Eureka: Neurology & Neurosurgery - Tapa blanda

Eureka – an innovative series for students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. With its engaging and authoritative text, featuring insightful clinical cases, graphic narratives, SBAs and a wealth of other learning tools, Eureka has everything students need to succeed in medicine and pass their exams.

Eureka – content that reflects today’s medical degree courses with their emphasis on:

• relevance and application of core science to clinical practice
• skills required to examine and communicate with patients
• integrated care across primary and acute care settings

Eureka – 15 clinical titles, 5 science titles:

• Clinical titles – disease-based, clinical cases, system-specific core science
• Science titles – bedrock biomedical principles, clinical cases

Series features across titles:

• Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context
• Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient
• Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun 
• Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points

Neurology & Neurosurgery

• First principles chapter clearly explains the key concepts, processes and structures of the nervous system
• Clinical essentials chapter provides an overview of the symptoms and signs of neurological disease, relevant history and examination techniques, investigations and management options
• Disease-based chapters give concise descriptions of all major disorders, e.g. headache and pain syndromes, stroke and dementia, each chapter introduced by engaging clinical cases that feature unique graphic narratives
• Emergencies chapter covers the principles of immediate care in situations such as severe headache, trauma and unconsciousness
• Integrated care chapter discusses strategies for the management of chronic conditions across primary and other care settings
• Self-Assessment – 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format