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Book SynopsisThe aging of society is a growing concern in all advanced nations, and at the forefront of concern is long-term care for frail older people. Enactment of a new public long-term care insurance program by the Japanese government in 1997 provided an excellent opportunity for a conference focusing on an ideal long-term care system for frail older people. The conference was organized around four major themes: Social aspects, including family dynamics and the role of formal providers; Clinical aspects, including effective treatments for physical and mental disabilities; Macroeconomic and macropolitical settings for public policy; Program design and management issues. With contributions from the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, gerontology, political science, economics, and sociology, this volume provides an overview of key problems and possible solutions in programs for frail older people from a unique international perspective.Table of ContentsSession 1 Social and Family Aspects of Care.- and Summary.- Commentary: Will We Have the Wisdom to Learn?.- From the Perspective of the Older Person.- Improving the Quality and Expanding the Quantity of Long-Term Care Staff.- Social Aspects of Care and How They Relate with the Medical.- Women’s Roles as Caregivers: Family, Worker, Volunteer.- Role of the Family in Long-Term Care.- The Relationship Between Informal and Formal Care.- Summary of the Discussion for Session 1.- Session 2 Clinical Aspects of Care.- and Summary.- Commentary: Preparing Health and Social Clinicians for Holistic Care.- Maintaining Physical Functioning of Frail Older People.- Physicians’ Roles in the Geriatrics Interdisciplinary Team.- The Role of Nurses in Long-Term Care for the Elderly.- Issues Physicians Must Face Under Long-Term Care Insurance.- Interface of Acute and Long-Term Care: Clinical Perspective.- Training of Physicians for Long-Term Care.- Long-Term Care: The Need for Special Medical Supervision and Collaboration Between Health and Social Services.- Long-Term Care and Dementia.- Summary of the Discussion for Session 2.- Session 3 The Macroeconomic and Macropolitical Setting.- and Summary.- Commentary: Macroeconomic and Macropolitical Setting.- Financing the Ideal Long-Term Care System Through Social Insurance.- Learning from Other Countries’ Experiences in Designing the Ideal Long-Term Care System.- Long-Term Care Within National Social Policy.- Financing Long-Term Care: What We Can Learn from the German Experience.- Long-Term Care and the Labor Market.- How the System Can Be Sustained Politically.- Market Elements in Financing and Delivering Long-Term Care.- Summary of the Discussion for Session 3.- Session 4 Program Design.- and Summary.- Commentary: Cross-Cutting Themes in the Provision of LTC.- Effective Care Management.- Japan’s Long-Term Care Insurance System: The Likely Impact on Service Suppliers and Their Staffs.- Models of Long-Term Care That Work.- The Development of Strategies for the Demented Elderly in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.- Achieving Quality in Institutional and Home-Based Long-Term Care.- The Role of Housing in Long-Term Care for Old People.- Balancing Institutional and Home and Community-Based Care.- Summary of the Discussion for Session 4.- Letter From Tokyo: Public Long-Term Care Insurance in Japan.- Biographical Sketches of Participants.- Addresses of the Participants.

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Book SynopsisEs un hecho que el clima está sufriendo un progresivo cambio. El siglo XXI está experimentando un aumento de la temperatura global en la Tierra de entre 1 a 4 oC, provocado principalmente por el aumento en las concentraciones de los denominados gases de efecto invernadero. Ello implicará una serie de cambios a medio y largo plazo que afectarán directamente a todos los que habitamos el planeta, entre las que se encuentran las especies animales, incluidas las marinas, también la vegetación y de forma inexorable, la población humana. En esta realidad estamos implicados todos los seres que habitamos el planeta tierra. Más si cabe, los garantes de la salud pública: médicos, veterinarios, personal de enfermería, farmacéuticos, investigadores, en definitiva, todos aquellos profesionales que de una forma u otra son los que garantizan los recursos de salud para todos.Este libro, coordinado por tres grandes nombres de la ciencia como son el profesor Federico Mayor Zaragoza, el Dr. Santiago Vega García, y el Dr. Fernando Fariñas Guerrero, da como resultado una obra con 708 páginas escritas y magníficamente documentadas por 32 expertos, y con 33 capítulos y subcapítulos de «ONE HEALTH. Cambio climático, contaminación ambiental y el impacto sobre la salud humana y animal», al introducir en lengua castellana el concepto universal de la salud global, en su triple vertiente: humana, animal y ambiental. Este proyecto, consistente en un libro y una serie de audiovisuales, pretende formar e informar a todos los profesionales de la salud del problema más importante al que se enfrenta la humanidad y nuestro planeta. Su título, One Health, es un concepto sólido que está científicamente verificado. En esta obra se pretende crear el instrumento que nos permita compartir información y avanzar hacia un futuro mejor para las generaciones futuras. Cabe destacar que los autores son personalidades del mundo de la ciencia, dotando a la obra de un elemento no solo formativo, sino también de prestigio científico, dando mayor relevancia al problema y a la solución. 

