Main description:

Real life cases for the emergency medicine clerkship and shelf-exam

You need exposure to high-yield cases to excel on the emergency medicine clerkship and the shelf-exam. Case Files: Emergency Medicine presents 50 real-life cases that illustrate essential concepts in emergency medicine. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, definitions of key terms, and USMLE-style review questions. With this system, you'll learn in the context of real patients, rather then merely memorize facts.

60 high-yield emergency medicine cases, each with USMLE-style questions
Clinical pearls highlight key concepts
Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor
Proven learning system maximizes your shelf-exam scores

Contents:

Section I: How to Approach Clinical Problems; Part 1. Approach to the Patient; Part 2. Approach to Clinical Problem Solving; Part 3. Approach to Reading; Section II. Clinical Cases; Section III. Listing of Cases.