Toy Eugene C. et al. Case Files Obstetrics and Gynecology

4th edition. — McGraw-Hill Companies, 2016. — 614 p. — ISBN: 978-0-07-184872-5.I have been deeply amazed and grate ul to see how the Case Files books have been so well received, and have helped students to learn more e ectively. In the 13 short years since Case Files: Obstetrics and Gynecology irst made it in print, the series has now multiplied to span most o the clinical and basic science disciplines, and been translated into nearly 20 oreign languages. Numerous students have sent encouraging remarks about the changes in the ourth edition, which divided up into Obstetrics in the irst hal , and Gynecology in the second hal to be more “user-friendly” during the clerkship since most students have their rotation divided in those two categories. In this i th edition, we have retained the grouping o related
cases closer together to allow students to use in ormation rom one case to rein-force principles to another case, and cross-re erenced-related cases. Although space is always a premium, we have also retained and expanded Section III which is a collection of strategic questions that can be used or review, but also to tie in the principles from the cases. Questions have been improved to better re lect the USMLE format, and explanations have been expanded to help the student understand the mechanisms and the reason that the other choices are incorrect. wo completely new cases (Sexual Abuse/ Intimate Partner Violence, and Chronic Pelvic Pain) have been written. Updated or new sections include cervical cytology screening, contraception, labor management, hypertension in pregnancy, etal assessment, and ovarian cancer. his i th edition has been a collaborative work with my wonder-ful coauthors and contributors, and with the suggestions rom ive generations o students. ruly, the enthusiastic encouragement rom students throughout not just the United States but worldwide provides me with the inspiration and energy to continue to write. It is thus with humility that I o er my sincere thanks to students everywhere … or without students, how can a teacher teach?