Multimedia Primary Care Procedures: DVD, Online, and Pocket Procedures Manual, 1e [DVD-ROM]

Michael Tuggy MD (Author), Jorge Garcia MD (Author), Gary Newkirk MD (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1416000917 | ISBN-13: 978-1416000914 | Publication Date: September 23, 2005 | Edition: Dvdr

Outpatient procedures are a growing component of primary care practice. Now, there's a multimedia resource to help you perfect your skills and boost your comfort level in performing these procedures! Videos on DVD and online show you exactly what to do, step by step; and a companion pocket manual provides these how-tos in a portable format. You'll also have convenient access to ICD-9/CPT codes, patient instruction sheets, and more! Plus, this critically acclaimed learning tool just gets better month after month, as the authors add more and more procedure videos online. It all adds up to a highly user-friendly and effective way to make sure you are performing every outpatient procedure as safely and successfully as possible.

• Presents 65 video clips on DVD-viewable either on your DVD player or computer-which demonstrate how to perform everything from local and topical anesthesia, through various biopsy techniques ... sutures and dressings ... use of tissue adhesives ... placing an Unna boot ... needle aspiration ... skin tag and lipoma removal ... nasopharyngoscopy ... ganglion injection/aspiration ... arthrocentesis and joint injection ... flexible sigmoidoscopy and other GI procedures ... nasogastric intubation ... pap smear ... colposcopy ... thoracentesis and abdominal paracentesis ... vaginal delivery and cesarean section ... bladder catheterization ... and more.
  
• Offers an ever-expanding number of additional videos online-depicting techniques such as catheter placement, FNA of the thyroid, and spider vein ablation-to continually augment your skills.
  
• Superimposes sub-surface anatomy illustrations over external anatomy within the videos, where helpful, to aid you in performing the procedures with precision.
  
• Allows you to select the text you would like to view while watching the videos.
  
• Provides downloadable patient instruction sheets in English and Spanish to promote patients' self care, plus ICD-9/CPT codes to facilitate reimbursement.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An excellent resource for primary care physicians to learn or review procedures by means of high-quality, narrated videos."-JAMA

About the Author

Michael Tuggy; Jorge Garcia; and Gary Newkirk

Product Details

• DVD-ROM
• Publisher: Saunders; Dvdr edition (September 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416000917
• ISBN-13: 978-1416000914
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Basic, January 7, 2010

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MST - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multimedia Primary Care Procedures: DVD, Online, and Pocket Procedures Manual, 1e (DVD-ROM)

Don't be fooled by the fancy included DVD. The videos are brief and show only portions of the procedure. The voice over is simply a reading of what's in the text: Very basic steps that aren't detailed enough for beginners and lack nuance that would be helpful to more advanced practitioners. There is no video review of the equipment itself or any helpful anatomy review that I would expect for a procedural reference. I got this as a free add-on to my Pfennenger's and I am VERY relieved that I didn't pay for it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent videos of difficult medical procedures, February 12, 2011

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Dr B - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multimedia Primary Care Procedures: DVD, Online, and Pocket Procedures Manual, 1e (DVD-ROM)

These videos are great for reviewing the important steps to performing medical procedures. These procedures are occasionally difficult and it is absolutely necessary that they are done correctly. The range of procedures covered in this package is a bit more than I usually need, but I love having this as a reference. I have these loaded on my office computer and review them when I see that I have a procedure listed on that day's schedule. I am a visual learner, and this is the best tool I have encountered.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review summary from JAMA, October 17, 2010

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Mike Tuggy (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Multimedia Primary Care Procedures: DVD, Online, and Pocket Procedures Manual, 1e (DVD-ROM)

In an attempt to balance the reviews- here is an outside review from JAMA. The tutorials are designed as introductions to the procedures and to teach the key steps. They add visual memory cues to the learning process for doctors in training or reminders of the steps for those in practice who may not have done the procedure in some time. They were purposely not created to walk through every detail as most trainees lose interest after 5-7 minutes (watch them use longer videos... they skip through them or don't remember the key steps).

FROM the JAMA review:
The content of the videos is of very good quality overall, corresponding to the complexity of the procedure being demonstrated. I found most videos demonstrating minor procedures, such as excisional skin biopsy, unna boot application, and joint injections, to be thorough. Most physicians could feel comfortable performing these and many other minor procedures after watching the videos. Some videos could be more detailed, such as the wart treatment video, which discusses tips for using a cryo gun but does not give a demonstration using the tips. Other videos seem more complex than necessary, for instance, "Lipoma Excision," which shows a large lipoma that must be dissected away from the chest wall, a seemingly much more complex procedure than most primary care physicians would attempt in the office. Other procedures require more training and practice than can be achieved by simply watching a video, such as flexible sigmoidoscopy, obstetric ultrasound, cesarean section, and vaginal delivery.

Other components of the multimedia set include a DVD that can easily access all videos with a standard DVD player. A pocket handbook contains the DVD-ROM text, including "Key Steps" lists, "Instructions," "Indications/Contraindications," and "ICD-9/CPT Codes." This information can serve as a quick review. Online access to Multimedia Primary Care Procedures is available at [...] and allows the user to create an account and access the program through a standard Web browser.

The set is listed as being compatible with both Macintosh and Windows; however, the program would not launch under Mac OSX. I contacted Elsevier technical support and was told by a pleasant technician that he needed to review his copy of the DVD and would contact me by e-mail or telephone, but I had received no feedback from him after two weeks.

In conclusion, Multimedia Primary Care Procedures offers a quick and convenient method to learn or review minor office and inpatient procedures. The program design is excellent and easy to use. The scope of the video content could improve in some areas as indicated above, but overall it is an excellent resource for the primary care physician.

Michael Shelton, MD, Reviewer
Baylor College of Medicine
Kelsey-Seybold Clinics
Houston, Tex