Examination Medicine, 8th Edition A Guide to Physician Training

Description Preparation 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.
  Author Info By Nicholas J Talley, MD (NSW), PhD (Syd), MMedSci (Clin Epi)(Newc.), FAHMS, FRACP, FAFPHM, FRCP (Lond. & Edin.), FACP , Pro Vice-Chancellor, Global Research, University of Newcastle, Australia Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chair-Elect, Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) Hon. Treasurer, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Senior Staff Specialist, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia Adjunct Professor and Consultant, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina, NC, USA Foreign Guest Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and Simon O’Connor, FRACP DDU FCSANZ , Cardiologist, Canberra Hospital; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian National University Medical School, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - Basic physician training
Chapter 2 - The written examination
Chapter 3 - The clinical examination
Chapter 4 - The long case
Chapter 5 - The cardiovascular long case
Chapter 6 - The respiratory long case
Chapter 7 - The gastrointestinal long case
Chapter 8 - The haematological long case
Chapter 9 - The rheumatological long case
Chapter 10 - The endocrine long case
Chapter 11 - The renal long case
Chapter 12 - The neurological long case
Chapter 13 - The infectious disease long case
Chapter 14 - Think like a physician, think like an examiner - an approach with long case examples
Chapter 15 - The short case
Chapter 16 - Common short cases