anyone heard of oxford handbook?

[optiplex]

hi everyone:

anyone heard of the oxford handbook for clinical medicine? one of my friend recommended to me, but I am not sure cause the clinical values are in the British system. any suggestions?

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[Winged Scapula]

The entire Oxford Series is well written but as you note because its British, some of the terms, practices and units will be unfamiliar to you.

There are many good books but if you're willing to put in the little extra effort to look up terms and units you might not know and you like the way the Oxford reads, then its a good book to have...but I'm not sure its significantly any better than any other medicine handbook and it may have different practices for the treatment of some conditions.

 

[ericdamiansean]

Yup, the series are good, I would say more than 90% of UK and Asian students use it. It's small and handy, contains heaps including drug dosages, emergency treatment etc, and its portable.

Only downside for a US student would be the values, some protocols might be different and the choice of drugs, for example abx

 

[Purifyer]

Im pretty sure there are oxford handbooks called 'american edition' or something similar, because they have american units in them. I remember this because I cringed at the time 😉

 

[ericdamiansean]

Im pretty sure there are oxford handbooks called 'american edition' or something similar, because they have american units in them. I remember this because I cringed at the time 😉

Then it'll be great

 

[Winged Scapula]

Im pretty sure there are oxford handbooks called 'american edition' or something similar, because they have american units in them. I remember this because I cringed at the time 😉

Oxford for Dummies!

 

[PaddyofNine]

Oxford for Dummies!

Hah, yeah, and instead of a "History and Physical" they'll have a bit on how to fill out a CT request form! 😀

 

[Ezekiel20]

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (OHCM), now in its 7th edition, is the world's best selling pocket medical handbook.

I'd say at least 80% (if not more) of my classmates have the OHCM (I live and study in Sydney, Australia).

I for one, use it on a daily basis - in fact, now that I am third year, I've set the goal of reading it cover to cover multiple times and memorising the gist of it.

To the OP - yes some of the units will be different, the drug names will be different, so something like Harrison's manual might suit your needs better. But OHCM is otherwise a near-perfect text for any 3rd/4th year med students.

 

[ericdamiansean]

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (OHCM), now in its 7th edition, is the world's best selling pocket medical handbook.

I'd say at least 80% (if not more) of my classmates have the OHCM (I live and study in Sydney, Australia).

I for one, use it on a daily basis - in fact, now that I am third year, I've set the goal of reading it cover to cover multiple times and memorising the gist of it.

To the OP - yes some of the units will be different, the drug names will be different, so something like Harrison's manual might suit your needs better. But OHCM is otherwise a near-perfect text for any 3rd/4th year med students.

I would say that it is OK, wouldn't call it near perfect text especially for a handbook, but students tend to over rely on it due to its ease in reading and leave out other books. And because other students use it, it tends to get passed down from batch to batch as the "choice" handbook, but I tend to use Harrison's handbook