USMLE Images for the Boards E-Book

James S. Studdiford, Amber S. Tully

Description

Stay on top of USMLE steps 1,2,3 preparation with USMLE Images for the Boards: A Comprehensive Image-Based Review, the first comprehensive image-based review aid available! This high-yield medical textbook will help you identify and interpret the images you’re likely to see on the exam, allowing you to approach the boards with confidence and land the best score.

• Optimize your visual diagnostic skills with the only review tool that focuses on image interpretation in a standardized-testing environment and provides evidence-based data governing the selection of imaging modalities for a particular disease.
• Prepare for all steps of the USMLE with 300 full-color medical images, including: EKGs, plain film/CT/MRI radiology, pathology slides, gross tissue specimens, and images depicting commonly tested diseases encountered within the fields of ophthalmology, urology, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, orthopedics, and ENT.
• Retain all the necessary information and evaluate your understanding thanks to an easy-to-follow format and challenging board-style review questions with high-yield explanations.

Sujets

• Médecine
• Cardiac dysrhythmia
• Myocardial infarction
• Photocopier
• C78
• C76
• IT-101
• Family medicine
• Lichen planus
• Melanoma
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Award
• Prize
• Review
• Physician assistant
• Pleural effusion
• Echocardiography
• Biopsy
• Lesion
• Heart failure
• Internal medicine
• Dyspnea
• Paste
• Atherosclerosis
• Dermatology
• X-ray computed tomography
• Philadelphia
• Data storage device
• Mechanics
• Cardiology
• Pneumothorax
• Consultant
• Dichlorodifluorométhane
• Electronic
• Lecture
• Syncope
• Amber
• Copyright

Informations

• Publié par: Saunders
• Date de parution: 10 avril 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781455733484
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

Extrait

USMLE Images for the Boards:
A Comprehensive Image-Based Review
Amber S. Tully, MD
Associate Staff, Department of Family Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
James S. Studdiford, MD, FACP
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Ste 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2899
USMLE IMAGES FOR THE BOARDS: A COMPREHENSIVE IMAGE-BASED REVIEW
ISBN: 978-1-4557-0903-8
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tully, Amber.
USMLE images for the boards : an image based review / Amber Tully, James S. Studdiford.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4557-0903-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Studdiford, James S. II. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Clinical Medicine-Examination Questions. WB 18.2]
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2012001897
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Dedication
The boards book is dedicated to our students and residents, past, present, and future, who serve as our greatest teachers.
About the Authors
Amber Stonehouse Tully, MD, is Associate Staff in the Department of Family Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. She has a special interest in dermatology, plastic surgery, physical diagnosis, and clinical images. While a medical student she co-developed a medical imaging database, Jefferson Clinical Images (JCI), which currently holds over 1200 images, boards review questions, clinical cases, and lectures. Dr. Tully enjoys medical writing and has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals. She and Dr. Studdiford created Top Doc, a medical quiz iPhone app released in 2010. Dr. Tully has received several leadership awards, including the Family Medicine Education Consortium Emerging Leader Award, AAFP/Bristol Myers Squibb Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education, the William Potter Memorial Prize in Clinical Medicine, the Arthur Krieger Memorial Prize in Family Medicine, the Drs. Ronald R. and Henry Pohl Prize for Professionalism, and the J. Savacool Prize in Medical Ethics.
James S. Studdiford, MD, FACP, is an Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. He has a special interest in medical photography; he founded and developed a medical imaging database, Jefferson Clinical Images (JCI), in conjunction with Academic Information Services and Research of Scott Memorial library at Thomas Jefferson University. The JCI database includes write-ups for each image and exceeds 1000 entries. Doctor Studdiford also has an active interest in medical student education. He has received several awards for teaching, including Senior Class Portrait, Humanism in Medicine Award, and The Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in a Clinical Science. He has also delivered The Oath of Hippocrates for the graduating senior class of Jefferson Medical College on several occasions.
Contributors and Consultants
SENIOR CONTRIBUTORS
Cindy Finden, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Steven G. Finden, MD, DDS
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology/ENT, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gregary D. Marhefka, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Jefferson Heart Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Mathews, MD
Resident, Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kathryn P. Trayes, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contributors
Abel Morris Bumgarner, MD
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jessica Hamilton, MD, MPH
Kaiser Permanente East Bay OB/GYN Residency Program, Oakland, California
Joseph Mega, MD, MPH
Department of Family Medicine, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez, California
Jolion McGreevy, MD, MBE, MPH
Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Samantha A. Smith, MD
Resident, Department of Family Medicine, York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania
SENIOR CONSULTANTS
Joshua H. Barash, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Geoffrey D. Mills, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine and Department of Physiology, Assistant Residency Program Director, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Louis R. Petrone, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
George Valko, MD
Gustave and Valla Amsterdam Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Vice-Chair for Clinical Programs, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Consultants
Armonde Baghdanian, MD
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arthur Baghdanian, MD
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Victor A. Diaz, Jr., MD
Assistant Professor, Assistant Medical Director, Director, Quality Improvement, Jefferson Family Medicine Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alison Grant, MD
Resident, Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine, Springfield, Pennsylvania
Mohit Gupta, MD
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anne Nason Hackman, MD
Instructor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas M. Kennedy, MD
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Daila Pravs, MD
Instructor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Trisha Schimek, MD, MSPH
Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kevin Charles Scott, MD
Instructor and Primary Care Research Fellow, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Priya Sharma
Third Year Medical Student, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
About the Authors
Contributors and Consultants
Introduction
Section I