Twenty-five years of Kochar! Following the 4th edition of Kochar's Concise Textbook of Medicine, faculty and students around the country can now welcome its new incarnation, Kochar's Clinical Medicine for Students, reconceived in its overall structure and rewritten in every detail. The new Kochar helps students meet the core tenet of professionalism in internal medicine fulfilling a duty of expertise for each and every patient but also moves with its students into the 21st century. The principles and the insistence on rigor in the clinical essentials are the same, but these days, we all learn in new ways, and we access information differently. The new Kochar is true to the basics, while adapting itself to the needs of a new generation.
From the beginning, Dr. Kochar conceived a book that could be read by students during their 3rd year clerkship. Throughout its earlier editions, Kochar has prided itself on providing exactly the information that students and residents needed to take care of their patients, in a way that they could quickly access and effectively apply. In a word, it was concise. The new edition does this today, and to the same high standards as the previous four editions, as would be expected of a text in use in medical schools throughout the country.
Under the general editorship of Dr. Dario Torre, it is almost entirely rewritten, brought up-to-date in every respect. He and the section editors and faculty of the Medical College of Wisconsin have done right by their readers. The table of contents reflects the curriculum guide of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine and the website of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.
There has been a growing national consensus in medical education that every graduating student should have mastered basic clinical skills, and the 5th edition of Kochar opens with an entirely new section, Key Manifestations and Presentations of Disease. This section describes all the key symptoms and findings that clinicians look for in patients, and links these to a basic understanding of physiology. All by itself, this section could be used in introduction to clinical medicine and basic doctoring courses throughout the country. The section editor, also Dr. Torre, and chapter authors have created something that covers all the common problems, while still remaining concise. In other words, it contains all the basics, with just the right amount of material for which all students can be held accountable.
The Diseases and Disorders section is organized by traditional organ systems. Every chapter has been rewritten in detail, and the majority of authors are new to the 5th edition. While maintaining the goals of clarity and conciseness, the level of expertise is appropriate for residents in internal medicine and family medicine, and this edition keeps faith with the view of Dr Kochar that general medicine and primary care are essential to the practice of every specialty and subspecialty. A new Ambulatory Medicine section of 18 chapters, edited by Dr. Jerome Van Ruiswyk, has been developed for those clerkships that have also an ambulatory component.
Finally, this edition of Kochar is linked to an interactive website, which supplements each section's description with multimedia materials, images, and demonstrations of findings in support of the text. For instance, cardiology is supported with multiple EKGs, dermatology with striking images. Students will also appreciate the interactive online multiple-choice questions.
Innovation and tradition are the hallmarks of the new Kochar. The new General Editor for this edition is Dr. Dario Torre, Associate Professor of Medicine and Internal Medicine Clerkship Director at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Geoffrey Lamb has written several sections and joins the group as Associate Editor. Two editors remain from the 4th edition: Dr. Jerome Van Ruiswyk, in writing the new section on Ambulatory Medicine, one which we can ask all students to read at the start of their ambulatory rotations with adult patients, and Dr. Ralph Schapira's guidance is retained throughout, especially in the Pulmonary section. Although he is no longer an editor, the presence of Dr. Kesavan Kutty, editor of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions, is gratefully retained in the section chapter on tuberculosis.
The editors and authors of the new Kochar have thought carefully about what essential knowledge and skills students still need in the contemporary world of medicine high speed, information-dense and less time than ever between students and patients. But as Dr. Kochar wrote in 1982, there is only one way to learn clinical medicine, and that is at the bedside, where everything is anchored in the students' own experience with their patients. The new Kochar's Clinical Medicine will keep them on course.
A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text; 39 additional chapters; 300 multiple-choice questions with detailed explanations, organized to mimic end-of-rotation exam settings; ECG and CXR images with explanations; narrated physical examination videos; and "Medicine Rounds," a quick review of questions frequently asked on rounds. The online chapters include:
From the beginning, Dr. Kochar conceived a book that could be read by students during their 3rd year clerkship. Throughout its earlier editions, Kochar has prided itself on providing exactly the information that students and residents needed to take care of their patients, in a way that they could quickly access and effectively apply. In a word, it was concise. The new edition does this today, and to the same high standards as the previous four editions, as would be expected of a text in use in medical schools throughout the country.
