Clinical Surgery Made Easy: A companion to problem-based learningThis book aims to supplement the reader's clinical experience with a carefully designed series of commonly encountered clinical problems in general surgery to simulate the clinical decision-making approach. Each clinical topic includes: a problem-solving approach; system-based essential core knowledge; concise explanations of relevant basic sciences; management pathways (based on the most up-to-date guidelines); FAQs; self-assessment (EMQs, SBAs, T/F). This book, primarily aimed at undergraduates and junior doctors, will guide and stimulate the reader to recognise, recall and apply the relevant facts to given clinical situations and also enhance success at clinical examinations. "Standard textbooks can be daunting. This book is different. I believe that students and young doctors will find this an easy read and will be able to translate the scenarios into an understanding of how clinical pathways are constructed. By asking questions through the pathways students are encouraged to develop their own ideas - a form of problem-based learning rather than learning by rote. Retention of facts is so much easier when they form part of a story." David Cade FRCS, Consultant Surgeon |
Contents
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| 7 | |
| 11 | |
Chapter 4 Biliary colic | 23 |
Chapter 5 Obstructive jaundice | 31 |
Chapter 6 Acute pancreatitis | 41 |
Chapter 7 Dyspepsia | 51 |
Chapter 8 Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage | 61 |
Chapter 17 Head injury | 157 |
Chapter 18 Major burns | 165 |
Chapter 19 Groin hernia | 173 |
Chapter 20 Scrotal swelling | 181 |
Chapter 21 Ureteric colic | 185 |
Chapter 22 Bladder outflow obstruction | 191 |
Chapter 23 Transient ischaemic attack | 197 |
Chapter 24 Intermittent claudication | 203 |
Chapter 9 Dysphagia | 71 |
Chapter 10 Occult gastrointestinal haemorrhage | 81 |
Chapter 11 Altered bowel habits | 95 |
Chapter 12 Anal fissures suppuration sinuses fistulae and piles | 105 |
Chapter 13 Acute intestinal obstruction | 115 |
Chapter 14 Acute abdomen | 125 |
Chapter 15 Inflammatory bowel disease | 139 |
Chapter 16 The critically injured patient | 147 |
Other editions - View all
Clinical Surgery Made Easy: A companion to problem-based learning Mohan de Silva, Limited preview - 2008 |
Clinical Surgery Made Easy: A Companion to Problem-based Learning Mohan De Silva No preview available - 2008 |
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