Oxford Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills

Your one-stop-shop for final examination, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills is the first truly comprehensive pocket guide to clinical examination and practical skills for medical students and junior doctors. Providing clear and user-friendly guidance on all aspects of history taking, physical examination, common practical procedures, data interpretation and communication skills, it gives realistic advice on coping with common situations. In line with current teaching methods, the book takes a systems-based approach to medicine. Each system chapter follows a structured format covering applied anatomy, history, examination, and the presentation of common and important disorders. The procedures section includes approximately forty practical procedures that the final year medical student and senior nurse are expected to perform, from hand-washing through cardiopulmonary resuscitation to inserting chest drains. The theory, practice and complications are outlined for each. The final section on data interpretation covers the basics of chest x-rays, abdominal x-rays, ECGs, lung function tests and several other areas that the junior doctor is expected to carry out in their early years of training. Aimed at medical students throughout their course and student nurses throughout their clinical years, its clear presentation and layout combined with comprehensive clinical detail make this book an ideal guide both for quick reference whilst on the wards, or for more detailed study at the desk. It will also prove useful to junior doctors and nurse practitioners as a primer before going out onto wards, or into a primary care setting.

ISBN 019856838X   Pages 784 ISBN13 9780198568384 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 397 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Series title Oxford Medical Handbooks Publication date 31 May 2007   Height (mm) 184 Library of Congress 2007010730   Width (mm) 107 DEWEY 616.0754   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Communication skills		1
2		The history		35
3		General examination		53
4		Skin, hair, and nails		85
5		The endocrine system		105
6		Ear, nose, and throat		129
7		The cardiovascular system		155
8		The respiratory system		195
9		The abdomen		221
10		The nervous system		279
11		The locomotor system		365
12		The male reproductive system		405
13		The female breast		423
14		The female reproductive system		441
15		The psychiatric assessment		487
16		The paediatric assessment		521
17		Practical procedures		551
18		Data interpretation		645

The simple organization of the organ systems, the pertinent historical cures a practitioner should be looking for, the completeness of the description of the physical findings, supported by the excellent graphics, makes this one of the best texts on physical examination available...there is much to be learned by those at all levels of training from this well-organized, well-written book. Doody's Notes This new book, which is part of the popular Oxford Handbook Series, is a must-have for final year students and newly qualified foundation doctors. ... The use of colour illustrations showing the clinical signs strengthens the book as a core text for students. ... I have yet to read a book like this that encompasses clinical skills and practical skills. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol 68, No 10, The books is part of the Oxford Handbook series (like the chesse and onion) and will therefor be familiar to the majoraty of students. Being a handbook is particulary useful and means it'll fit in most pockets without trouble... To finish this excellent piece of work, Thomas and Monaghan have included a chapter on interpretation - going through most of radiology, clinical chemistry and not forgetting the dreaded ECGs. Scott's Spiel at http://www.scott-h.com

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