Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery

A must read for anyone going into the clinical years of medical school, Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery, third edition, teaches students a logical step-by-step diagnostic approach to 29 common patient presentations. This hypothesis-driven approach mirrors that used by successful clinicians on the wards, challenging students with questions at each stage of a case (history-taking, examination, investigation, management). By answering these questions,students understand how to critically analyze information and learn to apply their existing knowledge to a real-life scenario from start to finish. By starting with a symptom, mirroring realpatient presentations, students learn to draw on their knowledge of different physiological systems - for example, cardiology, respiratory, gastroenterology - at the same time. All the major presenting symptoms in general medicine and surgery are covered, together with a broad range of pathologies. Updated throughout, this edition reflects contemporary investigations, clinical guidelines, scoring systems, and reference values. This book is an essential resource for allmedicine students, and provides a well-rounded introduction to life on the wards. Ideal for those starting out in clinical medicine and an ideal refresher for those revising for OSCEs and finals.

Review from previous edition Instead of throwing you in the deep end filled with anxiety, as you would feel on a ward with an actual patient, Oxford Cases gives you mnemonics and walks you through all of the red flags you should be looking out for. MedSaint, University of St Andrews
Every year, close to exams, students have no idea what to use as studying materials and scramble around for resources. The Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery might just come in handy. . . The answers are well presented with references to diagnostic guidelines, and also come with easily digestible mnemonics. Liting Tong, Northwing Magazine - Sheffield University Medical Students' Magazine
Like the Matrix films, when I study medicine I wish that I could download medical knowledge into my memory. Until medical science invents such a device or google becomes implanted into our occipital lobes, I thoroughly recommend the Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery. Tom Rock, BMA Medical Student Representative, University of Bristol; West of England Medical Journal
This is an outstanding teaching tool. The cases provoke much thought and there is a clear explanation of the "correct" answers and why other answers are not as correct. Vincent F Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA), Doody's Notes

After working as a management consultant, Hugo completed the graduate entry medicine course at Oxford before undertaking clinical training in London, including a PhD in asthma. He is now a consultant and honorary senior clinical lecturer in respiratory medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London respectively, with a specialist interest in asthma. He is on the general medical on call rota and has teaching roles with both the medicalschool and for postgraduate trainees at the Trust. Aimee is a Consultant Endocrine Surgeon at the Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at ImperialCollege London. She specialises in the treatment of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disease. She is a General Surgeon by background and contributes to the acute surgery and trauma rotas at St.Mary' Hospital. Aimee is the lead for anatomy and for year 3 surgery at Imperial College School of Medicine. Edward is a Consultant in Emergency & Prehospital Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals and a Medical Lead at Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

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