The Saint-Frances Guide to Outpatient Medicine (Saint-Frances Guide Series) (Paperback)

by Craig Frances (Author), Stephen Bent (Author), Sanjay Saint (Author)

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Product Description
Univ. of California, San Francisco. Practical pocket reference of essential information includes approaches to the patient, difficult medical concepts through mnemonics and algorithms, and data evaluation and interpretation. For residents and students preparing for boards. Outline format. Trim size: 8 x 5 inches. Softcover. DNLM: Ambulatory Care Outlines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 752 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third Edition edition (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781726123
• ISBN-13: 978-0781726122
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #320,203 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This item is part of The Saint-Frances Guide (  ) Series.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Son the Medical Student, February 19, 2000

By	R. Wohl (Gainesville, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm an ARNP who recently graduated and I am now doing Outpatient Care in an office after 28 years as a nurse mostly in the Emergency Room. My son is a medical student in his third year and is less then half my age. He and I swap office tales like two newbies usually do, trying to out surprise the other. He is better at it then I am, because he sees so much more variety at his tertiary care facility then I do in a neighborhood clinic. Now he calls me up to advise me to get this book, because it has made such a difference in how he is meeting the challenge of seeing patients and organizing their care in an effective manner. He says that his residents and attending physicians are frequently surprised that he has "remembered" to ask pertinent questions, or order specific tests for that particular complaint. He says he owes it all to this book. He says he reads the short discourse the book offers for the complaint he is about to see just before he goes in to actually see the patient. The way the text is set up, it is a masterpiece of efficiency and offers useful mnemonics to remember effective approaches to these problems in the future. In the course of his short tenure he has tried several other "external brains" to be carried in his lab coat pocket, but he feels this is definatly the most useful he has experienced. He also mentioned that he has shown this book and it's systematic approach to other medical students. They have gotten the book, only to stop him in the hall to express how grateful they were to have been advised by him to get this manual. This is not typical behavior for medical students, who are frequently so competitive that a thank you is viewed as a loss of points. So on my son's recommendation I am ordering the book right now!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Saint Francis Guide is great for residents, October 19, 2000

By	Renee Zarintash (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

I was pleasantly surprised by the Saint Francis Guide to Outpatient Medicine! The content was thorough enough for my clinic, and went beyond the basics of outpatient care. What I loved most about the book was the last section of each chapter which gave recommendations for follow up care, which, as a resident is probably the hardest thing for me to decide when seeing patients in my clinic. I have already shown this book to my fellow residents and even attendings as a book everyone should own. Thank you so much for this great reference!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding outpatient reference book., March 11, 2000

By	P Baker (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews

As an ARNP, I am always searching for the perfect pocket guide to help me in my clinical practice. My office bookshelf is full of many different medical recourses covering topics from MSK injuries to Women's health. This spring, a friend gave me a copy of the Saint-Frances Guide and I can honestly say it is the best pocket guide I have found. Each section clearly guides me through an introduction to a problem, the approach to the patient, the differential, the most relevant test, and finally the most appropriate treatment.

One part of the Guide I like the most is the use of algorithms and mnemonics. Many times during a busy day I don't have time to read an entire chapter. This is when I use the mnemonic. It quickly tells me the most common causes of problem, which then guides to an exam or a test I know will need to be ordered. My only wish is that this guide would have been around when I was in graduate school. It certainly would have made my clinical rotations easier and less stressful.