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Book SynopsisBasic essentials for black-and-white artwork 137 11. 2. 11. 2. 1. Paper 137 11. 2. 2. Pencils 141 11. 2. 3. Inks 142 11. 2. 4. Pens 142 11. 2. 5. Rulers and set squares 143 11. 2. 6. Templates and stencils 143 11. 2. 7. Erasers 144 Scalpels 144 11. 2. S. 11. 2. 9. Burnishers 144 11. 2. 10. Adhesives 152 11. 2. 11. Drafting tape 152 11. 2. 12. Drawing boards 153 11. 3. Other useful items for black-and-white artwork 153 11. 3. 1. Self-adhesive tapes 153 11. 3. 2. Dry-transfer symbols and lettering 154 11. 3. 3. Tone sheets 155 11. 3. 4. 'Pounce' powder 156 11. 3. 5. Fixatives and varnishes 156 11. 4. Additional materials for colour and OHP work 157 11. 4. 1. Self-adhesive colour sheets 157 11. 4. 2. Paints 157 11. 4. 3. Brushes 157 11. 4. 4. Cells and foils (acetate sheets) 158 11. 5. Working comfort 158 11. 5. 1. Organisation 158 11. 5. 2. Furniture 158 11. 5. 3. Lighting 159 12. Basic techniques 160 12. 1. Care and preparation of paper 160 12. 2. Ink work 160 12. 2. 1. Use of technical drawing pens 160 12. 2. 2. Blotting 163 12. 2. 3. Drawing ink lines 163 12. 2. 4. Finishing-off ink lines 165 12. 2. 5. Use of templates and stencils 165 12. 2. 6. Short cuts 165 12. 3. Correcting errors in ink work 167 12. 3. 1.Trade Review`Publish or perish is a cliché, but true and we all take it seriously. As a result the total medical output doubles about every seven years. Some books form important stepping stones to greater production, and easier life and the more efficient use of resources. This book is one to be recommended highly to all who write, lecture and teach.' Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 75 (1982) `...one of the most useful practical publications to appear in many a long day. It can be highly recommended.' Journal of the Institute of Health Education, 23:3 `...Departmental Libraries that do not already possess it should add it to their shelves.' Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 78 (1985) `Presentation of Data in Science is an excellent book, and every serious research unit producing papers and preparing lectures should have a copy on its shelves - and should use it.' British Medical Journal Table of Contents1. The legibility of type.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. Investigating legibility.- 1.2.1. The reading process.- 1.2.2. Methods of research.- 1.3. Type forms.- 1.3.1. The basic anatomy of type.- 1.3.2. Typeface.- 1.3.3. Type weight.- 1.3.4. Italics.- 1.3.5. Capitals versus lower case.- 1.3.6. Numerals.- 1.4. Type size.- 1.5. Line length.- 1.6. Line spacing.- 1.7. Letter and word spacing.- 1.8. Justified versus unjustified setting.- 1.9. Margins.- 1.10. Single- versus double-column layouts.- 1.11. Paper and ink.- 2. The presentation of text.- 2.1. The visual representation of information ‘structure’.- 2.2. Continuous text.- 2.2.1. Headings.- 2.2.2. Paragraphs.- 2.3. Bibliographies and references.- 2.4. Indexes.- 3. The presentation of tables.- 3.1. Structure.- 3.2. Layout and typography.- 3.2.1. General principles.- 3.2.2. Horizontal emphasis.- 3.2.3. Vertical emphasis.- 3.2.4. Headings.- 3.2.5. Lettering.- 4. The presentation of graphs, charts and diagrams.- 4.1. The relative merits of different kinds of illustration.- 4.2. The content of illustrations.- 4.3. General principles of presentation.- 4.3.1. Layout.- 4.3.2. Framing.- 4.3.3. Visual emphasis.- 4.4. The presentation of graphs and charts.- 4.4.1. Data points.- 4.4.2. Standard errors.- 4.4.3. Lines linking data points.- 4.4.4. Scale calibrations.- 4.4.5. Axes.- 4.4.6. Labelling of axes.- 4.4.7. Keys.- 4.4.8. Headings.- 5. Printed publications.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Graphic standards for graphs, charts and diagrams in printed journals.- 5.2.1. Instructions to authors.- 5.2.2. Reproduction ratios.- 5.2.3. Size of drafts and artwork.- 5.2.4. Formulae.- A. Capital letter height.- B. Line thickness.- C. Space between ruled lines.- D. Dot diameter.- 5.2.5. Character style.- 5.2.6. Character spacing.- 5.2.7. Space between lines of text.- 5.2.8. Tones and shading.- 5.2.9. Positive versus negative images.- 5.2.10. Contrast.- 5.2.11. Oversize artwork for publication.- 5.2.12. Compatibility with standards for slides.- 5.3. Guide lines for camera-ready copy.- 5.3.1. Copy for journals or proceedings of meetings.- 5.3.2. Copy for reports.- 5.4. Original artwork versus copies.- 5.4.1. Reasons for copying artwork.- 5.4.2. Copying methods.- 5.5. Overlays and cover sheets.- 5.6. Marks of identification.- 5.7. Sending artwork to the publisher or printer.- 6. Slides.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Planning a slide presentation.- 6.2.1. The use of ‘introduction’ and ‘conclusion’ slides.- 6.2.2. The body of the presentation.- 6.2.3. Constructing a story-board.- 6.2.4. Rehearsal.- 6.3. The content of slides.- 6.3.1. Word slides.- 6.3.2. Data slides.- 6.3.3. Headings for data slides.- 6.4. Graphic standards for slides.- 6.4.1. Originals.- 6.4.2. Slide formats.- 6.4.3. Size of drafts and artwork.- 6.4.4. Line thickness.- 6.4.5. Character height.- 6.4.6. Character style.- 6.4.7. Character spacing.- 6.4.8. Layout for word slides.- 6.4.9. Tones and shading.- 6.4.10. Positive versus negative images.- 6.4.11. Contrast.- 6.5. The use of colour.- 6.5.1. Black-and-white versus coloured artwork.- 6.5.2. The use of coloured images.- 6.5.3. The use of coloured backgrounds with black lettering.- 6.6. Testing slides.- 6.7. Projection of slides.- 6.8. The design of lecture theatres.- 7. Posters.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. The content of posters.- 7.2.1. General principles.- 7.2.2. The structure of the poster.- 7.2.3. Headings.- 7.3. Useful equipment for poster production.- 7.4. Graphic standards for posters.- 7.4.1. Poster formats.- 7.4.2. Size of drafts and artwork.- 7.4.3. Character height.- 7.4.4. Character style.- 7.4.5. Layout for text.- 7.4.6. Illustrations.- 7.4.7. Poster layout.- 7.4.8. The use of colour.- 7.5. Packing and transporting poster displays.- 8. Overhead projection transparencies.- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. Graphic standards for transparencies.- 8.2.1. Originals.- 8.2.2. Format and size.- 8.2.3. Line thickness.- 8.2.4. Character height.- 8.2.5. Layout.- 8.2.6. The use of colour.- 8.3. Techniques in the use of OHP transparencies.- 8.3.1. Overlays.- 8.3.2. Reveals.- 8.3.3. Masking.- 8.4. Testing OHP transparencies.- 9. Tape-slide programmes.- 9.1. Introduction.- 9.2. Planning a tape-slide programme.- 9.3. Writing the script.- 9.4. Graphic standards.- 9.5. The recording.- 10. Television.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2. Graphic standards for television.- 10.2.1. Format.- 10.2.2. Size of drafts and artwork.- 10.2.3. Line thickness.- 10.2.4. Character height.- 10.2.5. Tones and shading.- 10.2.6. Contrast.- 10.2.7. The use of colour.- 11. Materials, equipment and working comfort.- 11.1. Introduction.- 11.2. Basic essentials for black-and-white artwork.- 11.2.1. Paper.- 11.2.2. Pencils.- 11.2.3. Inks.- 11.2.4. Pens.- 11.2.5. Rulers and set squares.- 11.2.6. Templates and stencils.- 11.2.7. Erasers.- 11.2.8. Scalpels.- 11.2.9. Burnishers.- 11.2.10. Adhesives.- 11.2.11. Drafting tape.- 11.2.12. Drawing boards.- 11.3. Other useful items for black-and-white artwork.- 11.3.1. Self-adhesive tapes.- 11.3.2. Dry-transfer symbols and lettering.- 11.3.3. Tone sheets.- 11.3.4. ‘Pounce’ powder.- 11.3.5. Fixatives and varnishes.- 11.4. Additional materials for colour and OHP work.- 11.4.1. Self-adhesive colour sheets.- 11.4.2. Paints.- 11.4.3. Brushes.- 11.4.4. Cells and foils (acetate sheets).- 11.5. Working comfort.- 11.5.1. Organisation.- 11.5.2. Furniture.- 11.5.3. Lighting.- 12. Basic techniques.- 12.1. Care and preparation of paper.- 12.2. Ink work.- 12.2.1. Use of technical drawing pens.- 12.2.2. Blotting.- 12.2.3. Drawing ink lines.- 12.2.4. Finishing-off ink lines.- 12.2.5. Use of templates and stencils.- 12.2.6. Short cuts.- 12.3. Correcting errors in ink work.- 12.3.1. General comments.- 12.3.2. Cut-and-stick corrections.- 12.3.3. Edge-crossing.- 12.3.4. Correcting with a knife.- 12.3.5. Correcting with paint.- 12.4. Use of dry-transfer materials.- 12.4.1. Lettering.- 12.4.2. Tones.- 12.4.3. Making corrections.- 12.5. Use of self-adhesive tones and colours.- 12.5.1. Methods of application.- 12.5.2. Trapped air bubbles.- 12.5.3. ‘Windows’.- 12.6. Simple object drawing for line diagrams.- 12.6.1. General principles.- 12.6.2. Basic shapes.- 12.6.3. Lighting.- 12.6.4. Special effects.- 12.6.5. Making symmetrical shapes.- 12.6.6. Observation of objects.- 13. Working method.- 13.1. Planning the illustration.- 13.1.1. Choice of media.- 13.1.2. Summary of standards.- 13.2. Making the draft.- 13.2.1. Rough sketches.- 13.2.2. The use of graph paper for drafts.- 13.2.3. The use of typewriter grids.- 13.3. Using the draft.- 13.3.1. Fixing the draft to the artwork or drawing board.- 13.3.2. Transferring information from the draft to the final artwork.- 13.4. Making the final artwork.- 13.5. Making additions to the artwork.- Literature.

