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Problem Solving in Clinical Medicine: From Data to Diagnosis

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One of the most useful books I ever read in medical school! This is money and time well spent for a second, third, or fourth year medical student who wishes to vastly improve his clinical thinking skills! This book presents numerous clinical vignettes based on chief complaint and presentation. The vignettes include all of the most common problems you will encounter in a medicine ward (very very few zebras, although he discusses those in the differential diagnoses).

It is marvelously written and organized. You will become much more comfortable with considering differential diagnoses and pursuing workup and management of medicine inpatients.

I ended up pursuing otolaryngology, but I am definitely a better clinician for having read this book (and studied my arse off in med school). I looked like a superstar med student on my internal medicine rotation, largely because I had read this book. It should be required reading for every introductory clinical medicine course!!!

Third edition by author of proven merit in solving problems by context. Uses a think-along-with-me techinique which is annoying during rounds but very profitable in print. A must read, great review, regardless of specialty.

This book is way too dense for medical school. It's like being pimped except that you won't remember the information after you read it. Seeing a patient with any of these conditions and going through their management with an attending is much more useful. Amazon is great for returns though!