Rowland Medical Library Spotlights: Symptom to Diagnosis
Rowland Medical Library Spotlights: Symptom to Diagnosis
by Sarah Adcock, EdD, MLIS
Diagnostic reasoning can be challenging for early medical learners. Symptom to Diagnosis is a trusted Lange resource that helps trainees think about differential diagnosis using evidence-based frameworks. Starting with a common chief complaint such as abdominal pain, headache, or rash— learners navigate through a reliable structure to get to a thoughtful differential diagnosis.
Using an engaging step-by-step process, Symptom to Diagnosis:
- provides a logical approach to determining the cause of common symptoms
- includes symptoms and diseases that mirror the CDIM (Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine) curriculum competencies
- incorporates evidence and data that support patient history features, exam findings and test results
- features ‘test of choice’ suggestions to help early learners identify a starting point
- provides the opportunity to work through realistic cases along with a review of pertinent diseases
Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide is a valuable resource for medical students preparing for clerkship and is available via McGraw-Hill’s AccessMedicine. In addition to symptom-based chapters, there is an engaging podcast for each symptom the, S2D: The Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast.
Rowland Medical Library Spotlights: Symptom to Diagnosis
by Sarah Adcock, EdD, MLIS
Diagnostic reasoning can be challenging for early medical learners. Symptom to Diagnosis is a trusted Lange resource that helps trainees think about differential diagnosis using evidence-based frameworks. Starting with a common chief complaint such as abdominal pain, headache, or rash— learners navigate through a reliable structure to get to a thoughtful differential diagnosis.
Using an engaging step-by-step process, Symptom to Diagnosis:
- provides a logical approach to determining the cause of common symptoms
- includes symptoms and diseases that mirror the CDIM (Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine) curriculum competencies
- incorporates evidence and data that support patient history features, exam findings and test results
- features ‘test of choice’ suggestions to help early learners identify a starting point
- provides the opportunity to work through realistic cases along with a review of pertinent diseases
Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide is a valuable resource for medical students preparing for clerkship and is available via McGraw-Hill’s AccessMedicine. In addition to symptom-based chapters, there is an engaging podcast for each symptom the, S2D: The Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast.