Product Description

In Medicine at a Glance, the editor and expert author team have produced a concise revision text, which provides medical students with a unique introduction and guide to the core curriculum in medicine.

Medicine at a Glance follows the familiar, double–page format of the at a Glance series. This excellent book is divided into two sections covering over 60 clinical presentations and over 150 diseases. The clinical presentations section focuses on the signs and symptoms of common medical presentations. Topics cover the differential diagnoses of common complaints, together with simple approaches to making a diagnosis. The section on medical diseases covers the major medical conditions in a logical way, providing the reader with the basic facts necessary for an understanding of each topic.

The book’s simplicity of structure and fantastic colour summary diagrams combine to provide a vital tool for recall of key facts relevant to the medical course. Medicine at a Glance will be an indispensable guide for busy medical students and will be useful as an aide–mémoire for examinations and for work in the clinic and on the ward.

Pre–publication reviews:

“The information is pitched perfectly for an undergraduate audience.” Final year medical student, Leicester University, UK

“This is an excellent revision book for medical students and is an attractive way of presenting core material.” Consultant Rheumatologist, UK

“This book is an absolute bargain” Fourth year medical student, Oxford, UK

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #368723 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-25
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 424 pages

Review
Pre–publication reviews:

“The information is pitched perfectly for an undergraduate audience.” Final year medical student, Leicester University, UK

“This is an excellent revision book for medical students and is an attractive way of presenting core material.” Consultant Rheumatologist, UK

“This book is an absolute bargain” Fourth year medical student, Oxford, UK

Published Reviews of the 1st Edition

"I would definitely consider this another ′must have′.

.This book is ideal for any student studying Medicine, and really at any level.

.it has everything in it you could need for Med exams; being able to easily identify the main things about the main conditions means you can realistically know enough about a range of topics to impress your examiners. In short, I cannot recommend this book to all students enough– put it on your list for next year."

National Rural Health Network

Published Reviews of the 1st Edition

"As a revision aid this hefty book is fantastic, and is detailed enough for most subjects. Of particular note are the sections on hyper– and hypothyroidism, which clears up a topic that for some reason has students confused more often than not...

...As a final year student, I have finally realised what the ′At a Glance′ series books are all about: revising what you have already learnt...

...I have become a convert and I definitely recommend this book to all final year students in particular."

Final Year Student, GKT, March 2004

From the Back Cover
In Medicine at a Glance, the editor and expert author team have produced a concise revision text, which provides medical students and junior doctors with a unique introduction and guide to the core curriculum in medicine.

Medicine at a Glance follows the familiar, double–page format of the at a Glance series. This excellent book is divided into two sections covering over 60 clinical presentations and over 150 diseases. The clinical presentations section focuses on the signs and symptoms of common medical presentations. Topics cover the differential diagnoses of common complaints, together with simple approaches to making a diagnosis. The section on medical diseases covers the major medical conditions in a logical way, providing the reader with the basic facts necessary for an understanding of each topic.

The book’s simplicity of structure and fantastic colour summary diagrams combine to provide a vital tool for recall of key facts relevant to the medical course. Medicine at a Glance will be an indispensable guide for busy medical students and will be useful as an aide–mémoire for examinations and for work in the clinic and on the ward.

Pre–publication reviews:

“The information is pitched perfectly for an undergraduate audience.” Final year medical student, Leicester University, UK

“This is an excellent revision book for medical students and is an attractive way of presenting core material.” Consultant Rheumatologist, UK

“This book is an absolute bargain” Fourth year medical student, Oxford, UK

About the Author
Patrick Davey is Consultant Cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital & Honorary Senior Lecturer at the John Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. He was previously Clinical Tutor at Oxford University.

Customer Reviews

A Must-Have for Finals
Afetr buying and borrowing dozens of texts to study from for Final MB, I can with complete confidence recommend this book to all Final Year students. It's got everything you'll need for Final MB Medicine. Learn this, and you'll get through the EMQs and the theory in the Clinicals. However, as a word of warning, the At A Glance book for Surgery is not as comprehensive as it's Medicine counterpart.

Breadth of knowledge and revision
it seems like the at a glance series has been revised and improved rather a lot lately. i never used to like these books but am now finding them increasingly useful (the surgery one is ace too). the diagrams are brilliant - clearly drawn, not too cramped, perfect amount of information. also, i think it's better that occasionally now they are prepared to break the "double page spread per topic" law. they don't do it very often (which will please die hard fans of the series) but where a topic requires extra coverage, they accommodate. as a textbook, it's not enough on its own to excel at med school, but it's perfect revision - even for geeks!

Medicine at a Glance
Medicine at a Glance continues the excellent format of the series. With over 400 pages there is significantly more for your money than most other books in the series. The book sticks to tried and tested 2 pages per topic format, but the diagrams are in colour. The material is presented both from a traditional disease-based approach, and also from a symptom-based angle. I am not sure that this book could replace a traditional clinical medicine text outright, but it is a very good text none the less.