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Table of Contents‘Man is the Shuttle’.- Man Henry Vaughan.- Drinking Abraham Cowley.- Urban Pollution John Armstrong.- A Cloud of Ghosts Russell Grant.- An Accident Gael Turnbull.- A Great Talker William Lindsay.- Doctors, Clinics and Surgeries.- The Village Doctor Margaret Gillies.- Portrait of a Physician Sir Samuel Garth.- The Doctor Dannie Abse.- Farewell, Gibson Square Elizabeth Bartlett.- Town Clinics Margaret Gillies.- From The Dispensary Sir Samuel Garth.- Extracts from a Police Surgeon’s Notebook William Lindsay.- Mother William Duncan.- Miracle Cure Edward Lowbury.- Immunisation Day Elizabeth Bartlett.- To a Child of Five Years Old Nathaniel Cotton.- A Child’s Pulse Henry Shore.- Sir of the C Stream Valerie Sinason.- A Music Lesson Ann Ward.- Life-Style Jenny Morgan.- But her Eyes spoke another Language William Duncan.- Friend at a Drug Clinic John Gonzalez.- ‘This is a room like all the rest’.- X-Ray Elizabeth Bartlett.- X Ray Dannie Abse.- The Cave Henry Shore.- The Emergency Room S. L. Henderson Smith.- The Suicide Edward Lowbury.- Blood Transfusion S. L. Henderson Smith.- Portrait of William Harvey Lord Russell Brain.- ‘The Questionable Terrain’.- Ghosts of the Living May Ivimy.- Welcome U. A. Fanthorpe.- Nurse May Ivimy.- For Saint Peter U. A. Fanthorpe.- The Library Margaret Gillies.- The Library Henry Shore.- Job Description: Medical Records U. A. Fanthorpe.- Case Notes Kenyon Alexander.- Turning Point Margaret Gillies.- In-patients U. A. Fanthorpe.- The Night Sisters Margaret Gillies.- Night Duty Jill Thomas.- Night Watch Patricia Torrington.- A Beautiful Night Thomas Louell Beddoes.- To Sleep John Keats.- The Visitors Peter Dale.- Just Visiting Peter Dale.- ‘Eyes That Shine’.- Four Things to See Ronald Mann.- Discovering an Island Edward Lowbury.- Eyes Henry Shore.- Vision Edward Lowbury.- The Blind Man Ronald Mann.- Squint Edward Lowbury.- Limpet Ronald Mann.- Bones S. L. Henderson Smith.- Feet are not Funny William Lindsay.- ‘No Notes to Chart our Journey’.- Old Men in a Home May Ivimy.- Geriatric John Gonzalez.- Emergency Gastrectomy Peter Dale.- From Endymion John Keats.- Pathology of Colours Dannie Abse.- Hiroshima Lord Russell Brain.- The Operation S. L. Henderson Smith.- Heart Surgery E. Mitter.- A Phantom Limb Edward Lowbury.- Radium Therapy Peter Dale.- The Stethoscope Dannie Abse.- Not Dead but Sleeping Elizabeth Bartlett.- Woman in the Hospital for Incurables Daphne Gloag.- Sexual Delinquent U. A. Fanthorpe.- Music in a Dark Room Elizabeth Bartlett.- A Mood E. Mitter.- Consultant’s Holiday U. A. Fanthorpe.- Physician, Heal Thyself S. L. Henderson Smith.- Patients U. A. Fanthorpe.- Pantomime Diseases Dannie Abse.- ‘They all, still, smile like that’.- Tied under my Heart Judith Smallshaw.- The Obstetrician Henry Shore.- The Knife Judith Smallshaw.- Birth Judith Smallshaw.- The Mountaineers Christine Bress.- The Smile Was Dannie Abse.- ‘If there are Ghosts to raise’.- Emily Dickinson—in appreciation Roy Batt.- Dream-Pedlary Thomas Lovell Beddoes.- Evocations Kenyon Alexander.- Looking for.Something? Edward Lowbury.- Know Yourself John Arbuthnot.- The Maze Norman Kreitman.- Cavatina Patricia Ball.- The Angel Collector Henry Shore.- Electroencephalogram Geoffrey Holloway.- The Visitors Elizabeth Bartlett.- Therapy Patricia Ball.- Ode on Melancholy John Keats.- Schizophrenia Elizabeth Bartlett.- We are all a little mad John Gonzalez.- ‘No Room for False Emotion Here’.- Don’t Call Edward Lowbury.- Congers Ronald Mann.- The Destroyers Henry Shore.- Poem in the Mirror Norman Kreitman.- Franco Judith Smallshaw.- Emily Drowned William Duncan.- Time to Kill Edward Lowbury.- Old Age of a Clown Edward Lowbury.- On a Death in an Old People’s Home May Ivimy.- The Layer-Out S. L. Henderson Smith.- Post Mortem Lord Russell Brain.- Post-Mortem S. L. Henderson Smith.- On Edmund Burke Oliver Goldsmith.- Epitaph on Colonel Francis Chartres John Arbuthnot.- John Donne speaks from his Grave Lord Russell Brain.- Resurrection Song Thomas Lovell Beddoes.- The World of Light Henry Vaughan.- In Winter, Elms Ronald Mann.- ‘The Healer Walks with Burning Hands’.- Fire-Mass Russell Grant.- Unconscious Woman Jill Thomas.- Elms in Winter Edward Lowbury.- Learning to Breathe Gael Turnbull.- The Homecoming Norman Kreitman.- Faster than Light Edward Lowbury.- Renewal Lord Russell Brain.- A Visit to the Zoo for the First Kidney Transplant Mothers and their Children Daphne Gloag.- Baby Giraffe Patricia Ball.- At Jesty’s Tomb Edward Lowbury.- After the Dark Months Ronald Mann.- The Dyke Jenny Morgan.- A Spastic Child on a Pony Judith Smallshaw.- To Sir Charles Sherrington On his 90th birthday Lord Russell Brain.- Success in Malaria Research Sir Ronald Ross.- To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent John Keats.- Recovery Julie Ball.- Walking by the Sea George Crabbe.- St. Luke’s Little Summer Edward Lowbury.- Deliverance Geoffrey Holloway.- Index of Authors.- The Contributors.

