Presenting Your Case
A Concise Guide for Medical Students
Authors: Packer, Clifford
Free Preview- Provides a comprehensive guide to case presentation and related activities
- Covers various types of oral case presentations on the wards, including the traditional new patient presentation, transfers, night float admissions, and brief SOAP presentations on daily rounds
- Prepares medical students for their clerkship evaluations, which depend largely on the quality of their oral presentations
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- About this Textbook
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Medical students often struggle when presenting new patients to the attending physicians on the ward. Case presentation is either poorly taught or not taught at all in the first two years of medical school. As a result, students are thrust into the spotlight with only sketchy ideas about how to present, prioritize, edit, and focus their case presentations. They also struggle with producing a broad differential diagnosis and defending their leading diagnosis. This text provides a comprehensive guide to give well-prepared, focused and concise presentations. It also allows students to discuss differential diagnosis, incorporate high-value care, educate their colleagues, and participate actively in the care of their patients.
Linking in-depth discussion of the oral presentation with differential diagnosis and high value care, Presenting Your Case is a valuable resource for medical students, clerkship directors and others who educate students on the wards and in the clinic.
- About the authors
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Clifford D. Packer, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Cleveland, OH, USA
- Reviews
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“This is a well‐written and to‐the‐point guide for medical students as they enter into their clinical training. It provides very practical advice on how to excel during these important years in their training. It is even entertaining at times, due to the numerous anecdotes and experiences the author recounts. Following the prescription for success in this guide is a sure way for medical students to stand out in their clerkship training.” (Wei Xiong, Doody's Book Reviews, August 23, 2019)
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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The Importance of a Good Case Presentation and Why Students Struggle with It
Pages 1-8
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Organization of the Oral Case Presentation
Pages 9-22
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Variations on the Oral Case Presentation
Pages 23-38
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The HPI: A Timeline, Not a Time Machine
Pages 39-55
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Pertinent Positives and Negatives
Pages 57-71
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Presenting Your Case
- Book Subtitle
- A Concise Guide for Medical Students
- Authors
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- Clifford Packer
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-13792-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-13792-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-13791-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 196
- Number of Illustrations
- 8 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
- Topics