Professional skills

The 75th anniversary edition of this pocket dictionary has been greatly expanded, with 35% more entries to include terminology in fast-changing areas such as critical care, nutrition, sports and exercise, and oncology.

The role of doctors is changing: where doctors were once seen as a repository of knowledge and experience, the internet now gives many patients immediate access to a vast amount of detailed information. As patients become participants, doctors are increasingly adjusting to new roles and forms of communication - from tellers and controllers to listeners, sharers and interpreters. This new edition of The Doctor’s Communication Handbook takes these latest developments into account, with an entirely new chapter on the essentials of good doctoring.

Evidence Based Medicine provides a clear explanation of the central questions: how to ask answerable clinical questions; how to translate them into effective searches for the best evidence; how to critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance; and how to integrate it with patients' values and preferences.

This pocket guide's practical strategies will guide you through even the most difficult patient interview.

Essential information about the application process and what to expect are usefully gathered together here. The book is complemented by online videos especially produced to support the text. Filmed interviews demonstrate how you should and should not respond when interviewed, some vital tips and much more.

Does the thought of presenting a paper make you go cold? There are so many things to consider: getting your message across clearly, making the PowerPoint easy to read, keeping to the right length and keeping the audience riveted – enough to induce nerves even without the thought of standing up in front of a crowd and delivering your talk fluently. How to Present at Meetings gives you practical advice on all these aspects.

The Inner Consultation sets out the authors' thoughts on how consulting skills, and methods of teaching them, have evolved in the 17 years since the book's first publication.

Drawing from several research paradigms, The Knowledgeable Patient is an essential guide to a new era of complex healthcare. Integrating consumer stories and evidence from systematic reviews, it examines key communication and participation issues in a range of contexts.

The Pocket Logbook has been introduced for trainees who are tired of carrying around their large, bulky Training Portfolio. Originally the Pocket Logbook was produced for trainees who use ePortfolio but now it is also available for just £10.50 to trainees and other specialist doctors who do not use ePortfolio but would like a smaller, more practical logbook in order to follow the obstetrics and gynaecology curricu

Professional English in Use Medicine contains 60 units covering a wide variety of medical vocabulary.