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Book SynopsisThis book attempts to provide we general physicians with a conveniently sized work for daily reference. It deals with an area of medical practice which is rapidly changing. For that reason regular updating with new material will need to be considered. The book does not profess to be encyc1opaedic. In order to keep the size of the book within bounds. there are no sections devoted solely to psychological medicine or to paediatrics. but the book does deal with the more common diseases as revealed by morbidity studies. The main section of the book-A-is concerned with these commoner diseases and is set out in conventional fashion. It is in two parts; the one dealing with therapeutics. the other with clinical phannacology. The second section-B-reviews therapy in some selected areas. Cancer. pain and tenninal care. contraception. and hyperlipoproteinaemias. It also contains pieces on common emergencies. home renal dialysis and tropical diseases in non-tropical countries. The creation of 'pain c1inics·. and the possibilities for the treatment of intractable pain are innovations calculated to be more widely used as we become more aware of theirvalue. The field of rehabilitation is one of which we general physicians are on less familiar ground. To say that by us it is a neglected field is perhaps not too strong a statement. The section on Drugs concentrates on the practical side of drug administration and hence the stress is on the incompatibilities. side etfects and contraindications.Table of ContentsSection A: A Guide to Modern Treatment.- Therapy of Common Diseases.- Drugs in Current Use.- Section B: Selected Aspects of Therapy.- 1 Common Emergencies.- 2 The Treatment of Neoplasia.- 3 Pain and Terminal Care.- 4 Some Uses of Local Analgesics, Phenol and Alcohol in Intractable Pain.- 5 Hyperlipoproteinaemias and Their Treatment.- 6 Home Renal Dialysis.- 7 A Guide to the Treatment of Tropical Diseases in Non-Tropical Countries.- 8 Contraception.- 9 Rehabilitation.- 10 Prospects in Medical Treatment.

