Clinical Medicine: A Clerking Companion

NOTE EDITORE

Students starting on the wards are often bewildered at their role and unable to make the most of the learning opportunities presented to them. Clinical Medicine: A Clerking Companion is written for inexperienced clinical students, and helps them to use their patients to learn medicine. At heart, it is a workbook that students can use whilst on the wards, that provides students with a framework for approaching patients with a range of common conditions. It is a 'friend over the shoulder' - guiding students through history taking and medical examination, and then evaluating the patient's current condition and their future management. It is also a self-directed learning portfolio, helping students to assess their progress by seeing where they are lacking clinical exposure. The book's introduction explains how to use it to make the most of time spent on the wards - how to interview and examine patients, how to use the book in recording findings findings, and then how to present patients to doctors. It emphasises the importance of anonymising patient information and ensuring patient consent before interviewing and examining them. The book goes on to cover around 50 common medical and surgical problems. Each chapter (for instance 'cardiology') begins with an introductory section offering basic approaches to the symptoms, signs, skills and investigations encountered in that specialty. The subsequent clerking proformas provide a guided framework for students to follow when working with their patients. A set of questions then helps students explore the topic in more detail - sending them back to their textbooks to read about what they have seen and understand the science underlying it. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Clinical Medicine: A Clerking Companion features dynamic, annotated figures and PDFs of the proformas in the book, available to download.

SOMMARIO

1 - Introduction2 - How to use this book3 - Recognising the sick patient4 - History taking5 - Examination6 - Forming an impression7 - How to present patients8 - Writing in patients' notes9 - Prescibing skills10 - Glossary11 - Table of normal values1 - Introduction to Cardiology2 - Acute coronary syndrome3 - Myocardial infarction and secondary prevention4 - Heart failure5 - Dysrhythmias6 - Valvular and structural heart disease7 - Syncope and falls1 - Introduction to respiratory medicine2 - Athsma3 - COPD4 - DVT and PE5 - Pneumnia6 - Lung cancer7 - Pneumthorax8 - Tuberculosis9 - Interstitial lung disease1 - Introduction to gastroenterology2 - Upper GI bleeding3 - Gastric and oesophageal cancer4 - Acute hepatitis5 - Chronic liver disease6 - Inflammatory bowel disease1 - Introduction to renal medicine2 - Acute kidney injury3 - Chronic kidney disease4 - UTI and pyelonephritis1 - Introduction to endocrinology2 - Hyperglycaemic emergencies3 - The diabetic review4 - Thyroid disease5 - Steroid disease1 - Introduction to neurology2 - Stroke and TIAs3 - Acute confusion4 - Seizures5 - Headache6 - Spinal and peripheral nerve lesions7 - Parkinson's disease1 - Introduction to multisystem diseases2 - Acute arthritis3 - Anaemia4 - Haematological malignacies5 - HIV and AIDS6 - Skin ulcers7 - Tropical diseases1 - Introduction to surgery2 - Acute abdominal pain3 - Intestinal obstruction4 - Pancreatitis5 - Hernias6 - Colorectal carcinoma7 - Lumps and bumps8 - Breast cancer9 - Peripheral vascular disease10 - Haematuria11 - Prostate disease12 - Trauma

AUTORE

David Randall studied medicine at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and then at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. He then completed an academic foundation programme specialising in medical education and is now working as a junior doctor in general medicine at Queen's Hospital, Romford. Adam Feather is Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at the Institute of Health Science Education, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Adam is a Lead for Clinical Skills with a particular interest in the teaching and learning of clinical examination skills. He is the co lead for part 6a (written Finals) assessment with particular interest in the development of new and innovative written, computer based and clinical assessments.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199574377
• Dimensioni: 296 x 16.2 x 211 mm Ø 966 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 450 Line drawings and photos
• Pagine Arabe: 328