1st Edition

The Problem-Based Learning Workbook Medicine and Surgery

By Tim French, Terry Wardle Copyright 2006
160 Pages
by CRC Press

160 Pages
by CRC Press

General practitioners need to know more and more about the complicated tests performed in hospitals. For most patients the GP is an accessible trusted and reliable source of information and advice. So when patients under hospital follow-up are confused about their treatment they often turn to their GP. In addition general practitioners have open access to an increasing array of hospital-based... Read more
A student with a ‘hangover’. A woman found slumped in a chair by her husband. A worrying lump. A busy haematuria clinic. A wheezy student. An unrousable patient in the recovery room. A lawyer with a drink problem. A junior SHO’s experience on the surgical admission unit. A diabetic patient with a leg ulcer. A lorry driver with chest pain. A teacher with intermittent rectal bleeding. A pensioner with ‘waterworks’ problems. A woman found on the floor by her warden. A 32-year old with pain and urinary frequency. An overweight patient with epigastric pain. A history of blackouts. A problem swallowing. A motorcycle accident. An Asian woman with blurred vision. A patient with calf pain. A 19-year old with a 3 week history of diarrhea. An immigrant from Thailand with a cough. An anxious insomniac. A lady with abdominal cramps. An unsteady pensioner. A diabetic with diarrhea. A builder with back pain. A breathless pensioner. High blood pressure. Tired all the time.

Biography

Tim French House Officer, Countess of Chester Hospital; Professor of Clinical Science, Chester University and Clinical Sub-Dean, Terry Wardle Liverpool Medical School