My collection of medical textbooks, memoirs, biographies, apps, and everything in between! I receive no compensation of any kind for listing-- I enjoy sharing great resources with others!
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Pocket-sized handbook covering hundreds of diseases found in the clinical and outpatient setting. Contains concise listings of signs, symptoms, appropriate diagnostic tests, management, and special considerations in a clear, non-cluttered format. Also includes tips on reducing patient anxiety, antidotes for common poisonings, criteria for diagnoses, algorithms and mnemonics. Gives refresher tips on how to conduct focused and routine exams. Several sections of color photographs of classic signs and skin lesions. Comes with 3 color ribbons to save your place! Click here to buy the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
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The Physical Exam Essentials application published by Hipposoft lists a comprehensive guide to complete a systematic exam of a patient. The app includes hints for disease signs and symptoms for each organ system, definitions to aid in notation, and pictures of physical findings and demonstrations of how to perform special maneuvers, such as the fluid wave for the abdomen. This program costs $2.99, but is well worth it for reviewing techniques not often performed. Click here to buy Physical Exam from iTunes.
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Dr. Nick Conminellis, the author of this book and a personal role model, is the founder and CEO of INMED, an organization committed to equipping health professionals with the requisite cultural and medical skills needed to provide care overseas. This book details Dr. Comninellis' experience as a first-year resident and Christian among a cautious Chinese population suffering from communicable diseases and poverty. His commitment to the underserved, and his gentle, caring nature are strongly conveyed.
Click here to read an exerpt.
Click here to buy Shanghai Doctor.
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Most medical professionals are familiar with the Sanford Guide, a pocket handbook containing tables of bacterial sensitivities and resistance to drugs. While this app costs twice that of the handbook ($30 vs. $15) this is much easier to use and read. This app allows searches by organism (H. pylori, Eikenella, Neisseria, Staph, etc.) or disease by organ system (lungs→
pneumonia, genital→
PID, foot→
puncture wounds). Also contains protocols for special disease states, such as sickle-cell anemia, HIV & Hepatitis exposures, and surgical prophylaxis. Descriptions are comprehensive and include side effects and dosing for adults, pediatrics, and renal/hepatic adjustments. Price is well worth the amount of information and ease of navigation.
Click here to buy the Sanford Guide from iTunes.
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