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Product Description Excellent Board Review (USMLE Step 1, NCLX-RN, PANCE/PANRE). Provides a conceptual overview of pathophysiology, mechanisms of disease, and clinical reasoning hand-in-hand in a brief, clear, highly practical book designed to ease the transition from the basic sciences to the clinical years. Particularly useful in the transition from the second to the third year of medical school, but also very helpful to nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health care professionals. Shows the clinical relevance of the basic sciences through overall principles and understanding. Companion Digital Download of Differential Diagnosis program (Win/Mac), showing the interpretation of common lab tests and patient symptoms and signs. Available on MedMaster's website. Review There are very few books that successfully walk the fine line between information overload and gross oversimplification. Berkowitzs Clinical Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple manages to pull it off admirably well and will be a welcome change for scores of overwhelmed medical students. --David E. Newman-Toker, MD, Director, Student Clerkships in Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine If you read one book during your preclinical years, read this! Ive yet to come across a more clear and concise introduction to clinical pathophysiology. This book is a solid foundation for medical, nursing, and pharmacy students who want to understand human disease and treatments from first principles. I recommend it to anyone who aspires to take great care of their patients. --Andrew D. Levin, MD/PhD candidate, Harvard Medical School This is absolutely brilliant things have never been more clear. Its everything you were supposed to learn in 1st year but didnt quite get, and everything in 2nd year you need for the boards. This is the most clear, well organized review text for the boards Ive every seen! --Jasmine Pedroso, 2nd Year Medical Student, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine From the Publisher Hailed as "an excellent distillation of the enormous topic of human pathophysiology...a superb reference for medical trainees," and as "a welcome change for scores of overwhelmed medical students," by professors from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Clinical Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple is the latest book in the acclaimed "Made Ridiculously Simple" series. Clinical Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple is a clear, logical explanation of physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical reasoning side by side, which will undoubtedly ease the transition from the basic sciences to the clinical years. This book will be a phenomenal learning tool for students in the second and third years of medical school and during USMLE Step 1 preparation, but will also be very helpful to nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health care professionals seeking to learn or review the physiological mechanisms of diseases, their diagnosis, and their management. Clinical Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple also contains a free download from MedMaster’s website entitled, “Differential Diagnosis.” This program allows one to select a symptom, sign, or lab finding and see all of the many diseases that could cause it, classified by pathophysiological mechanism. By teaching basic medical science and clinical reasoning hand-in-hand in a simple, light, and highly accessible writing style, this book provides an integrated and easy-to-understand approach to learning the science of medicine. About the Author Aaron Berkowitz is a neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. An award-winning neurology educator at Harvard Medical School, he directs the neuroscience/neurology/neuroanatomy course for first-year medical students, and is the associate director of the neurology clerkship at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He frequently lectures on various topics in neurology to medi