A concise guide for those who need to understand the basics of healthcare economics but who do not want to wade through a specialist text. This new edition includes updated material on the NICE appraisal process and new sections on health technology assessment in the USA and the key role of ICER.
We hate to break it to you but graduating from medical school and becoming a doctor does not guarantee you a jaw-dropping career. However, with help from this book you can unearth exciting opportunities, enhance your employability and maximise your chances of achieving the ultimate career satisfaction!Whether you are a sixth-form student who has just received an offer to study medicine or a junior doctor looking to take the next step towards your chosen speciality, this book can be used to help you accomplish your career goals. Whichever career path you want to take, and even if you want to work abroad, the information in this book will be relevant to you and it will give you a head start against the competition. It may also help you decide which career path to take! Have a read and set yourself on a pathway to professional enlightenment. Pre-publication reviews:Paediatrics trainee:"e;Having had experience of trying to research many of the topics covered in this guide, I can wholeheartedly say that it is challenging to find what you are looking for. I would have benefitted massively from such a guide had it been available to me sooner."e;Emergency medicine trainee:"e;Many of the topics in this guide I was entirely unaware of until well into foundation training. There is no other resource with all of this information in one place, which I feel will give its readers a massive advantage."e;Foundation year 1 doctor:"e;This is the first book I have come across that tackles the issues of how to progress in medicine once you have graduated. The order of the chapters is very logical. The syntax was very easy to read, without lots of jargon. This guide has answered a lot of questions I have been struggling to answer!"e;5th year medical student - Liverpool:"e;This guide is exactly what I and countless medical students need. It has really helped me to understand the whole recruitment system and how to plan ahead before I miss certain opportunities. I have learnt so much from reading this guide."e;4th year medical student - Oxford:"e;This guide allows medical students to be more informed about career planning. Particularly, the different steps and different opportunities that are available."e;3rd year medical student - Leicester:"e;The information provided is academically sound and very relevant. The text is very clear to read and easy to follow. The authors have done exceptionally well."e;
A practical guide to help you build an impressive portfolio and deliver a quality performance at interview. It offers key advice on these two areas of Surgical Training assessment.
Physics in Anaesthesia covers the subject in an informative and accessible way from the very basics, catering especially for those who consider themselves non-physicists. This new edition has been comprehensively updated, but the content remains aligned with the FRCA syllabus.
A practical guide to the diagnosis and management of common rheumatic disorders, using real case histories.Alongside the development of national and international guidelines for the management of rheumatic disorders, there has been a huge growth in the availability of new therapies. This book summarises diagnosis and patient management based around the latest guidelines and expanded treatment options, including the scientific rationale upon which these treatments are based.To aid understanding, the book:features real case histories to illustrate the range of clinical presentations and how these can be managedcovers all common rheumatic disorders, from rheumatoid arthritis through crystal arthropathies to fibromyalgia and chronic pain conditionsincludes a dedicated chapter on paediatric rheumatologyprovides advice on physiotherapy including links to recommended video demonstrationsThe book is written for clinicians, nurses and physiotherapists working in musculoskeletal medicine, in addition to GPs, and doctors preparing for the Specialist Certificate Examination in rheumatology.
Key statistics principles for anyone studying or working in medicine and healthcare who needs a basic overview of the subject. Now in its fourth edition Medical Statistics Made Easy, is the perennial bestseller in its field and is widely used on a variety of courses and programmes worldwide.
A new and creative way of thinking about the consultation in primary care, for both trainees and practising GPs This book helps readers focus on the two key objectives of every consultation: working out what matters, and deciding with the patient what to do about it.
Eureka: Rheumatology and Orthopaedics is an innovative book for medical students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. The book benefits from an engaging and authoritative text, written by specialists in the field, and has several key features to help you really understand the subject: an engaging and authoritative style - with everything you need in one placerealistic clinical cases - these show how skilled clinicians work through a presentation, and put disease and biomedical principles into context extensive range of photographs - superb clinical photos show exactly how to demonstrate related clinical signs.chapter starter questions - stimulating questions and answers to test your knowledge and highlight the level of detail you need. Answers are provided at the end of the chapter.study boxes - these highlight tips, tricks and key learning points. self-assessment chapter - a final chapter of Single Best Answer questions to test your knowledge and understanding. The First Principles chapter clearly explains key concepts including anatomy and physiology, development of the musculoskeletal system and locomotion.The Clinical Essentials chapter describes how to take a history, examine the patient, investigations required and the management options available, including drug therapies, surgery, physiotherapy and lifestyle changes.A series of disease-based chapters then describe for each condition, epidemiology, clinical signs and symptoms, investigations and management. The musculoskeletal emergencies chapter covers a range of cases to illustrate the principles of immediate care in situations such as open fracture, acute musculoskeletal pain and septic arthritis.The book concludes with a series of multiple choice questions in clinical Single Best Answer format, to thoroughly test your understanding of the subject. The Eureka series of books are designed to be a 'one stop shop': they contain all the key information you need to know to succeed in your studies and pass your exams.
