Mayo Clinic Images in Internal Medicine: Self-Assessment for Board Exam Review PDF

PREFACE

Mayo Clinic Images in Internal Medicine: Self-Assessment for Board Exam Review was begun in 1998 as an adjunct to a presentation for the Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review Course. Images were presented in random order with brief case scenarios. The reader was encouraged to consider the cases before turning the page to read a few learning points about each image. That first book contained 38 cases and 57 images from 6 contributors.

Year by year the work was expanded until now the current book has 173 cases with 287 images from 28 contributors. As with the first book, all images are from patients seen at Mayo Clinic, and the cases have been designed to illustrate important teaching points. American Board of Internal Medicine–type board review questions accompany the cases. The references from which the content for each case scenario was built are provided so the reader can obtain further information. Cases are presented in random order to be a more effective review tool that simulates examination (and clinical practice) conditions. However, with the increase in size, a detailed index was developed to allow the reader to find cases more efficiently. In addition, this edition introduces chain referencing, an innovative learning technique that allows the reader to move from case to case based on specialty designation. With access to the information in this book through random case review, the detailed reference index, and specialty chain referencing, Mayo Clinic Images in Internal Medicine: Self-Assessment for Board Exam Review is really three effective learning texts bound in one cover.

It is hoped that Mayo Clinic Images in Internal Medicine: Self-Assessment for Board Exam Review will be an aid for preparation for board examination certification or recertification and medical clerkship review and also a useful update for practicing clinicians.