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. INDICE: Preface .Acknowledgements .Part 1 Starting Medical School .1. Starting Medical school .2. Medicine and Surgery .3. Understanding Medical training .4. Different learning mechanisms .5. Dealing with stress .6. Solving Issues .Part 2 Learning important principles .7. Important common principles .8. Ethics .9. Communication skills and teamwork .10. Balance .11. Evidence based medicine .12. Understanding guidelines .Part 3 Starting clinical activities .13. Behaving on the wards .14. Behaving in theatre .15. Behaving in clinic .16. Learning practical procedures .Part 4 Assessing a patient .17. Approaching a patient .18. Approaching an unwell patient .19. Taking a history .20. Examining a patient .21. Assessing a patient s hydration .22. Assessing a patient s nutrition .Part 5 Considering and managing a patient .23. Investigations .24. Considering diagnoses .25. Presenting a patient .26. Capacity and Consent .27. Breaking bad news .28. Prescribing .29. Documentation .30. Discharge planning .31. Managing the acutely unwell patient .Part 6 Completing medical school .32. Examinations .33. Electives and special study modules .34. Understanding Foundation school .35. Understanding later training .36. Other uses for medical degrees .37. First day as a doctor .Index
- ISBN: 978-1-119-07591-2
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 104
- Fecha Publicación: 30/12/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés