Surgery a Competency-Based Companion: With Student Consult Online Access

By Barry D. Mann

Book Overview

Approx. 808 pagesProvides high-yield core information essential to surgical rotations in a portable, pocket-sized format.Uses a color-coded system that places the core surgical information in a framework of the ACGME Core Competencies.Offers self-assessment activities throughout to promote retention and application of knowledge, including access on line to your own competency-based portfolio tools and competency-specific learning modules (Vertical Reads).Features ACGME Core Competencies enabling you to integrate evidence based medicine, continual self-assessment, and cognizance of interpersonal skills into your daily routine.Includes features such as "Speaking Intelligently" and "Clinical Thinking" in each chapter to help you see the "big picture."Organizes the most common and must-know surgical signs/symptoms and disorders by presentation, making reference simple.Presents "Teaching Visuals"-an interactive teaching device designed to reinforce visual concepts.Equips you to perform a more in-depth review of surgical topics with "Clinical Entities" that are referenced to top surgical references.Includes access to Student Consult at www.studentconsult.com, where you'll find the complete text and illustrations of the book online, fully searchable . "Integration Links" to bonus content in other Student Consult titles . M&M form . Self-Assessment Competency Log . Professors Pearls that provide cases with questions and annotated answers . Vertical Reads . and much more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416037470
• ISBN13: 9781416037477
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 808 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.9" x 7.8"