An innovative, visual full colour textbook to help medical students learn and understand core medical conditions.
CSA Revision Notes for the MRCGP is the ideal book to help you prepare for the CSA part of the MRCGP exam. The new fourth edition has been comprehensively revised and updated, still presented in the same standardised format.
Systems-based practice exams based on past papers. Practice papers such as the ones in this book are a vital resource for medical school success: they will bolster your learning of key facts and help you to remember them for exams and ultimately clinical practice.
How to undertake key clinical tests, make effective diagnoses and develop logical clinical reasoning.Clinical Skills, Diagnostics and Reasoning provides detailed coverage of the history and examination of all major body systems. It will be an essential resource as you start on the wards.Key features:an engaging and authoritative style - with everything you need in one placerealistic clinical cases - these show how skilled clinicians work through a presentation, and put disease and biomedical principles into contextextensive range of photographs - superb clinical photos show exactly how to undertake a broad range of examinations and testsstarter questions - stimulating questions and answers to test your knowledge and highlight the level of detail you needstudy boxes - these highlight tips, tricks and key learning pointsDesigned to take you from the lecture theatre to the ward - from anatomy and physiology to typical clinical cases and how they are assessed.By fully integrating basic science and clinical medicine, Clinical Skills, Diagnostics and Reasoning will equip you with the core knowledge and skills you will need for exams and placements!
An up-to-date and concise book providing all the essential information required for a successful psychiatry rotation. All the major aspects of Psychiatry are covered in a systematic and succinct manner, making the book an excellent resource for medical students, residents, and psychiatry trainees.
Tips, techniques, humour and cartoons to guide you through life as a junior doctor. Following on from Surviving Medicine: the med school years, this book is an irreverent and tongue-in-cheek take on life in the next stage of your medical career.
This is a book for all those confused by accountingterminology, from GP registrars to GP principals. The third edition has been comprehensively revised and updated with 2018/19 guidelines on tax, pensions and practice payments.
Making a Medic is a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know in order to succeed at medical school. It is packed full of cartoons, anecdotes and practical tips, the content is easy to read and simple to put into action.
A practical guide to help improve the recognition and treatment of anxiety disorders in primary care. The book details how to recognise an anxiety disorder and make the diagnosis, how to explain it to patients, and to manage it, using simple 10 minute CBT strategies and self-help techniques.
Nearly 70 stations designed to help students address the surgical problems commonly encountered in an OSCE examination, using a step-wise approach.
A concise, practical guide to the diagnosis, treatment and management of common allergy and asthma conditions in primary care. Allergy and asthma represent some of the most common chronic conditions presenting in primary care. Furthermore, up to 20% of patients with allergies struggle on a daily basis with the fear of anaphylactic shock or an asthma attack. This book guides readers through the basic immunology and pathophysiology and then provides details on all aspects of the clinical assessment of allergic patients:History-takingClinical examinationInvestigations and imagingA broad range of allergies is then presented with succinct clinical advice detailing the causes, diagnosis and treatment of each allergy in turn. Asthma is covered separately using the latest asthma guidelines to describe the risk factors, stratification, and accurate diagnosis. This is followed by a concise presentation of asthma management and monitoring in primary care. The book concludes with the pressing issue of childhood allergy, and highlights the investigations, assessment and treatments specific to allergy and asthma in children. This is the ideal clinical text for GPs, medical students and nurse practitioners looking to manage common allergies and asthma, and for those looking for decision-making support when considering onward referral.
This book helps candidates prepare and practise in the right way, to demonstrate they have the skills needed to succeed in academic medicine.
