60 real life cases for the family medicine clerkship. You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel in the family medicine clerkship and on the shelf exam.
Case Files: Family Medicine presents realistic clinical scenarios to enhance and hone your clinical decision-making skills. Sixty high-yield cases illustrate essential concepts in patient care. Each case begins with a vignette accompanied by relevant open-ended questions designed to teach diagnostic or therapeutic approaches relevant to family medicine. The answers that follow emphasize mechanisms and underlying principles. This fifth edition features a new format with bulleted summaries, shorter paragraphs, and clearer headings.
-60 cases with USMLE-style questions help you master core competencies to excel in the clerkship and ace the shelf exams
-Clinical pearls highlight key points
-Primer teaches you how to approach clinical problems
-Proven learning system maximizes your exam scores
This free application includes 1 sample case study from the 60 that are available through an in-app purchase of $39.99 of Case Files Family Medicine.
Each case has been designed for the iPhone/iPad with interactive features.
-Study/Exam/Bookmark modes are available for board-style review questions.
-In the Study mode, check the answers as you tackle the questions.
-In the Exam mode, time yourself and review the answers after the time is up.
-In the Bookmark mode, review only the questions you have flagged for further study.
-File away correctly answered questions after each practice quiz.
-Choose the number of questions in each practice quiz: 25, 50, 75, 100 or all.
-Opt to include questions from previous quizzes.
-Learn further from interactive questions at the end of each case, with explanations.
-Sort cases by name or by case number.
-Take down notes using the Notes section for each case.
-Add tags to each case.
-Search cases by title or by tags.
-Store quiz scores to track your progress.
Eugene C. Toy, MD, is The John S. Dunn Senior Academic Chair and Program Director, The Methodist Hospital Ob/Gyn Residency Program; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Methodist Hospital; and Associate Clinical Professor and Clerkship Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Donald Briscoe, MD, FAAFP, is Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, and Chair, Department of Family Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, and Medical Director, Houston Community Health Centers, Inc.
Bruce Britton, MD, is Clinical Associate Professor and Family Medicine Clerkship Director, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Joel J. Heidelbaugh, MD, FAAFP, FACG, is Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Urology, and Clerkship Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School-iCloud backs up and syncs your data so that you can use this app on any of your devices.