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Book SynopsisMedical students are to a large extent taught by people who have undertaken little or no formal study in the field of education. Although formal study of any subject is no guarantee of satisfactory on-the-job performance, teaching practice itself without a knowledge of the fundamental princi­ ples of education is likely to bring distortions into the teaching situation. Our own experience leads us to believe that many teachers are concerned at this lack of expertise. This concern is manifest by their willing participation in activities which provide them with practical assistance in improving their educational skills. Unfortunately, few books have been written to aid the average clinical teacher wishing to gain a perspective on basic educational principles or seeking suggestions on how these might be applied to teaching. A previous publication by the Advisory Centre for University Education (ACUE) at the University of Adelaide, entitled University Teaching, has proved to be very popular, both locally and overseas, and has clearly met the needs of organi­ zers and participants in teacher training programmes in tertiary institutions. The success of this publication, and our experience with a variety of educational activities organized for staff of medical and dental schools and postgraduate organizations, led us to believe that a pragmatic educational guide for medical teachers would be of value to all such teachers and particularly to those asked to undertake an educational task for the first time.Table of ContentsOne: Giving a Lecture.- Student learning.- The purpose of the lecture.- The context of the lecture.- What do the students require of the lecturer?.- Preparing the lecture.- Presenting the lecture.- What additional techniques are available?.- Variations in manner and style.- Active participation.- Use of audiovisual aids.- Handouts.- Student note taking.- Evaluating the lecture.- Guided reading.- Two: Making a Presentation at a Scientific Meeting.- Presenting a paper.- Preparing the paper.- The collection and selection of data.- The arrangement.- Polishing, writing it out and rehearsal.- Preparing the abstract and your contribution to the.- proceedings of the conference.- What you should do on the day.- Preparing a conference poster.- Guided reading.- Three: Teaching in Small Groups.- The importance of small groups.- What is small group teaching?.- Managing a small group.- Structure in small group teaching.- Dealing with difficulties.- Introducing stimulus materials.- Alternative small group discussion techniques.- One-to-one discussion.- Buzz groups.- Brainstorming.- Plenary session.- Evaluation discussion.- Evaluating small group teaching.- Informal.- Formal.- Guided reading.- Four: Teaching Practical and Clinical Skills.- The attributes of an effective clinical teacher.- Improving ward-based teaching.- Improving the clinical tutorial.- Alternatives to traditional ward teaching.- Techniques for teaching particular practical and clinical skills.- The clinical interview.- The physical examination.- The use of instruments and basic equipment.- Guided reading.- Five: Planning a Course.- Who should be responsible for course design?.- Objectives and course design.- Writing objectives.- Knowledge objectives.- Skill objectives.- Attitudinal objectives.- Relating objectives to teaching and learning activities.- Relating objectives to assessment methods.- Sequencing and organizing the course.- Other course design considerations.- Evaluating the course.- Guided reading.- Six: Assessing the Students.- The purpose of the assessment.- Summative assessment.- Formative assessment.- What you should know about educational measurement.- Validity.- Reliability.- Norm-referenced versus criterion-referenced.- assessment.- Assessment methods.- 1. Essay.- 2. Short-answer.- 3. Structured (Written).- Patient management problem.- Modified essay question.- 4. Objective tests.- True-false questions.- Multiple-choice questions.- Context-dependent questions.- Putting together an objective test.- Scoring an objective test.- The item analysis.- 5. Direct observation.- Checklists.- Rating forms.- Improving the performance of the observer.- 6. Oral.- 7. Structured (Clinical/Practical).- Guided reading.- Seven: Preparing Teaching Materials and Using Teaching AIDS.- Basic principles of teaching material preparation.- Types of teaching material and aids.- 1. The overhead projector.- Transparency preparation.- Setting up and using the overhead projector.- 2. The blackboard.- Preparation.- The whiteboard.- 3. The 35mm slide projector.- Slide preparation.- Setting up and using the slide projector.- 4. Video and film.- Making educational videocassettes.- 5. Tape-slide presentations.- 6. Printed materials.- New technologies.- Guided reading.- Appendix: Where to Find Out More about Medical Education.- Books.- Journals.- Other resources.- Training opportunities.- Overseas travel.- Organizations.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a personal testimony of faith in the future and in the progression to better health and a better life. It is the testament of a rough and ready measuring device - a practising physician who sought to compare and contrast three systems of medical care to see what can be distilled from them to help us all in achieving better services for medical care. Medical care as a human and civic right is the con­ cern of us all. Seeking to live longer and in good health we depend on medical, social and welfare services to attain this goal. Yet it is quite obvious that there are limits and dilemmas that prevent anything but an unsatisfactory compromise. The resources that are available cannot meet all the calls. How then can we make the best use of the resources that we have? This must be the theme for this book. What can we learn from each other for the com­ mon good? Since we all are facing the same common prob­ lems, how do we go about resolving them? For example, how do the medical care services in the USSR, USA and UK cope with an acute heart attack, with a middle-aged woman with depression, with a brain-damaged child, with a road accident or with a case of measles? These are the common human factors involved.Table of Contents1 Medical care — common goals and common problems.- 2 National characteristics.- 3 Structure and patterns of medical services.- 4 First contact care.- 5 Specialist Ambulatory care.- 6 Hospitals.- 7 Preventive aspects of medical care.- 8 Public health and social services.- 9 Maternity and child care.- 10 Mental health care.- 11 The greater medical profession — medical manpower.- 12 Education and training.- 13 The present dilemmas of medical care.

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Book Synopsisare numerous in-depth studies of student learning processes but, let me confess it, I found these singularly unhelpful while nervously waiting to take the plunge. Consequently, my own advice is, frankly, downright earthyl Notwithstanding educational theorists (who are all-too­ frequently arts men), I take it as axiomatic that the existing pattern of lectures, tutorials, practicals, etc. , common throughout higher scientific education, will persist for some time to come. A special word of thanks is due to Pearline Daniels, not only for translating my scrawl into typescript, but for the many helpful noises made at appropriate times. Peter Hor­ robin also made many helpful comments. My thanks go to him and, indeed, to all those colleagues who had their say. Alan J. 'Walton April 1970 Contents v PREFACE 1 1 What they expect 2 Course planning 5 13 3 Lecture writing 4 The world premiere 21 5 On stage 31 6 The blackboard 41 7 Screened 49 8 Demonstrations 61 9 Tutorials 73 10 Seminars, colloquia, symposia, and such-like 83 11 Conferences 90 12 Facing the music 98 Bibliography 104 to all those who provoked me into taking up my pen CHAPTER I What they expect Come this September it will be nine years since we forsook the world. Three years squandered on a B. Se. , three years devoted to a Ph. D. , and three years honoured with a Fellow­ ship which is about to be terminated.Table of Contents1 What they expect.- 2 Course planning.- 3 Lecture writing.- 4 The world première.- 5 On stage.- 6 The blackboard.- 7 Screened.- 8 Demonstrations.- 9 Tutorials.- 10 Seminars, colloquia, symposia, and such-like.- 11 Conferences.- 12 Facing the music.

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Book SynopsisAlthough we have no good definition of 'health', all people have their own ideas of whether they are healthy or not. Based on personal experience and knowledge each person comes to accept that within themselves there is a normal range of feelings and performance, departure from which could be considered abnormal or unhealthy. Despite the many amazing technological advances made over recent decades it cannot be said that access to advanced medical care is the main determining factor in the healthiness or otherwise of a society. Even in these modern times most diseases and health problems are non-curable in the strict sense, and the scope for effective prevention of disease is more limited than some enthusiasts suggest. Individuals must appreciate the limitations of modern medical care and, while seeking to use the care available to best possible effect, accept that the responsibility for trying to prevent major disease rests in their own hands. In this book we have tried to present a balanced and realistic picture of the many factors that must be taken into account if optimum disease prevention and health maintenance are to be achieved. The health of your family is your responsibility. An understanding of what can go wrong, how it can be prevented or how it can best be coped with can only be helpful to you.Table of Contents1.- 1. Health and non-health.- 2. Family planning.- 3. Pregnancy.- 4. The new baby.- 5. Pre-school and early school years.- 6. Adolescence.- 7. Marriage and family.- 8. Middle age.- 9. Pre- and post-retirement.- 10. Health resources and how to use them.- II.- 11. Rheumatic diseases.- 12. Gastrointestinal diseases.- 13. Cardiovascular diseases.- 14. Nervous disorders.- 15. Emotional problems and mental illness.- 16. Respiratory diseases.- 17. Infectious diseases.- 18. Skin diseases.- 19. Endocrine disorders.- 20. Cystitis and gynaecological disorders.- 21. Cancer.- Appendix 1. How to stop smoking.- Appendix 2. Fast diet.- Appendix 3. Diet for healthy living.

