Author: Theodore X. O'Connell Publisher: Saunders ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
Calm your anxiety and prepare for the USMLE Step 2 CS exam! The interactive role-play exercises in this book will put you at ease with the new Clinical Skills examination. Effective for individual preparation but organized to promote group study, this volume provides materials so you can role-play the exam with fellow students. By simulating the actual CS examination, you will reinforce your clinical skills and familiarize yourself with the format of the examination. Presents complete descriptions of the exam process and expectations. Uses a case-based review format that provides 20 high-yield cases to reinforce and practice your clinical skills. Allows you to act the part of the patient or scorer as well as examinee, for a unique and highly educational experience. Provides scoring sheets so your colleagues can grade your performance. Includes current national recommendations regarding the problem presented in each case.
Author: Kaplan Medical Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1506208916 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 211
Book Description
Publisher Note: The USMLE Step 2 CS exam has been discontinued. Go beyond the basics with Kaplan Medical's USMLE Step 2 CS Complex Cases, the only guide to focus specifically on challenging cases seen on the USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills exam. Concise review, expert guidance, and sample patient cases help you master each step in the diagnostic reasoning process so you can face the most difficult cases with confidence. The Best Review 23 patient cases narrowly focused on advanced clinical content Sample patient notes Step-by-step breakdown of the clinical thinking process, including data gathering, data interpretation, and writing the patient note Concise, practical advice on communication, physical exam maneuvers, and differential diagnosis Expert Guidance We invented test prep—Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for almost 80 years. Our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams.
Author: Jessica Radin Peters Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 9781405104616 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 332
Book Description
The Second Edition of Blueprints Emergency Medicine covers the essentials of emergency medicine that students need to know during their rotation and while preparing for the USMLE. The thoroughly updated and reorganized Second Edition features coverage of the most common conditions encountered on the wards. Completely reorganized to cover the most common acute conditions first, followed by a systems-based approach to emergency medicine Expanded coverage of trauma, bioterrorism, and pediatric emergencies Greatly increased number of figures, tables, and algorithms 75 board-format Q&As with answer explanations Now includes evidence-based references Totally revised, thoroughly updated, and trusted by students, the Blueprints series keeps getting better.
Author: Eric Awtry Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 9781405104647 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
The Second Edition of Blueprints Cardiology covers the essentials that students need to know on cardiology and internal medicine rotations and while preparing for the USMLE. The thoroughly updated Second Edition features coverage of the most common conditions encountered on the wards. This edition includes a new chapter on pre-operative evaluation of the cardiac patient, plus two new appendices with common cardiac drugs and sample ECGs. The revised and expanded Q&A section presents 75 board-format questions with detailed answer explanations. Evidence-based resources are also included in this edition.
Author: Alina Uzelac Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 9781405104609 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
The Second Edition of Blueprints Radiology covers the essentials that students need to know on rotations and while preparing for the USMLE. The thoroughly updated and greatly expanded Second Edition features coverage of the most common conditions encountered on the wards. This edition includes new chapters on interventional radiology and nuclear medicine and places greater emphasis on classic radiological findings and pearls. The high-quality images include an increased number of CTs, MRIs, and x-rays. Seventy-five brand new board-format questions, with detailed answer explanations, are included. This edition now includes evidence-based resources.
Author: Carter E. Wahl Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 9781405104982 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 174
Book Description
Hardcore Pathology focuses on the essentials of pathology, as an ultra-high yield USMLE Step 1 review and an ideal course supplement. Figures and images help students visualize key concepts, and the concise, outline format allows rapid access to vital information. Critical "hardcore" facts are highlighted in the text, emphasizing the most heavily tested information for review.
Author: Eric S. Holmboe Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN: 0443112274 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 467
Book Description
Offering a multifaceted, practical approach to the complex topic of clinical assessment, Practical Guide to the Assessment of Clinical Competence, 3rd Edition, is designed to help medical educators employ better assessment methods, tools, and models directly into their training programs. World-renowned editors and expert contributing authors provide hands-on, authoritative guidance on outcomes-based assessment in clinical education, presenting a well-organized, diverse combination of methods you can implement right away. This thoroughly revised edition is a valuable resource for developing, implementing, and sustaining effective systems for assessing clinical competence in medical school, residency, and fellowship programs. - Helps medical educators and administrators answer complex, ongoing, and critical questions in today's changing medical education system: Is this undergraduate or postgraduate medical student prepared and able to move to the next level of training? To be a competent and trusted physician? - Provides practical suggestions and assessment approaches that can be implemented immediately in your training program, tools that can be used to assess and measure clinical performance, overviews of key educational theories, and strengths and weaknesses of every method. - Covers assessment techniques, frameworks, high-quality assessment of clinical reasoning and procedural competence, psychometrics, and practical approaches to feedback. - Includes expanded coverage of fast-moving areas where concepts now have solid research and data that support practical ways to connect judgments of ability to outcomes—including work-based assessments, clinical competency committees, milestones and entrustable professional assessments (EPAs), and direct observation. - Offers examples of assessment instruments along with suggestions on how you can apply these methods and instruments in your own setting, as well as guidelines that apply across the medical education spectrum. - Includes online access to videos of medical interviewing scenarios and more, downloadable assessment tools, and detailed faculty guidelines. - An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
Author: Mohamed M. Elawdy Publisher: Thieme ISBN: 1684201977 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 550
Book Description
CS for IMGs is a comprehensive resource designed to help IMGs pass the Step 2 CS exam on the first attempt Thieme Review for the USMLE® Step 2: CS for IMGs includes all the components that International Medical Graduates (IMGs) need to pass the USMLE® Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) exam. Created by international CS exam prep instructor and physician Mohamed Elawdy and expert American pronunciation trainer Dara Oken, this groundbreaking resource reflects their combined expertise in preparing IMGs for the CS exam. As such, it's the only resource needed for USMLE® CS prep! Key Features The first all-in-one CS review book Addresses all three exam components: ICE, CIS, and SEP ICE section provides systematic organization and consistency in its coverage of Medical History Taking, Physical Examination, and Patient Note SEP section includes word-level concepts (syllables and stress), sound-level concepts (consonants and vowels), and grammar concepts Practice-intensive tools Role-plays and model videos with standardized patients (SPs) SEP pronunciation and grammar explanations, exercises, and videos Flowcharts, checklists, and self-assessments Easy to replicate approach to target differential diagnosis The text and the accompanying audio and videos provide unparalleled study prep tailored to the CS that will lead to a higher score on this vital exam.
Author: Frank Drislane Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 9781405104630 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 250
Book Description
Now in its Second Edition, Blueprints Neurology covers all the basics needed for a clinical rotation and for in-service and board exam preparation. This popular Blueprints book has been refined and updated while keeping its succinct, organized, and easy-to-follow style and content. This edition includes updated diagnostic and treatment information throughout, with expanded sections on imaging, headache, and vascular disease. Seventy-five board-format Q&As with complete correct and incorrect answer explanations are included. Key Points in every section highlight the most important, high-yield information. A new appendix of evidence-based resources is included. This edition also has a color-enhanced design.
Author: Theodore X. O'Connell
Author: Kaplan Medical
Author: Michael Lorinsky
Author: Jessica Radin Peters
Author: Eric Awtry
Author: Alina Uzelac
Author: Carter E. Wahl
Author: Eric S. Holmboe
Author: Mohamed M. Elawdy
Author: Frank Drislane