Customer Reviews
Step by step guide to clinical med - By: LC6, 31 Jan 2008 
This book is a must have for all medical students entering their clinical years. Read it early! I only discovered the gems contained within this book when my OSCE's were approaching as it had been collecting dust on the shelf & I was kicking myself that I hadn't read it earlier. Plenty of pictures & illustrations to clarify the procedures.
Stuck for christmas presents?!! = ) - By: , 11 Nov 2005 Macleod's 11th edition is an exceptionally helpful learning tool for using both throughout the year for reference & more importantly when the OSCE time starts to draw closer! Admittedly, I often struggle to keep up with all the coursework & it is so easy to feel like your 6 foot under! However, I find this type of study aid a blessing!
Macleod's is extremely well organised, clear & concise which makes it very easy to refer to the exact area you want to consolidate. Each chapter introduces the particular system followed by how to take a through history & examination. The examination sequence has been constructedin a stepwise form with displaying colourful sketches of the correct technique to adapt. There is also boxed information which covers key points for differential diagnosis & what signs you should expect to find. The pictures are particularly useful when trying to learn about rare clinical conditions that you are very unlikely to be presented with on your ward teaching sessions as a medical student!
This book is especially great at helping medical students to become competentin clinical examination & history taking because it comprehensive explanations enable you to grasp a basic understanding.
Stuck for christmas presents?!! = ) - By: , 11 Nov 2005 Macleod's 11th edition is an exceptionally helpful learning tool for using both throughout the year for reference & more importantly when the OSCE time starts to draw closer! Admittedly, I often struggle to keep up with all the coursework & it is so easy to feel like your 6 foot under! However, I find this type of study aid a blessing!
Macleod's is extremely well organised, clear & concise which makes it very easy to refer to the exact area you want to consolidate. Each chapter introduces the particular system followed by how to take a through history & examination. The examination sequence has been constructedin a stepwise form with displaying colourful sketches of the correct technique to adapt. There is also boxed information which covers key points for differential diagnosis & what signs you should expect to find. The pictures are particularly useful when trying to learn about rare clinical conditions that you are very unlikely to be presented with on your ward teaching sessions as a medical student!
This book is especially great at helping medical students to become competentin clinical examination & history taking because it comprehensive explanations enable you to grasp a basic understanding.
Stuck for christmas presents?!! = ) - By: , 11 Nov 2005 Macleod's 11th edition is an exceptionally helpful learning tool for using both throughout the year for reference & more importantly when the OSCE time starts to draw closer! Admittedly, I often struggle to keep up with all the coursework & it is so easy to feel like your 6 foot under! However, I find this type of study aid a blessing!
Macleod's is extremely well organised, clear & concise which makes it very easy to refer to the exact area you want to consolidate. Each chapter introduces the particular system followed by how to take a through history & examination. The examination sequence has been constructedin a stepwise form with displaying colourful sketches of the correct technique to adapt. There is also boxed information which covers key points for differential diagnosis & what signs you should expect to find. The pictures are particularly useful when trying to learn about rare clinical conditions that you are very unlikely to be presented with on your ward teaching sessions as a medical student!
This book is especially great at helping medical students to become competentin clinical examination & history taking because it comprehensive explanations enable you to grasp a basic understanding.
beautifully presented, detailed but not laborious - By: bigflat, 07 Nov 2005 
I used this title for many years & have recently acquired the latest edition.
I find it useful for developing a sound basein examining patients through its cocktail of physiologica, anatomical & practical information. Its very well presented & mostly comprehensive. The new edition is actually much better; with new chapters on examining ears & children, essential stuff nowadays.
The examination routines are not particlarly practicalin the way they are presented & necessitate either a good teacher or another small more focused book.
The authors have also tried to make it more OSCE & MRCP freindly by including various abbreviated examination routines for partuclar instructions.
Having sat finals, & now approaching the MRCP i have to say its not a useful book for learning short cases or long cases. Its useful as a foundation but you need other books for cases. I still consult it when i forget exactly how the JVP is measured etc.
