Case Files Family Medicine, Third Edition Author: Bruce Britton | Language: English | ISBN:
0071753958 | Format: PDF
Case Files Family Medicine, Third Edition Description
Sixty high-yield family medicine cases help you sharpen your diagnostic and problem-solving skills
You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the family medicine clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Family Medicine presents sixty real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts. Each case includes complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions with detailed explanations of the correct answers. With this system, you'll learn in the context of real patients, rather than merely memorize facts.
- Series: LANGE Case Files
- Paperback: 625 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 3 edition (March 28, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071753958
- ISBN-13: 978-0071753951
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I am a FNP student. I have found it hard to sit down and just study pathology in text books with my free time. When I first got this case study book I expected more of working through a specific case study with different questions as options or such. However the case study is brief, then it goes into differentials and most probable diagnosis and very general additional diagnostics or treatment. For example treatment would be an antibiotic, muscle relaxants but not specifics. It then goes into a summary of back pain in general: prevalence, causes. It then goes into a good explanation of each differential. Back strain, lesion, spondylosis, etc. Then red flags are given as signs and symptoms indicative of a need to be more aggressive with imaging etc.
This book is very much like how I am being precepted. I am learning how to think or approach these general complaints. It definitely helps if you are actively seeing patients. The sections are short which is another reason I have come to really love this book. For example I can just work through one case study if tired in 30 minutes. It facilitates picking the book up frequently and is very readable. I plan on ordering more of these style books.
By Jeff
This book was a great resource for my clinical rotations. Summarized all the main points for each diagnosis. Easy to read too.
By pastudent@mu
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