CLINICAL REASONING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS :BRIDGE THE GAP

The transition from preclinical to clinical medicine is as difficult as it is exciting. Medical students at this seminal point in their journey are yearning to combine their knowledge with their communication skills to make diagnoses and formulate management plans. Clinical Reasoning for Medical Students takes the reader through the thought processes that should be followed as they take a history from a patient. This includes generating a list of plausible differentials, excluding dangerous causes and, ultimately, arriving at a diagnosis and management plan.

In clinical exams, as in real life, medical students and junior doctors are required to access their knowledge on the spot to answer questions and explain their reasoning. Our extensive Differentials in Detail section and Bridge Box diagrams provide robust frameworks to facilitate rapid recall of clinical information in both the exam room and hospital wards.

This book will 'Bridge the Gap' between the preclinical and clinical realms of medicine and make the transition considerable smoother and more enjoyable.

Contents:

• Foreword
• About the Author
• The Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• How to Use This Book
• Headache
• Confusion
• Collapse
• Dysphagia
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Haematemesis
• Chest Pain
• Cough
• Shortness of Breath
• Epigastric Pain
• Jaundice
• Right Upper Quadrant Pain
• Iliac Fossa Pain
• Dysuria
• Polyuria
• Constipation
• Diarrhoea
• Rectal Bleeding
• Scrotal Mass
• Back Pain
• Joint Pain
• Leg Pain
• Weight Loss
• Fatigue
• Differentials in Detail
• Index

Readership: Medical students preparing for their clinical exams (in particular, their OSCE and PACES).

Key Features:

• There are few books that address clinical reasoning for medical students and there are none, as far as we are aware, that provides over 100 clear flow charts summarising the main aspects of core differential diagnoses that arise in real life and in clinical exams
• To our knowledge, this book is the first to employ a clear flow chart-based approach to clinical reasoning that has been extremely popular amongst the medical students and junior doctors who have reviewed the book thus far
• Furthermore, the presence of Bridge Boxes that allow readers to visualise multiple differentials in one image or better understand a concept that is relevant to the presenting complaint will also add considerable value to the book