Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills [Paperback]

The Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills is a comprehensive pocket guide for medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner students. It is designed to help students transition from classroom to clinical internships, preceptorships, and clerkships. Providing clear and user-friendly guidance on all aspects of history taking, physical examination, common practical procedures, data interpretation and communication skills, it gives realistic advice on coping with and mastering common situations.

Each systems chapter follows a structured format covering applied anatomy, history, examination, and the presentation of common and important disorders. The procedures section includes approximately forty practical procedures that the final year medical student and senior nurse are expected to perform. The section on data interpretation covers the basics of chest x-rays, abdominal x-rays, ECGs, lung function tests and several other areas that the student is expected to carry out in their early years of training.

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Symbols and abbreviations

1 Communication skills
2 The history
3 General examination
4 Skin, hair, and nails
5 The endocrine system
6 Ear, nose, and throat
7 The cardiovascular system
8 The respiratory system
9 The abdomen
10 The nervous system
11 The musculoskeletal system
12 The male reproductive system
13 The female breast
14 The female reproductive system
15 The psychiatric assessment
16 The pediatric assessment
17 Considerations regarding patient care under special circumstances
18 Practical procedures
19 Data interpretation
Index

The organization by organ system, the pertinent historical cues practitioners should be looking for, and the complete description of physical findings supported by the excellent graphics makes this one of the best books on physical examination available. I highly recommel³C