Saint Frances Guide

Written for third- and fourth-year medical students and interns, and organized by chief complaint or problem, this practical pocket-sized manual provides up-to-date information that can be used while seeing patients in the examination room.

The Saint-Frances Guide to Outpatient Medicine was prepared and written by chief residents for third- and fourth-year medical students and residents. The use of mnemonics, tables, and algorithms makes the text a user-friendly, quick reference resource. This pocket-sized review provides up-to-date information that can be used while seeing patients in the examination room, because each condition is covered concisely yet thoroughly. Therefore, a quick review of the topic takes only a few minutes. The text also serves as an excellent study guide in preparation for the USMLE.

This guidebook describes the Way of St Francis a 550km month-long pilgrimage trail from Florence through Assisi to Rome. Split into 28 day stages, the walk begins in Florence and finishes in the Vatican City. Stages range from 8km to 30km with plenty to see, including ancient ruins, picturesque towns, national treasures, and stunning churches. This comprehensive guidebook fits in a jacket pocket or rucksack, and contains information on everything from accommodation and transport in Italy, to securing your credential (pilgrim identity card), budgeting, what to take, and where to do laundry. Stories of Francis of Assisi's life are also included. Although the route includes climbs and descents of up to 1200m, no special equipment is required - although your hiking boots and socks definitely need to get along. Following the steps of heroes, conquerors and saints on this pilgrim trail is manageable all year round, but is best done from April to June and mid-August to October. Route maps are given for every stage, and basic Italian phrases are included in the guidebook.

This concise pocket-sized guide is intended primarily for 3rd and 4th year students in their internal medicine rotation. Written by teaching residents, this book takes a simple and straightforward approach to common medical problems. Broad topics like anemia, renal failure, and vasculitis are broken down into manageable pieces. Mnemonics, used primarily as a means of creating extensive differential diagnoses, are followed by step-by-step instructions. Important "Hot Keys", or clinical pearls, are interspersed at critical junctures throughout the text. New to the Second Edition are sections on hospital-acquired complications, pleural effusions, skin and soft tissue infections, and seizure disorders.

Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this handbook focuses on the most commonly encountered problems in a portable and user-friendly outline format. It provides a convenient framework to help students and residents diagnose and subsequently develop an approach to address their patients' needs. Student-friendly features such as "Hot Keys", mnemonics, bolded terms, tables, illustrations, and algorithms make this book a helpful and easy-to-navigate pocket reference.

This concise, pocket-sized manual provides a guidebook for medical students entering their third and fourth, or clinical clerkship, years. During these years, a specific set of clinical skills are required as well as the ability to interact interpersonally with patients, colleagues, instructors, and mentors in varying capacities. This book provides, in a straightforward, simple manner, essential information on all the skills needed to succeed in clinical rotations. The book is written in an outline format and contains appealing elements such as mnemonics, hot keys, and numerous original illustrations.

This pocket-sized handbook is intended for medical students and beginning house officers. Its focus is to provide a succinct problem-based format for identifying disease processes, working up a differential diagnosis, employing the appropriate treatment, and anticipating the clinical course of the illness. The list of covered topics was generated based on the 100 most common pediatric admission and outpatient diagnoses at the top-ranked University of Washington's Children's Hospital and Medical Center. The book uses hot keys, mnemonics, tables and figures to help readers remember important facts. The authors are teaching residents at the University of Washington, and have used this material successfully in the training of medical students at their institution.

Written over 400 years ago, Introduction to the Devout Life is still one of the most popular books for those pursuing holiness. St. Francis de Sales explains how to turn that desire for sanctity into resolutions that yield grace-filled results. Themes include: Pursuing a devout life whole-heartedly Incorporating prayer and sacraments into a busy schedule Growing in virtue Battling wisely against temptation Making spiritual progress through daily, monthly, and yearly exercises Whether you are just beginning your spiritual journey or are more advanced in the spiritual life, you’ll be able to apply this timeless wisdom immediately. Let St. Francis de Sales illumine the path to holiness and strengthen your desire to walk that road with the Lord. St. Francis de Sales (1567–1622) was the Bishop of Geneva and a renowned spiritual director. Preaching during the Counter-Reformation, he is estimated to have converted 70,000 Calvinists in his short lifetime. He was a fervent proponent of the universal call to holiness and spent much of his time guiding lay people on the road to sanctity. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1877, St. Francis is still helping to form saints through his many writings, of which Introduction to the Devout Life is the most famous.