Skills for the Ward
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Ethical Issues (McGraw-Hill)Reviews the four pillars of medical ethics, explains the concept of informed consent, decisional capacity, code status, role of DNR orders, therapeutic relationship, the ethics of pain relief, and more.
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Pain Control (McGraw-Hill)Reviews the physiology of pain sensation, perception, and modulation, role of inflammation, mechanism of opioid receptor agonists, clinical features of neuropathic pain, and strategies for chronic pain management without medication.
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Patient Interview (McGraw-Hill)Video talks on patient-centered interviewing, clinician-centered interviewing, new patient interviews, follow up interviews, use of electronic health records, breaking bad news, patient adherence, and disclosing medical errors.
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Rotation Etiquette (Wolters Kluwer)Offers advice on being proactive, prepared, professional, and present during and after your clinical rotations.
Study Tools
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Clerkship and Clinical Rotations (Lippincott-Williams)Library of texts, video, journals, self-assessments, and cases by medical specialty, including family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery.
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Clinical Rotation Case Files (McGraw-Hill)Includes case files for anesthesiology, cardiology, critical care, emergency medicine, family medicine, geriatrics, internal medicine, medical ethics and professionalism, neurology, OB/GYN, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery.
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Clinical Practice and Board Review Q&A (McGraw-Hill)Question and Answer for Clinical Practice and Board Review for multiple specialties.
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