Blueprints Family Medicine

Blueprints Family Medicine provides a complete, yet succinct review of the key concepts and topics that students need to know for a four- to six-week family medicine clerkship. With its concise, well-organized format, it serves as an ideal rapid reference for day-to-day patient care as well as subject examinations and board review. Blueprints Family Medicine provides a complete, yet succinct review of the key concepts and topics that students need to know for a four- to six-week family medicine clerkship. With its concise, well-organized format, it serves as an ideal rapid reference for day-to-day patient care as well as subject examinations and board review. Updates throughout reflect the most current treatment and management strategies. A new section covers the 25 drugs most commonly prescribed in the primary care setting. Case vignettes demonstrate clinical applications. 100 USMLE-style review questions, with full explanations, facilitate exam preparation. Key Points at the end of each chapter summarize important information. Clinical boxes highlight clinical manifestations, differential diagnoses, and treatment options. A helpful appendix provides easy access to evidence-based resources.

The Second Edition of Blueprints Family Medicine covers the essentials of family medicine that students need to know during their rotation and while preparing for the USMLE. The thoroughly updated and extensively reorganized Second Edition features coverage of the most common conditions encountered on the wards. Features include: New chapters covering elements of family medicine, communication and coordination of care, and maternity care, among others Expanded sections on women's health, care of infants, children and adolescents, and geriatrics 50 board-format Q&As with answer explanations Now includes evidence-based resources Totally revised, thoroughly updated, and trusted by students, the Blueprints series keeps getting better.