Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery - 2010
Case books are increasingly popular with students but most
assume that the student is capable of gathering all the necessary information and
making the correct diagnosis when faced with an unfamiliar clinical problem.
However, even if you know how a typical 'myocardial infarction' presents, do
you know how to approach a patient presenting simply with 'chest pain'?
Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery teaches students a
hypothesis-driven, step-by-step, logical diagnostic approach to common patient
presentations. This hands-on approach, which stimulates active learning,
mirrors that used by successful clinicians on the wards, challenging students
with questions at each stage of a case (history-taking, examination,
investigation, management). In tackling these questions, students learn to
integrate their existing knowledge and apply it to a real-life scenario from
start to finish.
Each chapter focuses on a common presenting symptom (e.g.
chest pain), rather than a physiological system (e.g. cardiology). By starting
with a symptom, as doctors do in reality, students learn to draw on their
knowledge of different physiological systems for example, cardiology,
respiratory, gastroenterology - at the same time.
Within each chapter, a long case walks the student through a
logical method for tackling patients presenting with a given symptom.
Subsequent short cases test this learning, whilst reminding students to be wary
of other conditions that may present in a similar way. All the major presenting
symptoms in general medicine and surgery are covered, together with a broad
range of pathologies.
With references to landmark trials, relevant guidelines, and
the inclusion of questions that are frequently asked in clinical settings, this
book is an essential resource for all medicine students, and provides a modern,
well-rounded introduction to life on the wards.
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