Surgical Subspecialties Clerkship Guide (Clerkship Guides)

A volume in the Clerkship Guide Series, this book is designed to guide the medical student safely through the surgery clerkship, with an emphasis on the surgical subspecialties . This portable resource addresses the questions surgical students are most often confronted with during their clerkship. It covers basic skills, presenting symptoms, and common surgical diagnoses, providing straightforward descriptions of surgical problems and approaches to the patient's work-up. Offering full-chapter coverage of cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, transplantation surgery, and urology, this resource also includes instructions on specialty-specific differences in the physical exam.Includes information on pre- and post-operative assessment throughout.
Details a full range of basic procedures, including cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, transplantation surgery, and urology.
Enables readers to assess their knowledge and prepare for exams with a wealth of multiple-choice questions at the end of the text.
Features helpful learning aids such as Key Points which focus the reader on essential information - real life clinical examples in Practice Cases - and Learning Objectives that reinforce the material in each Practice