Published: June 2016 Pages: 369
Master the Wards: Internal Medicine Handbook improves your confidence so you can survive the clerkship and ace the shelf. With this in hand, you can arrive prepared on day 1 of your medicine rotation. Written by a residency director who has been a clerkship director--and once, long ago, a med student just like you!--this handbook presents a core set of diseases and disorders from the point of view of how patients present, and teaches you how to assess patients beginning with their chief complaints.
Special features help you look like a rock star and improve patient safety:
Organized by chief complaint
Round-Saver tips help you delivery quality care
How NOT to Kill Your Patient boxes point you to critical "don't miss" diagnoses and things to look out for
Things You Will Be Asked On Rounds boxes prep you for attendings' questions
Conrad Fischer, MD, is one of the most experienced educators in medicine today. He is Associate Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology at Touro College of Medicine. His breadth of teaching includes medical students, USMLE prep, and Specialty Board exams. He has seven "Teacher of the Year" awards over the last ten years. In addition, Dr. Fischer was formerly the Associate Chief of Medicine for Educational and Academic Activities at SUNY Downstate School of Medicine. Dr. Fischer has been Chairman of Medicine for Kaplan Medical since 1999, and has held Residency Program Director positions at both Maimonides Medical Center and Flushing Hospital in New York City.
Keywords: CONRAD FISCHER, SABATINE, POCKET MEDICINE, MASTER THE WARDS, MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE CLERKSHIP, CLINICAL MEDICINE, INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE, KAPLAN, ROUNDS, SHELF EXAM, HANDBOOK, FIRST AID, USMLE STEP 2CK
