Case files. / Internal medicine

✍ Scribed by Eugene C Toy; John T Patlan

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 593
• Series: Case files (McGraw-Hill Medical (Firm))
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Real-Life Cases for the Internal Medicine Clerkship and the USMLE Step 3

''...an excellent internal medicine review book written especially or medical students in their clinical years. It is perfect for clerkships, sub-internships, shelf, and USMLE exams. Sized to fit in the pocket of a white coat for easy portability, this book offers an engaging and high-yield re-view of internal medicine. It promotes active learning, using patient presentations and thought-provoking questions to encourage deeper thinking about clinical problems. The format will be comfortable for anyone who has spent time on the wards learning from patients and engaging in problem-based learning....This book is highly recommended to supplement internal medicine clerkships and sub-internships and to prepare for shelf and USMLE exams.''--Yale Journal of Biology & Medicine

You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the Internal Medicine clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Internal Medicine presents 60 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in Internal Medicine. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With this system, you'll learn in the context of real patients, rather than merely memorize facts.

• 60 clinical cases, each with USMLE-style questions
• Clinical pearls highlight key concepts
• Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor
• Proven learning system improves your shelf-exam scores

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Case Files: Internal Medicine, 3/e Section I: How to Approach Clinical Problems Part 1. Approach to the Patient Part 2. Approach to Clinical Problem Solving Part 3. Approach to Reading Section II: Clinical Cases Sixty Case Scenarios Section III: Listing of Cases Listing by Case Number Listing by Disorder (Alphabetical) Index