Medical School for Everyone

Grand Rounds Cases

By: Roy Benaroch, The Great Courses

Narrated by: Roy Benaroch

Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

There's an art and science behind how doctors diagnose and treat medical patients. Where do doctors get these skills? The Grand Rounds experience, where they practice how to make accurate diagnoses by examining real patients. And with Dr. Benaroch's 24 unique lectures, you'll explore how a master physician solves medical problems just like a detective.

Whether you're a patient, a current or future medical professional, or just someone who enjoys a good mystery, you'll discover how doctors use medical science to identify and combat injuries and diseases; how they uncover tiny clues patients can fail to notice; how they sometimes make misdiagnoses that lead to costly (and life-threatening) problems; and how they think their way toward putting patients on the fast track to proper treatment.

Drawn from actual medical stories, these 24 Grand Rounds take you everywhere from the calm of a doctor's office to the chaos of an emergency room. You'll hear how a 33-year-old man's fever and mouth sores are clues to one of today's most notorious diseases; why an explorer's life-threatening nausea and pain demand emergency surgery; how doctors treat a trauma patient at the site of an accident; and much more.

Dr. Benaroch has crafted a rewarding learning experience; one packed with thrilling Grand Rounds cases that will captivate you, that will provide you with an exciting new way to think about medicine, and that will help you become a better, more informed patient.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

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Be a Medical Sherlock's Watson

‘Medical School for Everyone: Grand Rounds’ starts with a disclaimer which boils down to something sounding like “This course is not supposed to make you a medical doctor.” After such a disclaimer one might feel hesitant to continue listening, but I am glad that I did. The course’s actual aim is to make one a better patient by introducing you to the way doctors think and function to make a diagnosis. However I just bought it out of pure curiosity.

The course consists out of twenty four 30 minutes lectures by Prof. Roy Benaroch from Emory University School of Medicine where he specialised in Paediatrics. He seems to be well-known in the USA through his blog and his books ‘A Guide to Getting the Best Healthcare for Your Child’ and ‘Solving Health and Behavioral Problems from Birth Through Preschool: A Parent’s Guide.’ He also writes Science Fiction.

The listener is invited to imagine him-/herself to be a doctor that goes on rounds visiting various patients. You get the chance to be the sidekick of a sort of Medical Sherlock Holmes, thus you may be a highly opinionated Watson. By looking at different patients presenting diseases and using the steps doctors take to diagnose them, Prof. Benaroch introduces listeners to the world of a doctor as well as to many (mostly common) illnesses. For me the most interesting round was the Antarctic appendectomy on myself.

The course falls in the same category as Prof. Robert Garland’s course, “The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World,” in the sense that it use make-believe to make you understand important concepts. Prof. Benaroch has an excellent voice and it was quite easy to follow his lectures, though some of the medical terminology kept me at times in the dark.

I would recommend this course to anyone inclined to solve mysteries, thrive on puzzles and clues. While you will not be a qualified doctor hereafter, it can help you in understanding the framework within which doctors ‘operate.’ It comes highly recommended.

Medicine for the layman

This course is great for anyone who doesn't have a medical background. I really liked the format; each lesson was almost like a mystery to be solved. I think it would be too basic for anyone with experience in medicine.

Good book

Not interested in writing a twenty word review but it was a good book. I recommend it. And three words

Great introduction to how doctors think.

This course is like a real life version of House MD, minus the sex, drugs, and TV embellishments. Real medicine.

This was sooo interesting !

The variety of cases and the thoroughness of the explanations added to the enjoyment. It is so beneficial for patients to understand the medical process, and be able to collaborate.

One of the best audiobooks ever

The presenter is superb, the lectures are informative, and the entire presentation is fascinating. Get it now, don't hesitate.

If he made 80 audiobooks I would buy them all!

Great stuff for a once aspiring doctor. It had also helped me think more critically about other problems in my life.

Great introduction, really gets you thinking!

I was a bit skeptical when i downloaded this one, initially I didn't like the readers voice but it really grew on me as it went along and was kind of perfect for the job. I've always been interested in medicine, particularly surgery, but this series gave me a broader perspective and makes general practitioner or internist career paths sound like appealing options. The only lecture I didn't enjoy was the public cardiac arrest case, only because I'm a paramedic so I have my biases there. I also liked how it was not only aimed at improving skills if you are already a medical professional but also good for the general listener to be a better patient. We're all patients at some point or another!

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Super fun series

Great series. I've listened to this series as well as the Emergency Medicine course narrated by Roy Benoroch. Good for patients and beginning medical students. The narrator is great!