Clinical Examination Essentials: An Introduction to Clinical Skills

by Nicholas J. Talley, Simon O’Connor

Pocket Clinical Examination, 2nd Edition is an introduction to history taking and the examination of patients, with step-by-step instructions for the junior medical student working on the ward for the first time. It aims to provide a solid foundation of essential knowledge from which students can develop their own systematic approaches. Coverage is comprehensive yet concise. Details of the mechanism of symptoms and signs, and comprehensive lists of differential diagnosis are not included by may be found in the sister text Clinical Examination, 4th edition. Pocket Clinical Examination, 2nd edition, deals first with history taking and with physical examination of the regions of the body. There is also a useful section on writing and presenting the history and physical examination. Filled with excellent line drawings, closely keyed to the text to aid comprehension make this one of the most practical and complete clinical examination guides available.

Concise approach to both the history and physical examination.
Fully revised using the best available evidence.
Provides and introduction to history taking the examination for 1st time students.
Examination of the major systems summarised.
Designed to complement Clinical Examination, 4th edition.

260 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 1998

About the author

Laureate Professor Nick Talley is currently Pro Vice-Chancellor, Global Research at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is an expert clinician, educator and researcher, with extensive experience as a leader in the medical and University sectors. He previously held an appointment as Pro Vice-Chancellor (and Dean) of the Faculty of Health and Medicine at the University of Newcastle from 2010-2015, and was seconded to be the Deputy Vice-Chancellor-Research (Acting) at the University of Newcastle from June 2013 to March 2014.

Professor Talley is a neurogastroenterologist, has published over 1000 papers in the peer-reviewed literature, and is considered one of the world’s most influential clinician-researchers (H index 130, Scopus 2018). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Journal of Australia (since 2015). He is also a leading medical educator and the author of the highly regarded textbooks Clinical Examination and Examination Medicine. In June 2014, Professor Talley was inaugurated as one of the first 15 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) and was elected to the Executive of the Academy.