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Learning clinical skills : pearls, pitfalls and tips for the OSCE

Learning clinical skills : pearls, pitfalls and tips for the OSCE [E-Book] - New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2012. - 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations - Health care in transition . - Health care in transition series. .

"Nova biomedical."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The consultation / Joe Moran -- Persistent cough / Marcus P. Kennedy -- Murmurs, heart sounds and more / David Kerins and Carl Vaughan -- Diarrhea: a common symptom / Eamonn M. Quigley -- Neurological examination / Patricia M. Fitzgerald -- Petechiae and purpura / Mary R. Cahill -- Meningococcal septicaemia in children / Jackelina Pando-Kelly and Deirdre Murray -- Neonatal jaundice and the newborn screening examination / Tony Ryan -- Examining the abdomen / David Power and Mark Corrigan -- The diabetic foot: pearls, pitfalls, and tips for the OSCE / Antoinette Tuthill -- Shock and collapse in the emergency department / Stephen Cusack -- D is for dyspnoea / John Hinchion -- Infectious diseases: a broad differential / Mary Horgan, Sarah O'Connell and Sarah Moran -- Chronic kidney disease uncovered / Liam Plant -- The older patient / Denis O'Mahony -- Introduction to skin examination / Benvon Moran and John Bourke -- Syncope: reassure or refer? / Fionnuala Quigley -- Safe for surgery: pre-operative assessment for anaesthesia and surgery / Brian O'Donnell -- The psychiatric interview and mental state examination / Aisling Campbell -- Ophthalmology for medical students / Sinead Byrne -- Common things are common. Otitis Media / Brendan Fennessy and Gerard O'Leary.

Hearing the patient's story, asking the right questions, and doing a careful, thorough and informed physical examination are intrinsic to good medicine. This book is a clinical skills textbook with a third dimension - the human factor. We read about real people, real symptoms and real diagnostic problems.

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