Eureka - an innovative series for students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. With its engaging and authoritative text, featuring insightful clinical cases, graphic narratives, SBAs and a wealth of other learning tools, Eureka has everything students need to succeed in medicine and pass their exams.
Eureka - content that reflects today's medical degree courses with their emphasis on:
relevance and application of core science to clinical practice
skills required to examine and communicate with patients
integrated care across primary and acute care settings
Eureka - 15 clinical titles, 5 science titles:
Clinical titles - disease-based, clinical cases, system-specific core science
Science titles - bedrock biomedical principles, clinical cases
Series features across titles:
Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context
Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient
Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun
Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points
General Surgery & Urology
First principles chapter clearly explains key concepts such as assessment of the patient fitness for surgery, patient consent and pain management
Clinical essentials chapter provides an overview of the symptoms and signs of surgical disease, investigations and management options
Disease-based chapters briefly describe, by system, relevant structure and function, history and examination and main surgical presentations, each chapter introduced by engaging clinical cases that feature unique graphic narratives
Emergencies chapter covers the principles of immediate care in situations such as acute appendicitis
Self-Assessment - 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format
