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Indian Pediatr 2010;47:
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Book Reviews |
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Essentials of Pediatric Neurology
Bibek Talukdar
Academa Publishers, Delhi
Pages: 649+60 art pages for figure, Price: Rs.
400/-. |
This book deals with the fascinating subject of
neurological disorders in children. The book has been extensively revised
and many new chapters have been incorporated. It has nine sections and 52
chapters. The book deals adequately with clinical, diagnostic and
therapeutic aspects of various disorders. Both recent advances and basic
sciences related to specific disorders have been sufficiently covered.
Emphasis has been laid on disorders that are common in our country. It
would unquestionably be helpful in day-to-day practice and also serve as a
ready reference on pediatric neurology to the postgraduate students of
Pediatrics. The quality of print and images, however, can be improved. I
recommend this book to all who are interested in pediatric neurology.
Sheffali Gulati,
Incharge, Child
Neurology Division,
Department of
Pediatrics,
All India
Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi 110
029, India.
Email:
[email protected]
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Principles of Medical Education 3rd Edition
Tejinder Singh, Piyush Gupta and Daljit Singh.
New Delhi: JP Brothers Medical Publishers 2009,
Pages 170
Price. Rs. 200/-. |
The first edition his book, written 10 years ago, was a
landmark initiative of the authors and the IAP Education Center in the
field of medical education. Written as a self instructional manual, the
earlier editions have been popular for all beginners in medical education.
The present edition is a timely revision, in keeping with the recent
advances and the need of the time.
The authors have retained the simple, yet captive
language and flow of the text, which was a key strength of the earlier
edition. In keeping with the evolving vocabulary of education, the term
"assessment" replaces "evaluation" in a book which devotes more than half
of itself to student assessment. The chapters on media in education and
new methodologies have been revised to appropriately update the readers to
current practices. The glossary has been expanded and the suggested
readings list is much more comprehensive. New additions include a full new
chapter on micro-skills for clinical teaching – the one minute preceptor
model, extended matching and key features questions and the Miller’s
pyramid. The Mini CEX, described in detail, complete with a sample
evaluation form enables the reader to understand and implement this newer
assessment method.
Overall the book effectively covers educational theory
and practice for the novice in medical education and is easy to understand
for new as well as experienced teachers.
Payal K Bansal,
Associate
Professor,
Department of
Medical Education and Technology,
Maharashtra
University of Health Sciences,
Regional Center,
Pune.
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Bedside Clinics in Paediatrics
Sibarjun Ghosh
Academic Publishers,Kolkatta
Pages: 379, Price: Rs. 300/-. |
As a basic clinician and an academician teaching
Pediatrics for over 35 years, I have sadly felt that the art and skill of
clinical examination is taking a backseat. Arrival of this compact book on
clinical pediatrics brings back to focus the relevance of bedside clinical
history taking and proper elicitation of clinical signs. Every page and
chapter of this book reflects the experience of the author and his love
for teaching bedside clinical pediatrics in the most interesting and
absorbing way.
Each chapter under various organ systems also deals
with the essential cognitive aspects of common clinical conditions. Though
the photographs and illustrations are few, the quality of both colour and
black and white reproductions are good. Neonatal examination of both
normal and sick neonates, kangaroo care and maintenance of warm chain and
systematic clinical approach to examination of various organ systems, are
all well described and adequately treated without exclusion of essential
details. Additional chapters dealing with instruments and apparatus,
growth-charts and laboratory values with interpretations and reading of
X-rays, clearly demonstrates the caring attitude of an experienced
clinical academician.
This well written, interesting, easily readable
clinical textbook will no doubt find its place in the minds and hearts of
medical students and shelves of medical college libraries and individual
professional collections.
S Srinivasan,
Professor of
Paediatrics,
JIPMER,
Pondicherry 606
006.
Email:
[email protected]
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