Synopses & Reviews
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
Synopsis
60 high-yield cases in Internal Medicine help you to excel in the clerkship and improve your shelf-exam score
"Case Files: Internal Medicine" allows you to enhance your diagnostic and problem-solving skills as you work through 60 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 UT-Houston Medical School and the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Synopsis
Real-Life Cases for the Internal Medicine Clerkship and the USMLE Step 3 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
About the Author
Eugene C. Toy, MD (series editor and author) 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.
John T. Patlan, MD is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and heads the Department of Emergency Medicine at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, both located in Houston, Texas.
Table of Contents
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