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.

Eureka - content that reflects today's medical degree courses with their emphasis on:

• relevance and application of core science to clinical practice
• skills required to examine and communicate with patients
• integrated care across primary and acute care settings

Eureka - 15 clinical titles, 5 science titles:

• Clinical titles - disease-based, clinical cases, system-specific core science
• Science titles - bedrock biomedical principles, clinical cases

Series features across titles:

• Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context
• Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient
• Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun
• Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points

General Surgery & Urology

• First principles chapter clearly explains key concepts such as assessment of the patient fitness for surgery, patient consent and pain management
• Clinical essentials chapter provides an overview of the symptoms and signs of surgical disease, investigations and management options
• 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
• Emergencies chapter covers the principles of immediate care in situations such as acute appendicitis
• Self-Assessment - 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format

About the Author

Stephen Parker

Warwick Medical School, UK

Reviews
5 Star Reviews:

"Eureka have done it again to produce a beautifully clear book which explains general concepts before taking into in-depth clinical scenarios, complete with the sort of SBAs you'd expect from exams." Amazon reviewer
"One of the best surgical books that I have read. I used this during my 6 week colorectal placement/general surgery. This book was my go-to! " Amazon reviewer
"All in all a fantastic textbook that definitely helped me out while on placement and studying for my progress tests!" Amazon reviewer



Book Information
ISBN 9781909836044
Author Stephen Parker
Format Paperback
Page Count 275
Imprint JP Medical Ltd
Publisher JP Medical Ltd