Synopses & Reviews
Real life cases for the emergency medicine clerkship and shelf-exam You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the emergency medicine clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Emergency Medicine presents 50 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in emergency 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 then merely memorize facts.
- 50 high-yield emergency medicine 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 maximizes your shelf-exam scores
Synopsis
50 high-yield emergency medicine cases featuring complete discussions, pearls, and USMLE-format review questions help medical students excel on the emergency medicine clerkship and improve their shelf-exam scores.
Synopsis
50 high-yield cases in Emergency Medicine help you to excel in the clerkship and improve your shelf-exam scores
"Case Files: Emergency Medicine" allows you to enhance your diagnostic and problem-solving skills as you work through 50 high-yield clinical cases. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, and USMLE-format review questions with answers. The authors are faculty from The University of Texas-Houston Medical School and UCLA School of Medicine.
About the Author
Eugence C. Toy, MD (series editor) is a dual certified family physician and obstetrician-gynecologist and is Academic Chief and Program Director for the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at The Methodist Hospital/University of TexasHouston Medical School in Houston, Texas. He oversees the ob/gyn clerkship and is actively involved in teaching medical students.
Barry C. Simon, MD is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF School of Medicine and is Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Alameda County Medical Center/Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California.
Katrin ("Kay") Y. Takenaka, MD is Assistant Professor and Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director at the University of TexasHouston Medical School in Houston, Texas.
Terrence H. Liu, MD is Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF School of Medicine. He is also Program Director for the UCSF-East Bay Surgery Residency Program in Oakland, California.
Adam J. Rosh, MD earned a BS in Biochemistry and a Master's Degree in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He completed his MD at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and is currently Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine at NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City.
Table of Contents
Section I: How to Approach Clinical Problems
1. Approach to the Patient
2. Approach to Clinical Problem Solving
3. Approach to Reading
Section II:Clinical Cases
Fifty Case Scenarios
Section III: Listing of Cases
Listing by Case Number
Listing by Disorder (Alphabetically)
Index