Data Interpretation for Medical Students - Softcover

Hamilton, Paul; Bickle, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784140007 ISBN 13: 9781784140007

Publisher: Pastest, 2017

Synopsis

Demystify the analysis of clinical data and test your knowledge with 200 cases. The third edition of this award-winning title has been revised and updated to provide even better guidance on how data is applied in practice. Fourteen subject-based chapters help medical students to understand and interpret the tests that help diagnose disease and monitor patient progress. Each chapter is accompanied by a useful summary and advice on exam technique.

About this title

Review

"Not only did this guide allow me to pass finals, but it has enabled me to start my medical career with the confidence and skill set to interpret clinical data on the wards." Emma Goulding - Medical Student, Manchester. --Customer

From the Author

"Why buy my book?" By author Ian Bickle

Often the most unique and valuable things in life happen by chance or arise out of circumstance. Those which have a really special twist involve close friends and family. That is how Data Interpretation for Medical Students came about.

Paul Hamilton and I first came to know each other as first year medical students at Queen’s University, Belfast in 1997. A shared understanding and interests were apparent, along with an appreciation for each other’s strengths and weaknesses – to be honest I have all the weaknesses and Paul has none!

We had worked on previous projects, including our first book Clinical Skills for Medical Students: A Hands-On Guide (still available as an eBook), but "DI" was our baby. It's a book that evolved out of our own curiosities and a deep belief that an admirable doctor: 'assesses, thinks, investigates, analyses and concludes. Medics should think, not just do'.

We also put ourselves into the potential readers shoes – what would I want from a book, how would it most help and make studying enjoyable?

We believe the key features are:

- Simplicity in approach and graduated learning
- Replication of real scenarios through clinical vignettes
- A practicable breath of topics
- An ability to review ones understanding with chapter ending clinical case scenarios
- Our core belief that readers feedback is incorporated into new editions and refreshing the content in keeping with a changing medical world.

We hope you enjoy the book as much as we enjoyed writing it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pastest
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1784140007
• ISBN 13: 9781784140007
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 512