The Junior Doctor Survival Guide - E-Book, 1st Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
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- Scenario boxes – how difficult conversations should be approached
- Common medications – quick reference tables of common medications and dosages
- Clinical abbreviations and acronyms – a comprehensive list of common abbreviations and acronyms used throughout clinical settings
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Section I: General information Chapter 1: Welcome to medical practice Chapter 2: The junior doctor Chapter 3: Careers Chapter 4: Professionalism Chapter 5: Communication Chapter 6: Teaching and education Chapter 7: Representation of Junior Doctors Chapter 8: Finances
Section II: Initial Assessments Chapter 9: The emergency department Chapter 10: Critical care assessments Chapter 11: Initial assessment of patients: history and examination Chapter 12: Investigations: serology Chapter 13: Investigations: other pathology Chapter 14: Investigations: imaging Chapter 15: Making referrals Chapter 16: Admissions Chapter 17: Clinical procedures Chapter 18: The patient with mental illness Chapter 19: Forensic medicine Chapter 20: Notifiable diseases
Section III: The Ward Chapter 21: The inpatient ward Chapter 22: Ward rounds Chapter 23: Inpatient prescribing Chapter 24: Managing fluids and infusions Chapter 26: The dying patient Chapter 27: The deceased patient Chapter 28: The preoperative patient Chapter 29: The operating theatre Chapter 30: The postoperative patient Chapter 31: Inpatient discharges Chapter 32: Allied health and clinical support staff Chapter 33: Unit meetings
Section IV: Medical and surgical specialties Chapter 34: General medicine Chapter 35: Cardiology Chapter 36: Respiratory medicine Chapter 37: Gastroenterology Chapter 38: Renal medicine Chapter 39: Endocrinology Chapter 40: Neurology Chapter 41: Infectious Diseases Chapter 42: Medical oncology Chapter 43: Haematology Chapter 44: Rheumatology Chapter 45: General Surgery Chapter 46: Orthopaedic Surgery Chapter 47: Vascular Surgery Chapter 48: Cardiothoracic Surgery Chapter 49: Ear, nose and throat (ENT) and head and neck surgery Chapter 50: Neurosurgery Chapter 51: Plastic and reconstructive surgery Chapter 52: Urology
Section V: Outpatients Chapter 53: Pre-admission clinic Chapter 54: Informed Consent Chapter 55: Medical outpatient clinics Chapter 56: Cardiology outpatients Chapter 57: Respiratory outpatients Chapter 58: Gastroenterology outpatients Chapter 59: Renal outpatients Chapter 60: Endocrine outpatients Chapter 61: Neurology outpatients Chapter 62: Medical oncology outpatients Chapter 63: Haematology outpatients Chapter 64: Rheumatology outpatients Chapter 65: Surgical clinics Chapter 66: General Surgery outpatients Chapter 67: Orthopaedic outpatients Chapter 68: Vascular outpatients Chapter 69: Cardiothoracic outpatients Chapter 70: Ear, nose and throat and head and neck outpatients Chapter 71: Neurosurgery outpatients Chapter 72: Plastic and reconstructive surgery outpatients Chapter 73: Urology outpatients
Section VI: Appendices Appendix I: Common Medications Appendix II: Normal Lab values Appendix III: Microbiology Appendix IV: Antibiotics