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Clerkship & Shelf Exam Resources from The Levy Library
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Resources Useful Across Multiple Clerkships
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Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
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Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking 14th Edition is the trusted resource for mastering patient assessment, carefully tailored to meet the evolving needs of students, educators, and healthcare practitioners. Whether you're beginning your career in healthcare or seeking to enhance your clinical skills, this updated edition has been thoughtfully updated to address the evolving needs of today's healthcare landscape. By focusing on enhancing clinical reasoning through the integration of common symptoms with high-yield health history questions, it empowers users to conduct more accurate and effective patient evaluations. With a refined two-column layout, new high-quality images, and expanded tables, the content is both comprehensive and accessible. The inclusion of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) techniques in regional physical examination chapters, where they correlate with specific PE findings, further enriches the learning and diagnostic process. Additionally, the text incorporates inclusive language and thoughtfully addresses health disparities, ensuring a holistic approach to patient care. This edition is an indispensable resource for those committed to mastering patient assessment and excelling in today's healthcare environment. NEW! Common symptoms with high-yield health history questions are integrated throughout, emphasizing that clinical reasoning skills are at the core of effective interviewing and PE techniques. NEW! POCUS techniques and a dedicated ultrasound chapter provide an understanding of how ultrasound can elevate PE skills, improving diagnostic accuracy and confidence. NEW! Tables on PE modifications for patients with clinical devices and procedures, ensuring comprehensive and accurate assessments in complex cases.
Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9781975218348Publication Date: 2025-09-24 -
Gomella and Haist's Clinician's Pocket Reference, 12th Edition
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An all new edition of the original Scut Monkey Handbook--the acclaimed survival guide for the wards and the clinic 4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW "This pocket reference is packed with information that is important for medical students and interns on a day-to-day basis. It is rich with practical information that might otherwise be located in different manuals.... The fundamental information is important for all clinicians to master, thus the book serves housestaff quite well also.... This book continues to be a favorite among medical students and housestaff for good reason."--Doody's Review Service (on a previous edition) This portable, pocket-sized "manual of manuals" provides medical students and residents with essential patient care information, including up-to-date coverage of current treatment protocols, clinical microbiology, critical care, and commonly used medications. Readers will find step-by-step guidance on the history and physical examination, differential diagnosis, key lab and diagnostic tests, and much more. The Twelfth Edition is highlighted by NEW specialty Pearls; NEW chapters on the Patient Presentation, Specialized Diagnostics, Hospice and Palliative Care, Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams, and Principles of Ambulatory Care; and "must know" board tips at the end of each chapter; and NEW laboratory tests.
Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9780071602822Publication Date: 2022-09-16 -
CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2023
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Call Number: E-bookISBN: 9781264687343Publication Date: 2022-09-02