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Table of Contents1 Introduction to Genes.- 2 The March of Molecular Biology.- 3 Cellular Manipulations.- 4 Human Applications for the ‘New’ Biology.- 5 The Two Categories: External Impact and Internal Expression.- 6 Genetic Disease and the Nature of Differences Among Men.- 7 Towards Progress in Cancer.- 8 Immunological Surveillance and Ageing.- 9 Genetic Aspects of Mental Disease.- 10 The Population Problem.- 11 Aims and Limitations of Therapy.- 12 The New Outlook.

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Book SynopsisAs a young general practitioner new to the field I recall how stimulated and excited I was by reading Dr John W. Todd's papers in the Lancet some 20-30 years ago. It was as though a lot of dust had been blown away and I was able for once to see the situation of medicine much more clearly. He became one of my medical heroes to add to John Ryle, Henry Cohen and Rene Dubois - all of whom have influenced my own approach to medical care and caring of my patients. Now in 1981, it is a pleasure to write an introductory foreword to this book. The State oj Medicine represents the clear and honest thoughts of a most unusual person. Until his retirement John W. Todd was a general physician in Farnham, Surrey. He was relatively unknown to the medical profession outside Surrey apart from his occasional writings. The ten chapters show the build-up of wide experience and deep philosophy that accumulated during his years in practice. I find that I am as stimulated and excited now reading them, as I was 20-30 years ago. I may not agree with all that he writes and others likewise may disagree completely - but I commend the work as an invigorating experience.Table of Contents1 Medical education.- 2 The nature of maladies.- 3 Psychosomatic and functional disorders.- 4 Prevention.- 5 The right and wrong use of resources.- 6 The caring side of the health service.- 7 The delivery of medical care.- 8 The errors of medicine.- 9 The cults of medicine.- 10 The future of medicine.

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Book SynopsisThe liver has been an organ of mystery for centuries. Slowly but surely its secrets have been disclosed by both basic research and clinically oriented investigators whose current concepts have been brought together in this book by authors from five different countries. Three major groups with many subgroups have made inroads into our better understanding of the liver. The first of these comprises the basic scientists whose study of single hepatocytes may provide the key to comprehension of mechanisms that will lead eventually to improvement in the morbidity and mortality associated with a variety of hepatic disorders. The second group has been concerned with studies in depth of the liver's response to a variety of hormones, drugs, viruses, and infections. Both early and late results are their concern in the diagnosis and treatment of the individual patient. A third group comprises the surgeons who have become increasingly aggressive in the removal of one or more segments of the liver. They have increased the scope of hepatic resection as a result of a better understanding gained from studies of various segments of the liver. They have accepted the term, segmentectomy, and have extended feasible procedures to include trisegmentectomy. Indeed, trans­ plantation of the liver has been successfully accomplished.Table of Contents1. Segments of the liver: the anatomical basis for partial hepatectomy.- 2. Fine structure of human liver cells.- 3. Scanning electron microscopy of the mammalian liver.- 4. Freeze-fracture of hepatic fine structure under normal and experimental conditions.- 5. Morphofunctional features of cultured liver cells.- 6. Microcirculation of the liver, with special reference to the peribiliary portal system.- 7. Liver stereology.- 8. Liver physiology and biochemistry.- 9. Electron microscopy in human liver pathology.- 10. Radiology of the liver.- 11. Clinical aspects of modern hepatology.- 12. Trends and developments in hepatic surgery.

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Book SynopsisMedicine is news. There is constant public interest in health and disease; in medical miracles and in breakthroughs; in medical disasters, failures and malpraxis ; in deficiencies and defects ofhealth services; and in the rising costs ofhealth care. Medicine is 'big business'. Physicians co me out near the top money earners in most medical care systems. In the Uni ted Kingdom the National Health Service (NHS) now costs over [6000 million a year ($ ro 800 million), a free service that costs every British man, woman and child [120 a year ($216) in direct and indirect taxes. But this is less than the [500 ($900) a year that medical care costs each person in USA and West Germany. In developed countries health care costs are approaching ro% ofthe gross national product (GNP). It is big business also in that in Britain the NHS is one of the largest employers; about I million Britons work as employees of the NHS, caring for the other 54 millions and in the USA the numbers are 5 million caring for 2. 5 millions. The provision of health services is full of problems and dilemmas. These problems and dilemmas cross all' national boundaries. All countries share the same problems and dilemmas. Problems of objectives, of standards, of effectiveness and efficiency, and problems of relations between the medical profession, the public and govern­ ment. Medical care still is full of mystique.Table of Contents1 Health care and its problems.- 2 Primary care: a special field.- 3 What is primary care? Content and implications.- 4 Who comes and why? Self-care and primary care.- 5 Work: quantity and quality-manpower policies.- 6 The nature and natural history of common diseases.- 7 Cure and care.- 8 Prescribing.- 9 The hospital-primary care interface.- 10 Community social services.- 11 The primary care team.- 12 Premises and organization.- 13 Prevention and postponement.- 14 Education and learning.- 15 How much care? Present state and future needs.

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Table of ContentsMedical Periodical Sets.- Livres Anciens et Modernes.

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Book SynopsisThis book captures the evolution of consumerism in the human services. By addressing the changing roles and contributions of consumers (those working within human service organizations and systems and those working outside of those organizations and systems) the author offers an encompassing framework of consumerism. This framework is multidimensional and incorporates multiple types and forms of consumerism. The author offers a rationale for consumerism in the human services, illustrates its evolution, and considers multiple perspectives and models culminating in policy considerations, including specific strategies. This book will equip consumers, survivors, practitioners, and policy makers with substantive knowledge of how to advance human services through action and innovation.Table of ContentsRationale for consumerism in the human services.- Evolution of consumerism in the human services.- Substantive differences between consumerism and survivorship.- Typology of consumerism and survivorship.- Cultures of consumerism in human services.- The inside-outside approach to consumerism- Progressive and radical policy strategies.- Consumerism as an enduring social force in human services.

