Eureka: General Surgery & Urology

<p>Eureka – an innovative series for students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. With its engaging and authoritative text, featuring insightful clinical cases, graphic narratives, SBAs and a wealth of other learning tools, Eureka has everything students need to succeed in medicine and pass their exams.</p> <p> </p> <p>Eureka – content that reflects today’s medical degree courses with their emphasis on:</p> <ul> <li>relevance and application of core science to clinical practice</li> <li>skills required to examine and communicate with patients</li> <li>integrated care across primary and acute care settings</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Eureka – 15 clinical titles, 5 science titles:</p> <ul> <li>Clinical titles – disease-based, clinical cases, system-specific core science</li> <li>Science titles – bedrock biomedical principles, clinical cases</li> </ul> <p><br> Series features across titles:</p> <ul> <li>Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context</li> <li>Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient</li> <li>Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun </li> <li>Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>General Surgery & Urology<br> <br> </p> <ul> <li>First principles chapter clearly explains key concepts such as assessment of the patient fitness for surgery, patient consent and pain management</li> <li>Clinical essentials chapter provides an overview of the symptoms and signs of surgical disease, investigations and management options</li> <li>Disease-based chapters briefly describe, by system, relevant structure and function, history and examination and main surgical presentations, each chapter introduced by engaging clinical cases that feature unique graphic narratives</li> <li>Emergencies chapter covers the principles of immediate care in situations such as acute appendicitis</li> <li>Self-Assessment – 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p>