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Atlas of Human Poisoning and Envenoming, 2nd Edition



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Author: James H. Diaz

Publisher: CRC Press

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Publish Date: November 7, 2014

ISBN-10: 1466505400

Pages: 904

File Type: PDF

Language: English

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Book Preface

Since the first edition of this atlas was published in 2006, there have been many changes in the manner in which clinicians are examined for clinical competencies during their residencies, certified in their primary and secondary fields after completing training, and periodically recertified in all areas of their expertise. Some significant changes include annual computer-based examinations with passing scores required for residents to progress to advanced levels; computer-based national board certification examinations administered near the end of residency training and later after fellowships or periods of active practice; and computer-based national recertification examinations every 10 years. Today, most provider organizations, hospital staffs, and health insurance companies require proof of recertification by examination for their medical providers to maintain hospital practice privileges and to qualify for reimbursements of services.

All these required examinations share similarly structured test questions that are now redesigned to assess clinical acumen and judgment rather than rote recall. Frequently, the test questions will begin with an image of a patient, a radiograph or electrocardiogram, a lesion or wound, or a venomous animal or plant. Following a short vignette of the clinical encounter, typically a mini-history and physical examination, the examinee will face a series of multiple-choice questions based on the image and its vignette. Since the images are rarely analyzed or interpreted, examinees must quickly identify the images and any potential adverse outcomes and proceed to answer a series of questions that follow. Initial mistakes in analyzing and interpreting images and any associations with their accompanying vignettes will result in not one, but several, incorrect answers, in a required test–subject category.

The second edition of the Atlas of Human Poisoning and Envenoming will continue to serve as a visual and written reminder of the ubiquitous sources of toxins and toxoids in the environment and the outcomes of accidental and intentional toxic exposures in humans. The atlas has been redesigned as a ready resource with bulleted text, tables, and figure legends that resemble the vignettes that accompany national examination images to better prepare practitioners from several fields for image-intense, computer-based examinations in their respective fields. The atlas will be a useful study guide for emergency physicians, emergency medical service first responders, poison control center professionals, military physicians, family practitioners, physician assistants, preventive medicine and veterinary medicine practitioners, public health officers, occupational medicine specialists, pediatricians, and health science and medical students preparing for a professional lifetime of image-intense national examinations.

Several new chapters have been added to the second edition, including chapters on the prescription and illicit drug abuse epidemics, environmental and occupational nephrotoxicology and neurotoxicology, tick paralysis, and petrochemical toxicants. The atlas will conclude chapters on biological, chemical, and radiological warfare agents; workplace substance abuse screening and monitoring; and epidemiological design and statistical analysis of toxicological investigations.


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