Winner of the 2010 Richard Asher Prize for best
undergraduate textbook Oxford Cases in Medicine and
Surgery teaches students a hypothesis-driven, logical
step-by-step diagnostic approach to common patient
presentations. This approach 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). 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. All the major
presenting symptoms in general medicine and surgery are
covered, together with a broad range of pathologies.
This book is an essential resource for all medicine
students, and provides a modern, well-rounded
introduction to life on the wards. For SBAs and more
visit the book's Online Resource Centre. ''This is a
wonderful book!It uses cas histories to guide through
all major medical and surgical scenarios, giving an
initial presenting complaint and then working enough
each case giving differentials, explaining why each is
more likely, before going on to thoroughly describe what
investigations are needed and why. It is a very fun and
realistic book. I thoroughly, thoroughly recommend it to
all medical students - and the sooner in you training
the better.'' Caroline Rance, 5th Year Medical Student,
Southampton Medical School |
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