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An Insider’s Guide to Clinical Medicine (Part-1), 3/E for MBBS Students and PG Curriculum | Symptom-Based Clinical Examination, Case Presentation Templates, ECG, X-ray, Spotters and Viva Preparation
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An Insider’s Guide to Clinical Medicine, Part-1, 3rd Edition is a practical, student-focused clinical-examination companion authored and peer-reviewed by experienced bedside teachers, aligned with the Revised Competency-based Medical Education Curriculum (NMC). Rather than a conventional descriptive textbook, it is built as a clinically oriented, symptom-based working guide: every system chapter follows a consistent case-sheet format, and the book is explicitly crafted to help students prepare for practical examinations and vivas, not just theory.
The book spans 15 chapters covering the full systemic clinical-examination curriculum: Introduction to history-taking and practical-exam format, General Examination and Anthropometry, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal and Nervous System examination (with an extensive cranial-nerve-to-gait breakdown), Rheumatology, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Approach to Psychiatric Illness, Semilong Cases, a Simplified Approach to ECG Reading, A Systematic Approach to Chest X-rays, Basic Instruments and Procedures in Viva, Spotters, and a concluding Discussion on Drugs and Medical Emergencies.
Each system chapter is structured around a fill-in case-sheet format (inspection/palpation/percussion/auscultation broken down by anatomical zone and Right/Left), classification and summary tables, boxed pitfalls/notes, labeled clinical photographs and diagrams, and dedicated ‘How to Present a Case’ templates. QR codes throughout link to 150+ complementary clinical videos and audios demonstrating the actual examination techniques and signs.
Who This Book Is For:UG Medical Students: as a step-by-step, system-by-system companion for learning and rehearsing clinical examination technique through the clinical years, built around the exact case-sheet and case-presentation format used in practical exams.Medical Interns: as a fast, structured refresher for OSCE-style bedside skills, instrument identification, and spotters before internship assessments and residency transition.Postgraduate Medical Students: aligned with the PG curriculum as per NMC, making its ECG, chest X-ray, and drugs/emergencies sections a useful curriculum-aligned refresher alongside UG use.Why This Book Helps:Turns theory into an examinable skill: every system is presented as a structured case-sheet workflow rather than prose, mirroring exactly what students must reproduce in a practical exam.Standardizes case presentation: dedicated ‘How to Present a Case’ templates for each system remove the guesswork from viva performance.Makes technique visible, not just described: 150+ QR-linked videos and audios demonstrate clinical signs and examination steps that are hard to convey in text alone.Covers exam logistics beyond the bedside: dedicated chapters on instruments, spotters, ECG reading, and chest X-ray approach address the full breadth of a practical/viva exam, not just history and examination.Consolidates drug and emergency knowledge: a dedicated 20+ drug-class chapter supports viva questions on management, not just diagnosis.Key Features:15 chapters covering every major system examination plus geriatrics, psychiatry, ECG, chest X-rays, instruments, spotters, and drugs/emergenciesStructured case-sheet format for every system, broken down by anatomical zone and Right/Left, mirroring real practical-exam documentationDedicated ‘How to Present a Case’ templates for each system150+ complementary QR-linked clinical videos and audios demonstrating examination technique and signsHigh-quality clinical photographs, labeled diagrams, and classification/summary tables (e.g. cough classification, MMRC and NYHA grading) throughout
From the Publisher
Publisher : Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Publication date : 13 August 2025
Edition : 3/E, 2026
Language : English
Print length : 590 pages
ISBN-10 : 9366167608
ISBN-13 : 978-9366167602
Reading age : 18 years and up
Item Weight : 1 kg 80 g
Dimensions : 20.8 x 1.8 x 26.6 cm
Country of Origin : India
Packer : JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS PVT LTD – Delhi PLOT NO. 76A-1, PHASE – IV, HSIIDC INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KUNDLI, HR, IN, 131028
Generic Name : Book
Best Sellers Rank: #1,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Diagnosis #2 in Internal Medicine
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