Absolute Hospital Medicine Review: An Intensive Question & Answer Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319237470 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 205 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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MBA Medical Director Community Affairs and Health Policy Ochsner Health Systems Associate Professor, Tulane School of Medicine Associate Professor Queensland School of Medicine Ochsner Health Systems New Orleans, LA . Kevin Conrad, M.D
This concise guide covers the evolution and expanding scope of hospital medicine and the variety of clinical, ethical and administrative situations a Hospitalist encounters. Useful to physicians, house staff and advanced nurse practitioners, this up-to-date referenced learning text encompasses all aspects of hospital care.. Hospital medicine has expanded beyond the practice of internal medicine to co-manage patients in the fields of orthopedics, neurosurgery and general surgery. 500 questions on inpatient care, co-management of patients and hospital system management are provided with the goal of assessing clinical and academic competency. Questions feature actual cases with evidence-based solutions
Carr, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016). The purpose is to teach, through a Socratic method, the salient points of hospital-level medicine. The audience clearly is residents, hospitalists, and those whose consultative practice includes the in-patient arena. “This is a book to challenge the thinking of those in residency programs about the care of hospitalized patients. … This is an extremely helpful tool for studying in-patient medical care and the corollaries of how to be a consultant and how to be a good steward of hospital resources.” (Vincent F
Great book! Amazon Customer Best hospital medicine book. It was highly applicable everyday during my internal medicine rotation. Highly recommend for other students and residents.