Being a medical student is challenging, intimidating and rewarding in equal measure. Medical students often get hung up on the stresses and strains of learning such a vast amount of information and the expectations upon them. Surviving Medicine: the med school years is the perfect antidote to this stressful environment - the cartoons are light-hearted reflections on life as a medical student and highlight some of the absurdities you are likely to encounter.But this book is much more than just a collection of funny, and often irreverent, cartoons. It provides real practical advice on surviving ward rounds, coping with doubt and anxiety and preparing for exams, amongst others. It also contains a weath of medical tips and knowledge to help you survive your time at medical school.Most of the situations described in this book will crop up at some point as you progress through medical school and beyond. Consider them a rite of passage as you rack up the experience and confidence to look back and think, I can't believe I was scared of that...!Amazon 5-star reviews:"e;What makes the book really great is that, in combination with [the cartoons], the accompanying text contains lots of heartfelt, personal advice (especially Chapter 6) about how to deal with uncertainty and difficult clinical situations to go perfectly with the humour. I really recommend and will be flicking through it during finals revision for a laugh for sure."e; "e;This is a well balanced book filled with humour and excellent, down to earth advice for medical students. Highly recommended."e;
Since the publication of the first edition in 2008, CSA Scenarios for the MRCGP has consistently been one of the bestselling MRCGP books on the market. This 4th edition has been fully updated and revised to reflect current guidelines, with several new cases added.
Five full sample exams for the Primary FRCA Candidates sitting the Primary OSCE of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists exams will benefit from the five sample exams contained in this book. Includes model answers, which closely follow the structure and format of the actual exam itself. Printed in full colour.
Life experiences, anecdotes and suggestions from an experienced GP and GP trainer focusing on the emotional intelligence required to be a great GP. The book consists of short chapters so the busy GP can dip in and out - each chapter helps the reader re-centre on the core skills and techniques needed to be a great GP.
Managing Obesity is an invaluable practical guide for clinicians dealing with obese patients within their normal practice.
Essential Prescribing provides medical students with an easy-to-follow overview of the drugs they are most likely to encounter at medical school and as they start their medical careers. The book benefits from the same landscape format and approach as Scion's bestselling Essential Examination. Each class of drug is detailed using a common tabular format, based on the following sections:Examples Mode of Action Routes of DeliveryIndications, Cautions and Contraindications InteractionsMonitoring Side-effects Patient counselling This consistent approach helps the reader quickly find the pertinent information for the common drugs and situations they are likely to come across, so they can become confident of prescribing the correct drugs for the patient in appropriate doses.The book also features a questions and answer section at the end of the book for the reader to assess their knowledge. All medical students and foundation doctors now have to prove their prescribing competence by taking the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA).Essential Prescribing not only arms the reader with the key knowledge for the PSA, but also provides them with the core prescribing knowledge they will need as their medical careers progress.
Winner of the Young Authors Award at the BMA book awards 2019! AND Highly Commended in the Medicine category! Here's what the BMA reviewers said:"e;I would unreservedly recommend this book to any medical student and indeed anyone else who wanted to learn more about internal medicine including junior doctors, nurses, physicians' assistants. I would have loved a book like this when I was a medical student."e; Medicine in a Minute is a new full-colour text covering the fundamentals of undergraduate medicine in one book. Medical students no longer have the time or inclination to read the huge texts that used to dominate this market - they need a concise book that covers the core information they have to know, and in a user-friendly format: Medicine in a Minute is this book! The book is edited and written by two of the authors behind the bestselling Cardiology in a Heartbeat and features several common design elements and features. It has quickly found favour with medical students and is consistently one of the bestselling medical student texts. The book is divided into body systems and then each section within the particular body system follows a consistent pattern:DefinitionEpidemiology Risk factors Differential diagnosis AetiologyPathophysiology Clinical features Investigations Management Medicine in a Minute is a student-friendly, concise text that you will want close to hand throughout your studies. Amazon 5-star reviews:"e;I love the final chapter with all emergency scenarios with ABCDE approach!"e;"e;Highly recommend this book to students especially clinical years and finals!"e;"e;I really like the layout and simple nature of this textbook. It covers all of the major topics in medicine and doesn't give you any waffle."e;"e;I've bought many medical textbooks during my time in medical school but I can simply say this is the best of its type. Pitched at exactly the right level for clinical medicine."e;
ENT Made Easy is ideal for GPs, ENT trainees, medical students and nurse practitioners looking to manage common ENT conditions. It is a concise text which discusses the possible causes, management options and complications of a range of common ENT presentations, with the aim of reducing referrals to secondary care.
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