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REAL LIFE CLINICAL CASES FOR THE BASIC SCIENCES AND USMLE STEP 1
4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
"The myth of the difficulty of the neurosciences for the average medical student is dispensed with this book....This is a very useful book for health science students. The integration of real-life clinical cases with neuroscience concepts helps students to focus on the important aspects. This is a superb contribution to the field with little in common with other review books in this field."--Doody's Review Service
You need exposure to clinical cases to pass course exams and ace the USMLE Step 1. Case Files: Neuroscience presents 50 real-life clinical cases illustrating essential concepts in microbiology. Each case includes and easy-to-understand discussion correlated to key basic science concepts, definitions of key terms, neuroscience pearls, and USMLE-style review questions. This interactive system helps you learn instead of memorize.
- 50 clinical cases, each with USMLE-style questions
- Clinical pearls highlighting key neuroscience concepts
- Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor
- Proven learning system based on award-winning research boosts your shelf exam scores
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From The Critics
Reviewer: Thomas L. Pazdernik, PhD (University of Kansas Medical Center)Description: This is a collection of 53 clinical cases with USMLE-style questions that is designed to aid students in preparation for course examinations as well as board examinations in the process of licensure certification.
Purpose: The authors designed this book with a focus on an approach to learning pharmacology, an approach to disease, and an approach to reading in order that students can master the topic of pharmacology and practice evidence-based medicine throughout their career.
Audience: This book will be a valuable asset for any students who need to understand drug therapy for their future practice and for those who are involved in teaching students about the therapeutic use of drugs.
Features: Each case provides clinically relevant information and open-ended questions focused on basic science concepts with some clinical applications. The answers to the open-ended questions are divided into four parts: part I provides a summary, a straightforward answer, and clinical correlations; part II provides an approach to the basic science concepts including objectives, definitions of basic terminology, and discussion of specific classes of drugs related to the clinical case; part III contains comprehensive questions including many USMLE-style multiple choice questions; and part IV provides pharmacology pearls to help students retain important information related to the case. Similar cases can also be found at McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine, which contains many of the real life cases from the Toy Case FilesΒ, which includes clinical cases in anatomy, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, and physiology. These clinical cases markedly facilitate the integration of the basic sciences into the practice of clinical medicine.
Assessment: This is an excellent component of the many Lange products that are available to both teachers and students to foster the understanding of drugs used in clinical practice. "
2 Stars from Doody