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Medicine (MBBS): Clinical Communication & Clinical Skills

Bates’ Visual Guide

Bates’ Visual Guide delivers head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques for the (Advanced) Assessment or Introduction to Clinical Medicine course. The site features more than 8 hours of video content. Access it here from on or off campus. You can create a personal account to save favourties. 

Clinical Communication Library Picks

Skills for communicating with patients by Jonathan Silverman et al.

ISBN: 9781846193651
Publication Date: 2013
Shelfmark: R727.3.S56 and eBook  

History taking and communication skills by Philip Jevon

Publication Date: 2020
Shelfmark: Derry~Londonderry RC76.J48, Belfast 610.14/JEV

Clinical Communication Skills for Medicine by Margaret Lloyd

ISBN: 9780702072154
Publication Date: 2019
Shelfmark: eBook

Clinical Skills Resources

CKS (Clinical Knowledge Summaries) provides primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best practice in respect of over 300 common and/or significant primary care presentations. Managed by NICE. The evidence-based summaries are presented clearly to help users put UK guideline recommendations into practice. No login required.

BMJ Best Practice was ranked equal first in an independent review of CDS tools for breadth of disease coverage, editorial quality and evidence-based methodology.

Osmosis is an all-in-one health education platform providing access to professionally illustrated, bite-sized, on-demand videos based on proven learning science and accompanied by assessment items, notes and linked resources. (Requires registration before first use.)

Clinical Skills Library Picks

Clinical Examination Owen Epstein et al.

ISBN: 9780723436058
Publication Date: 2008
Shelfmark: 616.075/CLI and eBook

Macleod's clinical examination edited by J. Alastair Innes et al.

Publication Date: 2024
Shelfmark: Derry~Londonderry RC76.D68 2024

Clinical examination. Vol.one: a systematic guide to physical diagnosis

ISBN: 9780729586184
Publication Date: 2018
Shelfmark: eBook