing diagnoses, and summary checklists.
Updated focusing on the learning needs of the new format MRCPCH Clinical examination. To maximise revision time, 3 parts represent the Clinical exam stations: Part 1 History Taking & Management Planning; Part 2 Communication Skills; Part 3 Clinical Stations. Written by paediatricians with experience of teaching and helping to run previous exams.
Offers an understanding of how to perform a health assessment. This title features head-to-toe presentations that show the steps of a physical examination in a logical sequence. It includes detailed illustrations, summary checklists, and learning resources that ensure that you learn the skills you need to know.
A DVD/Video that harnesses the use of technology to develop a visual tool that stimulates and enhances learning. It demonstrates the process of focused case history inquiry and the development of differential diagnosis by analysing the progress of real clinical encounters as well as providing interactive medical scenarios.
Every medical student must be able to take an accurate history and perform a physical examination. This third edition of History and Clinical Examination at a Glance provides a concise, highly illustrated companion which will help you develop these critical skills as you practice on the wards.
A guide to patient management that can ease the transition from the basic sciences to clinical medicine. It provides third- and fourth-year students with a concise, organized review of the most important patient assessment and management in internal medicine. Each chapter begins with a patient encounter, and is followed by an overview.
The at a Glance series is popular among medical students and junior doctors for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with colour summary diagrams on the left page and explanatory text on the right.
Drawing on the author's experience in health care communications and backed up by research, this book presents techniques and strategies physicians and other clinicians can put into action. The activity presented in this book has been reviewed, and is acceptable for up to 6 prescribed credit hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Explores the structure, distribution and function of the 12 cranial nerves where each cranial nerve begins with an animated review of anatomy and physiology then examination and interpretation of abnormal findings. This title contains over 250 images, animations and revision exercises.
Palpation is one of the most important aspects in clinical examination and the diagnostic approach enables a better application of the manual techniques used. This book illustrates the surface investigation of various anatomical structures (bones, ligaments, tendons, muscles and neurovascular system).
Useful for the PACES and OSCE exams, this book provides you guidance and practice for taking medical histories. It features 50 complete case studies, including referral letters, medical histories, suggested data gathering methods, points to consider, warning signs, management of uncomfortable topics and differential diagnosis.
Increasing demands on acute hospital resources, together with a reduction in the number of available beds, has placed an emphasis on the need for effective assessment of patients in order to determine their need for hospital admission. This has led to the emergence of the specialist Medical Assessment Unit (MAU). This book deals with this topic.
This text looks at cross-sectional CT and MR imaging and highlights the current understanding and concepts in the state-of-the-art imaging of a wide range of diseases. It is divided into 12 sections with multiple choice questions to test the reader, accompanied by expanded answers.
A step-by-step guide that shows medical students how to perform slick, comprehensive clinical examinations with the minimum of effort. It lists the exact steps in a set order for each examination, leaving no room for ambiguity. Through repetition of these steps, students can develop smooth, flawless examination skills.
A guide to various aspects of patient examination. It helps you review the questions you should include as part of your history taking, the examination techniques you should use for different body systems and the presenting signs of common disorders.