Medicine at a Glance (At a Glance)

"This book is a great concise reference book- you can dip in and out of it very easily, and each topic is very clearly indicated so you don't get lost in the tool print or run into finding a topic, only not to be able to decipher it because it relies on a preamble 20 pages long... None of that here. 2 pages per topic and you're done...
It covers both conditions as well as treatments- something not covered as well elsewhere, or perhaps as independently.
The AaG series you either love or hate- I am not that keen, but I must admit that I think this book is useful and contains a surprising level of detail. That said, you aren't going to approach this book looking to answer the niggling little questions that you face on the wards- as this is concise!"
~ Written on 2008-06-09

"The benefits are:
- an entire topic is summarised into a 2 page spread (therefore easier to memorise)
- only the important facts are presented
- the diagrams are excellent, real pictures are included when appropriate
- the language of the text is, simple and straight to the point
- the price is extrememly reasonable given the size of the book (420 pages)


Dont expect detailed information from this book e.g. there are no doses for any of the medications (check out the BNF for this)."
~ Written on 2008-05-13

"This is a good book to start off your revision for medical finals and I would definitely recommend it, especially the orange sections - however I would say that it does get a bit tedious in places (especially the investigations & management sections which are sometimes a bit sparse and not ordered logically) - so use it with the Oxford Handbook or online sources (gpnotebook, bmj etc which are both absolutely amazing revision resources once you get a hang of them).

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~ Written on 2008-05-10

"Im a medical student like everybody else who buys this book. Sure there is the ever popular Kumar and Clark but it just goes on and on, you read through three pages of text to get one or two points.
This is more "wham bam!" approach ; definition, causes, treatment etc.
It does assume you remember your guytons (physiology) and pathophysiology to a certain extent.

I'd recommend working in this order; guytons physiology,then this book, and add another book if you have time for reference and just additional knowledge.

It covers most things, just not all. However its the fact that the book is thin, easy to read and STUDENT friendly, unlike other books which are more for DOCTORS"
~ Written on 2008-04-13

"Medicine at a Glance is one of the best, most abundantly and colourfully illustrated books of clinical medicine you are likely to encounter. All the essentials of clinical medicine (as well as some aspects of surgery) are included in just over 400 pages providing a simple and clear way in which to learn from. It covers topics in 2 ways; a disease-based as well as a symptoms-based approach. As a large amount of space is taken up in a diagrammatic form, the book is intended to help the student understand and remember medicine rather than learn it in great depth and detail. It is no doubt, an extremely useful revision."
~ Written on 2008-03-24