Past Test : History Taking in Medicine and Surgery 3rd Edition

• This new edition has been updated with more case studies. It provides essential

revision and an informative guide when preparing to take a patient’s history.

History Taking in Medicine and Surgery 3e can be used as an adjunct on the wards

prior to; during and after seeing patients, providing an essential prompt and ensures

all key questions are covered.

History taking is a key principle taught at medical school; to maximize your clinical

skills this new edition includes the following sections:

Symptoms-based approach: each chapter starts with a presenting complaint from a

patient allowing the reader to practise history taking in real-life scenarios.

Differential diagnosis/investigations: at the end of each case study there are sections

covering differential diagnosis and investigations for each presenting complaint.

Case scenarios: fourteen case scenarios give realistic practise of history taking prior

to examinations and communicating with patients on the wards.

Asking difficult questions: this chapter brings together questions scattered

throughout the book that students find most difficult. The cases demonstrate to

the reader how to prepare and structure questions for the patient