Case Files: Family Medicine

Doody’s Core Titles for 2021!

REAL-LIFE CASES SHARPEN YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS FOR YOUR CLERKSHIP AND THE SHELF EXAM

Case Files: Family Medicine presents realistic clinical scenarios to enhance and hone your clinical decision-making skills. Sixty high-yield cases illustrate essential concepts in patient care. Each case begins with a vignette accompanied by relevant open-ended questions designed to teach diagnostic or therapeutic approaches relevant to family medicine. The answers that follow emphasize mechanisms and underlying principles. This sixth edition features a new format with bulleted summaries, shorter paragraphs, and clearer headings.

• Realistic cases are accompanied by questions that encourage you to think through the differential diagnosis and treatment options
• Real-life family medicine cases with high-yield discussions aligned to clerkship guidelines
• USMLE-style review questions and clinical pearls accompany each case
• Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like an experienced doctor

About the Author

Eugene C. Toy, MD is a dual certified family physician and ob/gyn. He is the John S. Dunn Senior Academic Chair and Program Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Methodist Hospital–Houston; Clerkship Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Texas–Houston Medical School (Houston, Texas).

Donald A. Briscoe, MD is Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program sponsored by The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Bruce S. Britton, MD is Clinical Associate Professor and Family Medicine Clerkship Director at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Joel John Heidelbaugh, MD, FAAFP, FACG
Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Urology
Ypsilanti Health Center
Ypsilanti, Michigan