Under the general editorship of Dr. Dario Torre, it is almost entirely rewritten, brought up-to-date in every respect. He and the section editors and faculty of the Medical College of Wisconsin have done right by their readers. The table of contents reflects the curriculum guide of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine and the website of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.
There has been a growing national consensus in medical education that every graduating student should have mastered basic clinical skills, and the 5th edition of Kochar opens with an entirely new section, Key Manifestations and Presentations of Disease. This section describes all the key symptoms and findings that clinicians look for in patients, and links these to a basic understanding of physiology. All by itself, this section could be used in introduction to clinical medicine and basic doctoring courses throughout the country. The section editor, also Dr. Torre, and chapter authors have created something that covers all the common problems, while still remaining concise. In other words, it contains all the basics, with just the right amount of material for which all students can be held accountable.
The Diseases and Disorders section is organized by traditional organ systems. Every chapter has been rewritten in detail, and the majority of authors are new to the 5th edition. While maintaining the goals of clarity and conciseness, the level of expertise is appropriate for residents in internal medicine and family medicine, and this edition keeps faith with the view of Dr Kochar that general medicine and primary care are essential to the practice of every specialty and subspecialty. A new Ambulatory Medicine section of 18 chapters, edited by Dr. Jerome Van Ruiswyk, has been developed for those clerkships that have also an ambulatory component.
Finally, this edition of Kochar is linked to an interactive website, which supplements each section's description with multimedia materials, images, and demonstrations of findings in support of the text. For instance, cardiology is supported with multiple EKGs, dermatology with striking images. Students will also appreciate the interactive online multiple-choice questions.
Innovation and tradition are the hallmarks of the new Kochar. The new General Editor for this edition is Dr. Dario Torre, Associate Professor of Medicine and Internal Medicine Clerkship Director at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Geoffrey Lamb has written several sections and joins the group as Associate Editor. Two editors remain from the 4th edition: Dr. Jerome Van Ruiswyk, in writing the new section on Ambulatory Medicine, one which we can ask all students to read at the start of their ambulatory rotations with adult patients, and Dr. Ralph Schapira's guidance is retained throughout, especially in the Pulmonary section. Although he is no longer an editor, the presence of Dr. Kesavan Kutty, editor of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions, is gratefully retained in the section chapter on tuberculosis.
The editors and authors of the new Kochar have thought carefully about what essential knowledge and skills students still need in the contemporary world of medicine high speed, information-dense and less time than ever between students and patients. But as Dr. Kochar wrote in 1982, there is only one way to learn clinical medicine, and that is at the bedside, where everything is anchored in the students' own experience with their patients. The new Kochar's Clinical Medicine will keep them on course.
A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text; 39 additional chapters; 300 multiple-choice questions with detailed explanations, organized to mimic end-of-rotation exam settings; ECG and CXR images with explanations; narrated physical examination videos; and "Medicine Rounds," a quick review of questions frequently asked on rounds. The online chapters include:
- Congenital Heart Diseases
- Electrocardiography
- Pulmonary Function Testing
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Mycoses
- Thyroid Cancer
- Benign and Malignant Liver Tumors
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Leukopenia
- Reactive Leukocytosis
- Eosinophilia
- Blood Transfusion
- Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia
- Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Acid-based Abnormalities
- Somatization
- Substance Abuse and Dependence
- General Approach to Dermatologic Disorders
- Dermatitis and Eczema
- Vitiligo
- Herpes (HSV and HZV)
- Common Warts
- Eryspipelas
- Scabies
- Anaphylaxis
- Drug Allergy
- Chronic Pain
- Red Eye
- Benign Breast Problems
- Preconception Care and Issues in Pregnancy
- Functional Decline in the Elderly
Book Details
- Paperback: 800 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fifth edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781766990
- ISBN-13: 978-0781766999
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 1.4 inches