Best Books or Resources for Scenarios for General Medicine/Principles of Medicine

[gabmar]

Hey, fellow PA-S!

I'm a second semester PA-S in my first general medicine course. I know all schools call it something different but it's the wonderful class of trying to learn every disease without your head exploding. I know understanding pathophysiology is key so you can understand what labs will do and how treatment will look like. 

I am looking for any casebooks or resources anyone knows of that gives you a patient scenario and asks for the most likely diagnosis based on history, presentation, s/sx, labs, etc. Books are preferred but I'll take any recommendations!

Currently in my heme/onc block. 

 

Thank you!!

[YoChL]

There are multiple youtube channels out there that are good and I've recently found this one and it looks like it is case based. 

 

 

[SERENITY NOW]

This might go into more detail and depth than you'll need in school but I do really love the book "Frameworks for internal medicine" by Andre Mansoor.  He breaks down complex topics really well into the core parts or frameworks as he calls them, and gives illustrative case examples along the way.  It is kind of hard to explain - take a look at the "look inside" / sneak preview on amazon and see if that is what you are looking for.  Here are a couple screenshots:

 

[tomjerry]

On 10/16/2022 at 7:10 AM, SERENITY NOW said:

This might go into more detail and depth than you'll need in school but I do really love the book "Frameworks for internal medicine" by Andre Mansoor.  He breaks down complex topics really well into the core parts or frameworks as he calls them, and gives illustrative case examples along the way.  It is kind of hard to explain - take a look at the "look inside" / sneak preview on amazon and see if that is what you are looking for.  Here are a couple screenshots:

 

Thanks for sharing this ressource!

Edited November 21, 2023 by tomjerry