Learning to Consult

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Rodger Charlton
Radcliffe Publishing, 2007 - 282 páginas
Information is vital for healthcare professionals striving to keep their practice current and based on the best available evidence. The Internet is playing an increasingly crucial role in life long learning of health professionals and is becoming the most practical way to access publications on clinical guidelines systematic reviews and for updating users about the key aspects of health policy. This book covers the diversity and variable value of material available on the Internet and takes a fresh approach to coping with information overload. It illustrates how simple techniques such as making and using smart maps concept maps and mind maps can help clinicians keep up-to-date and how these methods can be applied to particular areas of healthcare. It provides numerous case studies in key areas including mental health child health primary care and care of the elderly. Mapping Health on the Internet is essential reading for all healthcare professionals and will assist in their learning and continuing professional development.

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History taking
10
The importance of the doctorpatient relationship
30
Physical examination
43
Problem solving and the diagnostic process
56
Patient management
77
Opportunisticpreventive care and health promotion
95
Writing a prescription
124
Bioethics and values in medicine
164
Consultation models
178
Aids to learning
216
CPD lifelong learning and preparing for examinations
243
Prescribing for common conditions
256
Index
274
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