Pediatrics for Medical Students, Published in Collaboration with the AAP

By Daniel Bernstein and Steven P. Shelov

Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, this text is designed for third-year medical students in their pediatric clerkships or studying for pediatric shelf exams.
The book is divided into two sections. Section One focuses on the general practice of pediatrics, including normal preventive visits.Section Two offers more traditional systems-oriented chapters that focus on a systematic approach to developing a differential diagnosis. This text is a nice hybrid -- part pediatrics textbook, part review guide for shelf exams or board preparation. A new arsenal of ancillary materials, including full text online, student testbank, and image bank accompanies the book. NEW Includes authoritative content fully endorsed by the prestigious American Academy of Pediatrics; AAP's thorough review of the text ensures compliance with the latest in policies and treatment guidelinesNEW Links students and instructors to additional resources via thePoint, including the full text online, image bank, student test bank (also available in a convenient mobile format) with 200 USMLE-style clinical vignette questions, and access to the AAP's Bright Futures website for superior coverage of children's healthcare in the context of family and community needsNEW Features a full-color interior design to better highlight the visual elements of teaching and learning pediatrics Organized around those aspects essential to the pediatrics rotation, each chapter covers clinical and lab evaluation, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, patient management, and Pediatric Pearls to help students make immediate clinical connections

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781770300
• ISBN13: 9780781770309
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: LWW
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Nicely done! Very Detailed, good reference!

This is the 2nd Edition of this book, released in 2003, by Drs Bernstein and Shelov which tries to make a case to become your primary Pediatrics text for both core clerkships and subIs. Also makes a good reference text for the USMLE exams, or shelf tests. The book is a hefty one, with over 600 pages, divided into 25 chapters. The chapters are logically broken down into 2 large subgroups: General Pediatric Practice, and Pediatric Subspecialties. The General Practice section begins from birth, essentially the approach to the newborn infant, progresses thru health maintenance visits, adolescent medicine, then off to other general peds issues. Also, this book includes chapters on socioeconomics/culture, as well as ethical issues, and managed care issues. This is a welcome addition to any general medical text, in this era of more culturally sensitive medicine. I don't know how applicable these last few sections are to the USMLE or to the core clerkships, but they make for some interesting side reading. The managed care explanations of health care plans is particularly relevant in the managed care world of today?s practice. The subspecialty chapters are very well organized, and have a high level of detail. There is an abundance of information in various tables, diagrams and photos. For example in Cardiology they begin with Congenital Heart Disease and then explain pathophysiology, clinical history, physical exam findings, EKGs, murmurs, cardiac dysrythmias, etc. The other chapters include infectious diseases, neonatology, development, genetics, endocrine, GI, hematololgy, oncology, allergy/immunology,. Pulmonary, neurology, nephrology, rheumatology, dermatology, trauma, Peds ICU, pediatric surgery. Overall, the level of detail in the text is very good. That is the greatest strength of the book, but at the same time, makes it a dense textbook to read. It is much easier to read than the NMS Pediatrics text, but probably a bit thick compared to Blueprints. Sometimes the level of detail is beyond even a 4th year medical student?s need to know. Things like specific drug dosages probably could have been left out. These can always be looked up in a Pharmacopia or Harriet Lane. Most of the diagrams are well done, but it would have been nice to have more diagrams to break up the text. In addition some of the black and white photos appeared very grainy and difficult to interpret probably due to the resolution of the computer scanned images. There are some great pictures of pediatric ICU procedures, but it is unlikely that a medical student