Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History-Taking

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To effectively prepare students for practice, the authors emphasize the importance of using clinical reasoning, shared decision-making and other core assessment skills in every patient encounter. I also wish all medical books were kindle or online books so they could be updated faster and more frequently. Bates’ also includes a unit on special populations, covering special stages in the life cycle—infancy through adolescence, pregnancy, and aging. The 11th edition of the pre-eminent textbook on physical examination contains foundational content to guide students' approaches to history taking, interviewing, and other core assessment concepts, as well as fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline correct performance of physical examination.

The Pocket Guide is an abbreviated version of the Bates' twelfth edition textbook, designed for portability and convenience at the bedside.com) Recently refilmed, these 18 volumes of examination videos (as well as 10 additional OSCEs) depict experienced clinicians conducting each of the regional examinations. Students and faculty in medical, nursing, and related programs will appreciate the careful attention to clinical accuracy, as well as the range of patient types profiled in the series. Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination has now expanded its video collection to include nearly 30 brand-new videos focusing on communication and interpersonal skills, which are covered on the USMLE step 1, to train your students for better, more holistic patient care. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

The comprehensive, evidence-based content is intended for medical students, high-level nursing education and practice markets, as well as related health professions such as physician assistants. Based on Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination with OSCEs maintains the evidence-based origins of the text and provides careful attention to clinical accuracy, and to the range of patient types profiled in the series. Also in this edition are four completely revised chapters including pediatrics rewritten by specialist Peter G. This edition's health promotion sections have been extensively updated and expanded in all chapters, with new and revised national guidelines, pertinent screening tools, and more information about ways to help patients prevent disease and optimize their health across all settings and age groups.Many new and updated photographs and illustrations support the text, and figures are now numbered for easy identification and reference. I’d love a book that combined health assessment, patho and pharmacology but it would probably be too large to lift! Text boxes are numbered to provide quick access to important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques. Restructured Regional Exam chapters enhance your understanding of overview material, examination techniques, and health promotion and counseling considerations.

Highlights include: New information on guidelines for assessing obesity and nutrition, and managing acute and chronic pain. This trusted pocket-sized reference includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques, retaining the easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right. Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination delivers new clinical skills videos featuring head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques.

The Pocket Guide is an abbreviated version of the Bates’ twelfth edition textbook, designed for portability and convenience at the bedside. New web-based video platform ensures discoverability and accessibility—on campus, on the wards, on any mobile device. The content is excellent and the online version is great, but 1) it's American (not a problem until you have to faff around figuring out the imperial measurements and converting to metric); 2) the pages are very thin (shiny, but thin! Bates’ Visual Guide features head-to-toe and systems physical exam videos completely reshot with an emphasis on clinical accuracy and patient care.