Essential Examination, third edition: Step-by-step guides to clinical examination scenarios with practical tips and key facts for OSCEs

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This latest edition of Essential Examination has been comprehensively revised and new sections added If you are learning how to examine patients, or preparing for an OSCE, then you need Essential Examination! Some examinations, of course, follow their own unique sequence; these are the most difficult to learn and so you must become very familiar with them. Now in full colour, the book is essential reading if you are learning how to examine patients, or preparing for an OSCE.

The size of the book also means that it is easy for students to transport and keep with them out in clinical practice, meaning they can refer to it during their practice time and use it as a handy reference guide. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Has everything you could possibly need in an examination textbook/revision guide, no need for any others.The examiners will evaluate seven key skills: physical examination; identifying physical signs; clinical communication; differential diagnosis; clinical judgement; managing patients’ concerns; maintaining patient welfare. It is far more than a checklist, it provides essential information without cluttering walls of text between one step and the next. B. Ruthven, MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons), wrote this best-selling clinical exam and OSCE book while he was a medical student.

Essential Examination, third edition: Step-by-step guides to clinical examination scenarios with practical tips and key facts for OSCEs (ePub eBook) 3rd Revised edition eBook by Ruthven, Alasdair K. It describes the examinations in a clear systematic manner which is easy to remember "Must have book for medical student.In a separate column is a collection of key information: potential findings, differential diagnoses of clinical signs and practical tips. I am a second year medical student, and I bought this book on the recommendation of a fifth year medical student who was teaching me. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. I also really liked the space given for personal notes - it is so much easier than having to try and cram notes around the text, and means that the relevant notes are next to the correct page. Now in full colour, the book retains the unique format and approach of the original which has proved so popular:Clear, step-by-step guides to each examination, including useful things to say to the patient (or an examiner), detailed descriptions of special tests, etc.

The book is well presented for learning examinations; using a table format, explanations are given without detracting from the process of the examination. You are required to conduct a respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and abdominal examination in addition to demonstrating your communication skills. have heard from upper years this is the best book to have for osces, very excited and am already using it !Brilliant book for any medical students getting ready for OSCEs "Brilliant book for any medical students getting ready for OSCEs. Some detail has been omitted intentionally – for example, nowhere is the exact method of examining for flapping tremor explained. There used to be a 20 minute station dedicated to a single communications and ethics encounter — this was considered too long. Over FIVE HUNDRED five-star ratings of the second edition, including the following: "I LOVE this book: it has all the key examinations with each fitting on a single double page spread.

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Extremely useful book "Good that it doesnt overlook basics like 'wash hands, introduce self' as it's all part of the exam. If you are learning how to examine patients, or preparing for an OSCE, then you need Essential Examination! It is assumed that core skills like this become second nature as they are taught time and time again in clinical teaching. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Forty-two five-star reviews of the second edition, including the following: "I LOVE this book: it has all the key examinations with each fitting on a single double page spread.