A Textbook of General Practice 3E

Summary:
An essential guide to general practice and being a general practitioner, A Textbook of General Practice is written specifically with the medical student and foundation doctor in mind, reflecting current teaching practice. Readers are encouraged to learn through doing, with practical exercises throughout the book. Student and tutor quotes offer insights into personal experience, while thinking and discussion points encourage reflection.
With content entirely updated to reflect the latest recommendations from Tomorrow's Doctors, the third edition of A Textbook of General Practice is the number one choice for undergraduates seeking a narrative introduction to this important discipline.

• Comprehensive - everything the undergraduate student or foundation doctor needs for a general practice module or rotation
• Widely applicable - skills and knowledge honed in reading this textbook can usefully be applied to all areas of clinical practice
• Relevant - encourages and supports experiential learning and reflective practice, now acknowledged as a highly effective method of learning
• Easy to read with numerous text features - learning objectives, student and tutor quotes, practical exercises and thinking and discussion points
• New for this edition - improved organisation, 'red flag' pointers to serious illness, SBA-style self assessment questions

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 Learning in general practice: why and how?
Chapter 2 General practice and its place in primary healthcare
Chapter 3 The general practice consultation
Chapter 4 General practice skills
Chapter 5 Diagnosis and acute management in general practice
Chapter 6 Prescribing in general practice
Chapter 7 Common illnesses in general practice
Chapter 8 Psychological issues in general practice
Chapter 9 Chronic illness and its management in general practice
Chapter 10 Treating people at home
Chapter 11 Health promotion in general practice
Chapter 12 Healthcare ethics and law
Chapter 13 Quality assurance in general practice
Chapter 14 The management of general practice
Chapter 15 Preparing to practise
Chapter 16 Being a general practitioner

About the Author(s):
Edited by Dr Anne Stephenson MBChB, MRCGP, Dip. Obst., PhD (Medicine), FHEA
Senior Lecturer in General Practice & Director of Community Education, Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College London School of Medicine, King's College London, London, UK

Readership:
Undergraduate medical students