[Macleod's] has lists scattered through the text in little boxes titled "Examination Sequence". Finally someone is telling us how to actually do the examinations we were meant to be practising all year. The book is logically broken down into the different systems, including a separate chapter for neonates and infants. Throughout the book there are tables and diagrams to illustrate the text in addition to the photos.
'MAD' the official journal of the Barts and The London Students' Association
The 11th edition of Macleod's Clinical Examination has been well thought out to meet the needs of today's medical student, where contact with patients occurs from the very beginning. It includes relevant pictures, useful boxes highlighting the causes of various diseases and symptoms and clear, concise diagrams. There are snippets of imaging to help the reader familiarise themselves with it and where it can be used...A particularly good learning tool within the book is the patient examples at the end of each examination section. A run through of what to examine in a specific case is given in a step by step format. An easy to read, well laid out book which covers everything that medical students need to know to examine patients.
Brighton University Medical Student
I recommend all medical students to get hold of this book. It is a brilliant handbook for all students in the clinical part of the study.
Medical Student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
"Macleod covers the basics and common presentations in considerable detail, with maximal use of colourful illustrations.?
Cambridge Medicine, Vol 21, No 3, October 2007