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Clerkship advantage can be yours. Each title in this new series packs all the information for a core clerkship rotation into just 350 pocket-sized pages. An outline format with hundreds of review questions, full-color illustrations, sidebars, and appendices helps you find the information you need to know to survive the rotation, excel on the shelf exam, and succeed on the USMLE Step 2 exam.

• Bonus CD-ROM with more than 300 shelf exam-style questions and answers.
• State-of-the-art Mentor Tips that convey key information and put details into perspective through the eyes of experienced physicians.
• Mentoring style to help you understand the PCP’s role on the “front line” of diagnosis and treatment and what that means for smart DDx • judicious use of lab tests • imaging • antibiotics • and referral to the appropriate specialist.

1. Office Management and the Principles of Diagnosis and Management of Ambulatory Patients

2. Communicating with Patients

3. Clinical Epidemiology and Principles of Quantitative

4. Prevention and Screening

5. Preoperative Evaluation

II. Diagnosis and Management of Common Outpatient Symptoms

6. Headache

7. Common Sleep Disorders

8. Dizziness

9. Chest Pain

10. Sinusitis, Bronchitis, and Pharyngitis

11. Abdominal Pain

12. Diarrhea

13. Musculoskeletal Pain

14. Dermatology in Primary Care

15. Fatigue

16. Erectile Dysfunction

17. Anxiety and Depression

18. Somatization

III. Diagnosis and Management of Common Chronic Illnesses

19. Congestive Heart Failure

20. Hypertension

21. Asthma

22. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

23. Diabetes

24. Hyperlipidemia

25. Obesity

26. Well Child Visit

27. Fever in Children

28. Otitis Media in Children

29. Geriatric Conditions

V. Women’s Health

30. Benign Breast Disease

31. Preconception Care

32. Hormone Replacement Therapy

33. Menstrual Disorders

34. Female Genital Symptoms

35. Pap Smear and Cervical Cancer Screening

36. Osteoporosis

37. Intimate Partner Violence

Appendices

A. Answers to Self-Test Questions

B. Abbreviations Used in this Book