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, scientists are gaining control over matter at the nanometer scale. Spearheaded by physical scientists operating at the interfaces of physics and biology, advances in nanoscience and technology are transforming how people think about life and treat human health.Trade Review"Nano Comes to Life draws on author Sonia Contera’s adventures in molecular-scale engineering to herald the coming of age of nanotechnology, and its promise to re-engineer tissue and transform lives." * New Scientist *"[The photographic section] is truly striking with its visual illustration of laying down single atomic designs and smart insulin-releasing patches containing microneedles."---Simon Cocking, Irish Tech News"[A] succinct study . . . Contera frames this near-future transmaterial science, with its focus on human well-being, as an effort allied to social justice even as it probes existential questions of what it means to be human."---Barbara Kiser, Nature"This is a readable although necessarily technical introduction to the way that physics is coming to biology."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer

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Book SynopsisAs medical education curricula continue to evolve, many medical schools are implementing programmes which allow students to spend a portion of their time observing primary care physicians in their offices. This is a how-to guide to educating medical students in the patient-care setting.Trade ReviewThe editors are to be applauded for giving us an excellent how-to-manual devoted to this essential aspect of the art of medical education. Journal of the American Board of Family PracticeTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceList of ContributorsPart I: Introduction to Community-Based PreceptingChapter 1. The History and Value of PreceptorshipsChapter 2. How Do I Get Involved in Precepting?Chapter 3. Pitfalls of PreceptingPart II: Characteristics and Needs of LearnersChapter 4. What Medical Students Want and Need From a PreceptorshipChapter 5. Learning Needs of Medical Students Chapter 6. The Teaching MomentPart III: Clinical TeachingChapter 7. Learning During the PreceptorshipChapter 8. Being a Role ModelChapter 9. Integrating the Student Into the Practice Chapter 10. Orienting Medical StudentsChapter 11. Learning ContractsChapter 12. Using Goals and Objectives in Community RotationsChapter 13. SupervisionChapter 14. Teaching and Learning StylesChapter 15. Formative FeedbackChapter 16. Summative Feedback, Evaluation, and Grading StudentsChapter 17. Advising From a Preceptor's PerspectiveChapter 18. Dealing with Learners at Different LevelsChapter 19. Dealing with the Problem LearnerPart IV: Organization of the Preceptorship CurriculumChapter 20. The Ideal PreceptorshipChapter 21. Reinventing the Community-Based PreceptorshipChapter 22. Costs of Precepting and How to DecreaseChapter 23. LogisticsChapter 24. Involving Your Office Staff in TeachingPart V: Relationships to Medical Schools and Other AgenciesChapter 25. Working with Preceptorship Sponsors: Medical Schools and Clinical Departments Chapter 26. Preparing for a Site VisitChapter 27. Working with Local Hospital Administrators Chapter 28. Working with Local Hospital AdministratorsChapter 29. Preceptors in Managed Care OrganizationsPart VI: Legal and Ethical Aspects of PreceptingChapter 30. Liability Issues for PreceptorsChapter 31. Ethics of PreceptingPart VII: Faculty Benefits and ResourcesChapter 32. Support Services and Products Available for Community PreceptorsChapter 33. Electronic Communication for Community PreceptorsChapter 34. Faculty DevelopmentAppendix A. Health Care Financing Administration Rules for Student Documentation in Medicare Patients' ChartsAppendix B. Sample Preceptor-University ContractIndex

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive, down-to-earth guide for anyone diagnosed with breast cancer. Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary and confusing. There are medical terms to learn, options to consider, and important decisions to make, all while trying to carry on with work, family, and life. The Breast Cancer Book can't reverse a diagnosis or make breast cancer disappear, but every page can inform and empower you or your loved ones, no matter where you are in the breast cancer experience. Written by three trusted expertsan oncologist, a breast surgeon, and a two-time breast cancer survivorthis multidisciplinary book walks you through everything you need to know about breast cancer so that you can make the best decisions about diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care. In plain, easy-to-understand language that illuminates all the facets of this disease, the authors draw on their professional experience and the most current scientific knowledge to describe the risk factors for breast cancer;Trade ReviewThis book is written thoughtfully and empathetically and I would urge you to read it if you've received this frightening diagnosis.—Dr. Kathleen Thompson, author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope:Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows, Frost MagazineTable of ContentsList of TablesIntroduction A Message of HopePart One. Understanding Breast Cancer1. What Is Cancer?2. Breast Cancer Basics3. Demystifying Breast Cancer Risk4. Strategies to Reduce Your Risk of Developing Breast Cancer5. Hereditary Breast CancerPart Two. Finding Breast Cancer and Dealing with a Diagnosis6. Screening Tools and Technologies7. Making a Diagnosis8. After a Diagnosis: Charting a Course and Assembling Your TeamPart Three. Understanding Treatment Choices and Making Decisions9. Local Therapy: Breast Cancer Surgery10. Radiation Therapy11. Rebuilding Your Breasts after Mastectomy12. Treating Noninvasive Breast Cancer: Ductal Carcinoma In Situ13. Reducing the Risk of Recurrence: Systemic Therapies for Invasive Breast Cancer14. Cancer Again: Treating Local or Regional Recurrence15. Treating Metastatic Breast Cancer16. Considering Breast Cancer Clinical Trials17. Treating Less Common Types of Breast Cancers and Male Breast CancerPart Four. Finding Answers18. Managing Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects19. Complementary, Integrative, and Alternative Medicine20. Meeting the Emotional Challenges of Breast Cancer21. Family Matters during and after Breast Cancer22. Insurance and Money Matters during Breast Cancer TreatmentPart Five. Moving On23. Supportive Care and Symptom Management for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer24. Living Well beyond Cancer: Healthy Breast Cancer SurvivorshipResourcesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisDrawing on his work as a primary care physician and a behavioural scientist, Michael Stein artfully examines the often conflicting goals of patients and their doctors. This book leaves us with new knowledge of and insights into what we might hope for, and what might go wrong, or right, in the most intimate clinical moments.Trade ReviewStein’s candour, curiosity and ethical engagement admit us to a different realm from the fast-paced medical narratives we’re used to reading."- Times Literary Supplement, January 27, 2023

