Full Description
Starting Medical School can be incredibly daunting, and the transition to being a medical student can be enormously challenging. Medical School at a Glance is an accessible guide to help give you confidence and to gain a running start to your medical school training.
Covering core areas such as medical training, developing effective learning strategies, understanding common principles, learning how to behave in the clinical setting and how to interact with patients and peers, this book will help to demystify the process and prepare you as you embark on your medical career.
Providing an insider's view of useful information to build a solid basic foundation for your learning, Medical School at a Glance is essential for those considering studying medicine or are in their first years of study.
Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements vii
Part 1 Starting medical school 1
1 Starting medical school 2
2 Medicine and surgery 4
3 Understanding medical training 6
4 Different learning mechanisms 8
5 Dealing with stress 10
6 Solving issues 12
Part 2 Learning important principles 15
7 Important common principles 16
8 Ethics 18
9 Communication skills and teamwork 20
10 Balance 22
11 Evidence-based medicine 24
12 Understanding guidelines 26
Part 3 Starting clinical activities 29
13 Behaving on the ward 30
14 Behaving in theatre 32
15 Behaving in clinic 34
16 Learning practical procedures 36
Part 4 Assessing a patient 39
17 Approaching a patient 40
18 Approaching an unwell patient 42
19 Taking a history 44
20 Examining a patient 46
21 Assessing a patient's hydration 48
22 Assessing a patient's nutrition 50
Part 5 Considering and managing a patient 53
23 Investigations 54
24 Considering diagnoses 56
25 Presenting a patient 58
26 Consent and capacity 60
27 Breaking bad news 62
28 Prescribing 64
29 Documentation 66
30 Discharge planning 68
31 Managing the acutely unwell patient 70
Part 6 Completing medical school 73
32 Examinations 74
33 Electives and special study modules 76
34 Understanding foundation school 78
35 Understanding later training 80
36 Other uses for medical degrees 82
37 First day as a doctor 84
Further reading 86
Index 93
