The Athletic Trainer's Guide to Differential Diagnosis: A Visual Learning Approach

ISBN-13: 9781617110535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 432 str.

Andrew P. Winterstein; Sharon V. Clark

Opis

As educators, we strive to teach students to think critically and to commit to a diagnosis, the ability to make that commitment is one of the most difficult steps for clinicians in training. With many possible injuries and conditions, and an equally large number of diagnostic elements, a clear and logical method is needed.

The Athletic Trainer's Guide to Differential Diagnosis: A Visual Learning Approach provides an approach that helps the reader sort through the possibilities and think about the clinical evaluation within a clinical thinking framework using a visual mapping approach.

The Athletic Trainer's Guide to Differential Diagnosis is not designed to be a "how-to" evaluation text. Rather, it is designed to create a framework that allows the reader to think differently about differential diagnoses, access existing knowledge in anatomy and clinical evaluation, and assess information for the purpose of making higher-order clinical decisions.

Dr. Andrew P. Winterstein and Sharon V. Clark have organized The Athletic Trainer's Guide to Differential Diagnosis by body part, as well as by location in the body. The reader will be able to examine the possible diagnoses by location and approach the evaluation in a more focused and organized fashion. This method of evaluation also allows the reader the opportunity to apply evidence-based principles to the clinical evaluation process.

The Athletic Trainer's Guide to Differential Diagnosis takes a visual learning approach with an emphasis on diagrams, tables, and boxes to illustrate the visual evaluation framework. In addition, each chapter offers a clinical case to provide a springboard for approaching the differential diagnosis process.

The Athletic Trainer's Guide to Differential Diagnosis: A Visual Learning Approach will enhance the athletic training student and clinician's critical thinking skills, as well as be an excellent resource for self-assessment and preparation for certification.

Spis treści

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Foreword by Thomas Best, MD, PhD
 
Chapter 1       How to Use This Guide/The Learning Diagram Approach
 
Chapter 2       The Foot
 
Chapter 3       The Ankle and Lower Leg
 
Chapter 4       The Knee and Patellofemoral Joint
 
Chapter 5       The Hip
 
Chapter 6       The Spine
 
Chapter 7       The Shoulder
 
Chapter 8       The Elbow
 
Chapter 9       The Wrist and Hand
 
Chapter 10     The Head and Face
 
Chapter 11     The Abdomen and Thorax
 
Chapter 12     Learning Activities: Paper Patients and Case Studies
 
Appendix A    Differential Diagnosis Templates
Appendix B... Clinical Findings Templates
Appendix C    Bibliography
 
Index