Thoroughly revised for its Fifth Edition, this concise textbook is ideal for medical students in internal medicine clinical clerkships. This edition's content reflects current guidelines from the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners on topics necessary for this rotation. The book is a collaboration between clinical faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin and clerkship students who have reviewed all chapters for relevance to the clerkship experience. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text; 39 additional chapters; 300 multiple-choice questions with detailed explanations, organized to mimic end-of-rotation exam settings; ECG and CXR images with explanations; narrated physical examination videos; and "Medicine Rounds," a quick review of questions frequently asked on rounds. The online chapters include: Congenital Heart Diseases Electrocardiography Pulmonary Function Testing Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Hypertension Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Mycoses Thyroid Cancer Benign and Malignant Liver Tumors Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Pancreatic Cancer Leukopenia Reactive Leukocytosis Eosinophilia Blood Transfusion Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia Renal Tubular Acidosis Acid-based Abnormalities Somatization Substance Abuse and Dependence General Approach to Dermatologic Disorders Dermatitis and Eczema Vitiligo Herpes (HSV and HZV) Common Warts Eryspipelas Scabies Anaphylaxis Drug Allergy Chronic Pain Red Eye Benign Breast Problems Preconception Care and Issues in Pregnancy Functional Decline in the Elderly

The latest edition of Kochar’s Clinical Medicine for Students includes all new editors and authors who provide critical information medical students need to succeed. The textbook includes four sections: • “Key Manifestations and Presentations of Diseases” describes the key symptoms and findings that clinicians look for in patients and links them to a basic understanding of physiology. • “Diseases and Disorders” is organized by traditional organ systems. After a brief introduction on epidemiology, each chapter addresses the etiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, treatment and complications of the disease or disorder. • “Ambulatory Medicine” highlights topics frequently encountered in the outpatient setting. • “Systems-based Learning and Practice”—an entirely new section—includes topics pertinent to the current health care system in the United States. With students now being exposed to clinical medicine early on in medical school, this newest edition will be a valuable resource from the beginning of training. Whether you’re studying to be a doctor, nurse or physician assistant, you’ll appreciate this textbook’s detailed information on diseases and disorders as well as its guidance on practicing in the field.

Now in Fourth Edition, this concise internal medicine textbook is developed for third and fourth year medical students in clinical rotations. Driven by CDIM guidelines, its content embodies an introductory and practical approach to evaluation, diagnosis and management of patients. Organized into 15 body system sections, related diseases are presented in the text, followed by a template design which summarizes Definition and Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Management, and Complications and Prognosis. Contains USMLE-style questions and answers at the end of every section, plus includes a CD-ROM featuring 300 USMLE-style review questions and answers, with 50 clinical vignettes/case studies.

Whereas other textbooks mix a clinical approach with large amounts of the basic science of gastroenterology, this book concentrates on providing practicing gastroenterologists with 100% clinically focused, evidence-based chapters on how to correctly diagnosis and treat all disorders of the digestive tract. Once again, the book is divided into 4 clear parts: Symptoms, Syndromes and Scenarios; Diseases of the Gut and Liver; Primer of Diagnostic Methods; and Primer of Treatments. An accompanying website contains more than 85 high-definition surgical videos of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, 300 MCQs written to mirror the American College of Gastroenterology postgraduate course exams, more than 35 management protocol charts for different diseases, and 850+ illustrations for use in scientific presentations.

Patient Education: A Practical Approach, Second Edition offers students and practitioners a straight-forward approach to patient education, coupled with simple tools and resources to use when meeting with patients about their conditions. With over 350 figures and illustrations, and including patient education handouts, this concise guide is practical for classroom learning and application in the clinician setting.

This book provides teaching scripts for medical educators in internal medicine and coaches them in creating their own teaching scripts. Every year, thousands of attending internists are asked to train the next generation of physicians to master a growing body of knowledge. Formal teaching time has become increasingly limited due to rising clinical workload, medical documentation requirements, duty hour restrictions, and other time pressures. In addition, today’s physicians-in-training expect teaching sessions that deliver focused, evidence-based content that is integrated into clinical workflow. In keeping with both time pressures and trainee expectations, academic internists must be prepared to effectively and efficiently teach important diagnostic and management concepts. A teaching script is a methodical and structured plan that aids in effective teaching. The teaching scripts in this book anticipate learners’ misconceptions, highlight a limited number of teaching points, provide evidence to support the teaching points, use strategies to engage the learners, and provide a cognitive scaffold for teaching the topic that the teacher can refine over time. All divisions of internal medicine (e.g. cardiology, rheumatology, and gastroenterology) are covered and a section on undifferentiated symptom-based presentations (e.g. fatigue, fever, and unintentional weight loss) is included. This book provides well-constructed teaching scripts for commonly encountered clinical scenarios, is authored by experienced academic internists and allows the reader to either implement them directly or modify them for their own use. Each teaching script is designed to be taught in 10-15 minutes, but can be easily adjusted by the reader for longer or shorter talks. Teaching Scripts in Internal Medicine is an ideal tool for internal medicine attending physicians and trainees, as well as physician’s assistants, nurse practitioners, and all others who teach and learn internal medicine.