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Erudite Medical Books – knowledge with understanding

Erudite Medical Books is an exciting and innovative company, breaking new ground in medical publishing.
Working with a highly respected UK based publishing company, and using modern digital printing technology, Erudite publishes a range of first class medical books at extremely competitive prices.

 

Editor Charlie Corke (MB BS, MRCP, FFICANZCA) brings a love of teaching and a wealth of experience to his role. “Our books are primarily written for younger doctors beginning their careers in clinical medicine. Medical textbooks are essential for learning, but they tend to be incredibly expensive. Our aim was to produce excellent books at an affordable price.”

 

'Practical' Series

Erudite Medical Books have in the “Practical Series” all written by doctors currently practicing in their respective fields who clearly recall the first few weeks of a new rotation.

 

Ideally, all medical staff would receive a formal orientation with structured training from experienced staff before even setting foot in a new unit. Unfortunately, in the real world this doesn’t happen and junior staff frequently find themselves having to deal with situations for which they are not adequately prepared.

 

The Erudite Medical Books have in the ‘Practical Obstetrics’,’ Practical Emergency Medicine’ and ‘Practical Intensive Care Medicine’ are all designed to help junior staff who are rotated to these units and need to rapidly acquire the knowledge to work safely and effectively.

 

“In my experience, all junior staff want to become safe, reliable and valuable members of the team. To do this they need to acquire a sound knowledge base. The Erudite “Practical” books present realistic clinical situations that impart both knowledge and understanding.”

 

Clinical scenarios, all taken from real-life situations, offer straightforward answers and provide additional information in a Mini Tutorial format (designed to emulate the bedside teaching approach). Where there is a strong ‘evidence base’ with a classic paper, references are included, and in other cases the information presented is based on clinical experience.

 

“In clinical practice, data are not presented in a vacuum; other people have opinions and suggestions. While these can be helpful, sometimes they can lead even experienced doctors astray. In illustrating a variety of scenarios, these books alert junior doctors to some of the dangers and pitfalls inherent in medical practice.

 

Communication for the Intensive Care Specialist

Communication skills are vital in all areas of medical practice, and none more so than the highly charged arena of the Intensive Care Unit.

 

Intensive Care specialists are frequently called upon to communicate and negotiate with patients, their families and surrogates, their physician, surgeon or oncologist, and a wide range of medical personnel including nursing staff and junior doctors.

 

Recognising this, the Australian and New Zealand Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine assesses the communication skills of all candidates undertaking the Fellowship examination.

 

Medical decisions should be based on clear ethical principles, thoughtful analysis of situations and the formulation of appropriate strategies. ‘Communication Skills for the Intensive Care Specialist’ explains the need for an understanding of ethics, introduces the fundamental principles of communication, and guides the reader through a range of Case Studies which cover many of the situations which may confront the ICU specialist.

 

Written primarily for Intensive Care trainees to help them improve their skills and to prepare for the Final Fellowship examination, this book is an invaluable resource for all junior doctors, and for those responsible for their training.