Great graduate course introduction to MedSoc theory
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Great graduate course introduction to MedSoc theory. Introduces main ideas but further reading is required to fully understand concepts in this text.
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Medical Insights is an incredible tool as the transition from student to healthcare provider is addressed.  To date, the rite of passage is facilitated by common sense, knowledge base, fear and resourcefulness.  Dr. Diamond has crafted this book to serve as any student's affirmation of the ability to incorporate material learned in didactic form and apply it to a real patient's presentation. The subject matter is assembled in a brilliant format that guides a student to transition problem solving skills from test preparation to putting the material together in a logical and integrated manner that will save a patient's life. Any student or clinician would benefit from this book
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Student? medicine? yes ? This a great book for your class and your bookshelf.
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I'm currently enrolled in a biostatistics class in a graduate program and have found this book to be a great addition to the textbook. It explains things clearly and provides great examples. The writer is funny and keeps the material lively. Very good review for someone who hasn't taken stats in a long time and is jumping back to school as well.
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This book does a great job of presenting the core material of medical physiology along with some subtle nuances that most students do not have time to learn.  I would recomend this book to any medical students that want to master physiological medicine without wasting time or missing the relevance of the material to clinical practice.
Excelent, as quick as a review book, but as detailed as a textbook.
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This is a find. Ordered in frustration about having to relearn immunology (it changes really quickly, and you don't use it much as a clinician), this is one of those gems that enough people don't know about and brings a really intensely interesting field into the reach of anyone who knows college biology (I mean the basic courses, not the 300 and 400 level advanced stuff). The format is 10 lectures, each on different pieces of the immune system, but written in a very conversational, immensely accessible manner. This book should be given to all medical students as reading BEFORE reading Janeway or Abbas or Roitt (those are the major giant, comprehensive immuno textbooks), as it will let them approach those more daunting tomes with a sense of having their feet on the ground. Also a must for scientists wanting to learn about the immune system. Highly recommended.
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Explains the concepts clearly with ample illustrations. One of the best textbooks for a grad level Biostatistics course.
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I would recommend this book to anyone. I recently started graduate school and we had to study this beforehand. I found that it is very well organized and easy to navigate. I especially appreciated the cases and exercises/quizzes at the end of each chapter and thought they really helped me learn and solidify the information I had read in the chapter. It included real world examples, which I also found helpful, and has appendices that are easy to maneuver and are very helpful. This book gave me a strong base of medical knowledge that I have fallen back on many times in my classes. Great book!
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This is an excellent text for both students and practitioner's alike.  Each chapter provides thorough depictions of DSM 5 disorders and provides the reader with helpful information regarding clinical presentations they may encounter.  In addition, each chapter's case conceptualizations help the reader to integrate diagnostic criteria, current research, and relevant treatment approaches into realistic case scenarios.  Overall, a highly comprehensive and user-friendly contribution to the mental health field!
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This book provides a nice introduction to abnormal child psychology. I especially like the way it integrates research with examples of real-world practice. The introductory chapters focus mostly on the principles of developmental psychopathology, ethics in research and practice with children, assessment, and diagnosis. Later chapters focus on specific disorders. Each chapter presents several "case studies" and shows how clinicians might use empirically supported treatments to help children with that specific disorder. Some of the things I liked about this book was that it has specific sections on adolescent substance use problems and pediatric bipolar disorder. I also liked the fact that it gives detailed descriptions of both psychosocial and pharmaceutical treatments and summaries of the research studies that support each treatment's use. Nothing is dumbed-down, but neither is it too difficult to understand. One weakness is a lack of emphasis on pediatric psychology. Still, a good book for undergraduates or beginning graduate students.
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Salvador Minuchin, MD is one of the pioneers of family therapy and systems thinking. I use this book as an adjunct to journal articles and text's on family therapy. This book is the story of Dr. Minuchin's life and includes several cases which reflect his systemic thinking. The book is easy to read, inexpensive and something that busy graduate students in mental health fields or psychiatric residents may actually read! In this day of "evidence-based medicine", it is refreshing to review a master clinican who knows the "evidence" but also the "art".
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I am in a graduate program that deals with bioimaging and relevant statistical procedures. As an undergrad, I got straight easy "A's" in a high level stat class (for sociology, using SPSS). However, this new course presented formulas and symbols that I thought I already knew, and and I lost sight of the fundamental and simple principles underlying all stats

This got me back on track and grounded in the basics in a day or two. *To note again: this book's scope is not going to teach intricate formulas, etc.

Thank you!
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As a non-mathematical graduate student who still needs an appreciation of game-theory I found this book to be highly enlightening. The concepts and framework of the field is explained verbally, which is preferable for those that require an appreciation for, rather than a complete understanding of, game theory. A number of applications for game theory are also discussed that serve to demonstrate the broad applicability of the field.

Overall, I would suggest that this book is a suitable alternative for an
introductory course in game theory. I therefore recommend it to those who need to use or appreciate game theory without needing to have a thorough grasp of the mathematics. Alternatively, it would also make a good introductory text for those just starting out. However, while this book may be preferable to those who are not game-theorists by trade or those who are just beginning their study, it may be too broad and unsuitable for those who require a deeper understanding.
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This book offers clear and foundational guidance for developing the skills to utilize motivational interviewing across disciplines and settings. Reading this book at this time in my training (clinical psych PhD candidate) was incredibly useful, as I was able to reflect on my own clinical experiences thus far, noting areas for growth so as to more closely adhere to the spirit of MI. At the same time, I believe this reading would certainly have value for both newer trainees as they learn the basics of clinical encounters and more advanced professionals, who wish to refresh their approach. I will undoubtedly be referring back to this book to support my clinical work during graduate school and beyond.
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I took this course at the end of medoc school, and actually found it to be more helpful than my medic book. It's obviously geared more towards a critical care background, but the differential diagnosis practice was great for our class. There seems to be very little filler as opposed to other books I've seen.
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<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Pharmacology-Recall-Recall-Wolters-Kluwer/dp/0781787300/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Pharmacology Recall (Recall (Wolters Kluwer))</a>&nbsp;This small book is worth far more than it's price. It's well-written and can get your up to speed in pharmacology review very quickly. The Power Review in the back of the book is well worth the price of the book alone but coupled with the material in the chapters, it's a "must-have" for USMLE review. The chapters are written the the Recall series question-format which means that you can cover the answers for self-study and mastery. The material is organized in pharmaceutical class format with any exceptions to class behavior fully explained. The only drawback of this book would be the lack of trade names but coupled with on line lookup, you can easily fill in the trade names. I used a previous edition of this book when I was a medical student and found that I wanted the latest edition for my home medical library. This is an excellent resource to read and re-read on a regular basis which can be easily accomplished in a couple of settings.
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If you liked&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/An-Introduction-to-General-Systems-Thinking-Silver-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0932633498/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)</a>&nbsp;book then you really need this comprehensive introduction which is more formal. Don't be overwhelmed by the number of pages, you only need to read part 1, the first 218 pages as the rest is a collection of articles you can read selectively later on. For me one of the great features was the coverage of systems literature including some mathematical treatment books (including category theory in addition to famous Rosen's books such as Anticipatory Systems). I also liked the discussion of critics of general systems theory that points to the fact that it should be called general systems-theory not general-systems theory. Highly recommended.