What's New
-Fixed bug in rating functionality
App Description
Excel in your neurology clerkship and on the USMLE Step 2 CK
54 high-yield cases!
You need exposure to cases to pass the USMLE and shelf exams and that's exactly what this innovative resource offers. Written by experienced educators, Case Files: Neurology, 2e helps you think through diagnosis and management when confronting neurological clinical problems. Sixty high-yield clinical cases focus on the core competencies for the neurology clerkship. Each case includes an extended discussion, definitions of key terms, clinical pearls, and USMLE-format review questions. It's an interactive learning system that helps you learn instead of just memorize.
Featuring:
•54 neurology cases with complete discussions and review Q&A
•Clinical pearls highlight key points
•Primer on how to approach the patient
•Helps you learn in the context of real patients
•Updated to reflect the most recent clerkship guidelines and changes to the core curriculum
This free application includes 1 sample case study from the 60 that are available through an in-app purchase of $29.99 of Case Files Neurology, Second Edition. The 60 high-yield cases in Neurology will help you excel on the clerkship and improve your shelf-exam score.
Each case has been designed for the iPad and iPhone/iPod with interactive features. With this system, you will learn in the medical context of real patients, rather than merely memorizing facts.
•60 clinical cases, each with USMLE-style questions
•Clinical pearls that highlight key concepts
•Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like a doctor
•Proven learning system that improves shelf-exam scores
iPhone, iPod, and iPad App Features:
•Highlight key concepts while studying
•Study/Exam/Bookmark modes are available for USMLE-style review questions.
•In the Study mode, check the answers as you tackle the questions.
•In the Exam mode, time yourself and review the answers after the time is up.
•In the Bookmark mode, review only the questions you have flagged for further study.
•File away correctly answered questions after each practice quiz.
•Choose the number of questions in each practice quiz: 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, or all.
•Opt to include questions from previous quizzes.
•Learn further from interactive questions at the end of each case, with explanations.
•Sort cases by name or by case number.
•Take down notes using the Notes section for each case.
•Study in horizontal or vertical mode on the iPhone and the iPad.
•Store quiz scores to track your progress.
App Contents:
Section I: How to Approach Clinical Problems
•Part 1. Approach to the Patient
•Part 2. Approach to Clinical Problem Solving
•Part 3: Approach to Reading
Section III: Clinical Cases: 60 Case Scenarios
•Listing by Case Number
•Listing by Disorder
Each case includes the following sections:
Case Description
•Answers to
•Approach to
•Clinical Pearls
•Case Questions and Answers
•References
About the Authors
Eugene C. Toy, MD
Professor and Residency Program Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Methodist Hospital-Houston
The University of Texas--Houston School of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Ericka P. Simpson, MD
Co-Director, MDA Neuromuscular Clinic
Department of Neurology
The Methodist Hospital-Houston Neurological Institute
The University of Texas--Houston School of Medicine
Houston, Texas
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App Changes
- June 10, 2014 Initial release
- November 12, 2014 New version 1.1
- January 06, 2015 New version 1.2
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