Examination Medicine - E-Book epub: A Guide to Physician TrainingPreparation is the key to success! Now in its eighth edition, Examination Medicine: a guide to physician training, has prepared generations of physician trainees and medical students for their clinical examinations. Instructive, informative and aligned with current practice, this new edition gives you an overview of what to expect, what is expected of you and how to develop a mature clinical approach to complex medical problems. Talley and O’Connor share their valuable advice on how to prepare for the examinations, use your time to best effect and avoid common pitfalls to ensure you give your best possible performance in your examinations and beyond.
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Contents
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2 The written examination | 9 |
3 The clinical examination | 16 |
4 The long case | 27 |
5 The cardiovascular long case | 39 |
6 The respiratory long case | 91 |
7 The gastrointestinal long case | 142 |
8 The haematological long case | 181 |
10 The endocrine long case | 261 |
11 The renal long case | 292 |
12 The neurological long case | 314 |
13 Other important long cases | 338 |
14 Think like a physician think like an examiner an approach with longcase examples | 364 |
15 The short case | 383 |
16 Common short cases | 389 |
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Examination Medicine: A Guide to Physician Training Nicholas J. Talley,Simon O'Connor No preview available - 2016 |
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