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Book SynopsisThe Final FRCA Viva is the last postgraduate examination many trainees will ever take. Preparation is invaluable not only to pass the exam, but also to feel ready to take the next steps to becoming a senior registrar. This book provides short, succinct clinical cases that are mapped to the RCoA curriculum and are suitable for use when teaching or as a viva revision guide. Using this guide will ensure that FRCA exam questions can be answered correctly and confidently. It is suitable primarily for candidates preparing for the Final FRCA, but also helpful for those preparing for Primary FRCA, FFICM and EDIC, as well as for those running teaching courses and simulation programmes.Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Author. Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology and Neurocritical Care. Cardiothoracic Surgery. Airway Management. Critical Incidents. Day Surgery. General, Urological and Gynaecological Surgery. Head, Neck, Maxillo-Facial and Dental Surgery. Management of Respiratory and Cardiac Arrest. Non-theatre. Orthopaedic Surgery. Perioperative Medicine. Regional Anaesthesia. Sedation. Trauma and Stabilisation. Intensive Care Medicine. Obstetrics. Paediatrics. Pain Medicine. Ophthalmic. Plastics and Burns. Vascular Surgery. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis unique and comprehensive atlas by an expert practioner provides an innovative pictorial guide to flexible bronchoscopy, one of the most exciting and challenging procedures in respiratory medicine today. Includes the very latest procedures and techniques Comprehensive coverage, guides you through the range of anatomical and pathological possibilities A step-by-step guide to the use of bronchoscopic techniques, interpretation of images and differential diagnoses Integrates naked eye, bronchoscopic and radiological anatomy to give you a thorough understanding of the procedure Numerous full colour illustrations and sound practical advice make this a key text for learning and refining your technique The book will be invaluable to those training in respiratory medicine, plus also specialist respiratory nurses and practising pulmonologists who wish to expand theTable of ContentsIntroduction. Bronchopulmonary segments. Normal anatomy (anterior approach). Normal anatomy (posterior approach). Vascular relationships and lymph node stations. Transbronchial fine-needle aspiration (anterior approach). Transbronchial fine-needle aspiration (posterior approach). Endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy. Pathology. Fluorescence-based imaging. Electromagnetic navigation. Intubation and management of airway haemorrhage. Endobronchial tumour debulking. Stents. Bronchoscopic treatment for emphysema and asthma: bronchoscopic lung volume reduction.

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Book SynopsisThe publications game can seem tricky: knowing where to start, how to plan and draft a paper, who to pitch it to and how to present it can appear difficult enough. With the advent of e-publishing and ever-tougher regulatory frameworks surrounding research, the picture can seem even more intimidating. In this classic guide, Tim Albert demystifies the process of getting research published in his characteristically clear and engaging style. From the initial brief to final manuscript and beyond, all is explained in jargon-free, no-nonsense and encouraging terms, providing indispensable guidance to clinicians, scientists and academics in giving their research the platform it deserves. Table of ContentsKnow the game. Know yourself. First set yourself a brief. Expand the brief. Make a plan, or four. Write the first draft. Rewrite your draft. Prepare the additional elements. Use internal reviewers. Send off the package.

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Book SynopsisThe Final FRCA Structured Oral Examination is the last step before earning the initials FRCA and becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. This comprehensive revision aid has been compiled by two talented authors who have been running a course on this subject for three years. Motivated to make the cases as close as possible to the exam, they have collected a vast database of questions from their trainees and the book reflects a variety of commonly asked themes. In addition, there are contributions from 11 consultants and registrars, who are all experts in their fields. The clear layout and easy to read style prepares students for the examination environment and focuses on the specific areas and responses examiners look for. The style of questions mimics the exam and there are added tutorials for ECG interpretation and radiology which will benefit trainees immensely in their preparation.

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Book SynopsisThe acclaimed, landmark guide to internal medicineâupdated to reflect the latest guidelines and recommendations  The Voice of Clinical ReasonFor more than seven decades, Harrisonâs Principles of Internal Medicine has provided healthcare professionals with the informational foundation needed to provide optimal patient care. The worldâs leading authority on applied pathophysiology and clinical medicine, this trusted resource has covered countless advances and developments across the full span of medicine. Fully updated, the new 22nd edition has been modified extensively in its structure and content and offers a standardized format for each disease chapter. The authors and editors have curated and synthesized the vast amount of information that comprises general internal medicine and each of the major specialties into a highly readable and informative resource. Harrisonâs is world-renowned as the most authoritative source for: â  Descriptions of disease mechanisms and how the clinician can apply that knowledge for the best patient care and optimal diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases â    Clear, concise schemas that facilitate the generation of differential diagnoses to reason efficiently through complex real world clinical casesâ    The physiologic and epidemiologic basis of signs and symptoms, which are covered through a wealth of unsurpassed expert guidance and linked to the disease-specific chapters that followâ    Updated clinical trial results and recommended guidelinesâ    Excellent and extensive visual support, including radiographs, clinical photos, schematics, and high-quality drawingsâ    Coverage of both therapeutic approaches and specific treatment regimensâ    Practical clinical decision trees and algorithmsâ    Organ- and system-specific sections, with clinically relevant pathophysiology and practical clinical advice on the approach to the patient, strategies towards building a differential diagnosis, outstanding clinical algorithms and diagnostic schema, a wealth of clinical images and diagrams, current clinical guidelines, as well as general and specific approaches to therapyThis twenty-second edition features:â    Updated content that reflects new approved therapeutics and new practice-changing guidelines and evidence summariesâ    More than 3,000, clinical, pathological, and radiographic photographs, diagnostic and therapeutic decision trees, and clear schematics and diagrams describing pathophysiologic processesâ    Numerous atlases featuring curated collections of important visual aspects of diagnosis and managementâ    Brand new chapters, including The Value of the Physical Examination in Modern Medicine, Physician Well-Being, Exercise Intolerance, Primary and Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, Symptom Control in Patients with Cancer, Principles of Immunization, COVID and Other Coronavirus Infections, Desensitization, Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Placebo and Nocebo Effects, Bedside Examination Tests in the Patient with Low Back Pain, and Antithrombotic Therapy in Adult Patients

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Book SynopsisThe Pocket Guide to Teaching for Clinical Instructors, 3rd edition, provides a concise introduction to teaching. Written by experienced medical educators from the Advanced Life Support Group and Resuscitation Council (UK), this best-selling guide gives comprehensive and practical advice on the most effective teaching methods. Pocket Guide to Teaching for Clinical Instructors covers basic principles and practical aspects of teaching in a variety of modalities. This edition includes material which reflects current developments within instructor courses and includes new material on feedback, an awareness of non-technical skills, the teaching of teams and supporting learners. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in teaching doctors and healthcare professionals in any context. It is aimed at the relative newcomer to the teaching role in all its variety and provides essential, practical advice as to how to get the best out of learners.Table of ContentsWorking group vii Contributors to the third edition ix Contributors to the first and second editions xi Foreword xiii Preface to the third edition xvii Preface to the first edition xix Acknowledgments xxi 1 Adult learning 1 2 A structured approach to teaching 11 3 Lecturing effectively 15 4 Teaching skills 27 5 Managing simulations 33 6 Facilitating discussions 43 7 Getting assessment right 51 8 Feedback 59 9 e-Learning 69 10 Supporting learning 75 11 Teaching teams 81 Index 85

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