Eureka: Physiology

This JP Medical app-book, Eureka: Physiology, improves your performance with relevant, valid material that you can access quickly and with minimum effort in the palm of your hand using Indextra's patented technology.

THIS APP-BOOK includes unique functions such as:

• A powerful search
• Bookmarks
• Complete set of medical calculators; Body Mass Index, Peak Expiratory Flows, Dehydration Correction Calculator and more
• Highlighting
• History
• Notes and picture notes

About this title

Eureka is 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.

The content of the series' 20 titles 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

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

Physiology:

• First principles chapter clearly explains key concepts and mechanisms relevant to the study of medicine, e.g. cell signalling mechanisms and homeostasis
• Systems-based chapters describe the processes that underpin normal functions such as circulation, respiration and digestion
• Each chapter is introduced by an engaging clinical case that features a unique graphic narrative
• Self-assessment - 80 multiple-choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format

Authors: Jake Mann and David Marples