EBOOK Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills

The Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills is a        comprehensive pocket guide for medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner        students. It is designed to help students transition from classroom to clinical        internships, preceptorships, and clerkships. Providing clear and user-friendly        guidance on all aspects of history taking, physical examination, common practical        procedures, data interpretation and communication skills, it gives realistic advice        on coping with and mastering common situations.Each systems chapter follows a        structured format covering applied anatomy, history, examination, and the        presentation of common and important disorders. The procedures section includes        approximately forty practical procedures that the final year medical student and        senior nurse are expected to perform. The section on data interpretation covers the        basics of chest x-rays, abdominal x-rays, ECGs, lung function tests and several        other areas that the student is expected to carry out in their early years of        training.