Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery, 3rd edition teaches a hypothesis-driven, logical step-by-step approach to diagnosis when faced with each of 29 common patient presentations. This approach mirrors that used by successful clinicians on the ward, challenging the reader with questions at each stage of a case (history taking, examination, investigation, and management). In tackling these questions, the reader understands how to critically analyse information and learns to integrate their existing knowledge into a clinical scenario from start to finish. Each symptom is the focus of a different chapter, with a detailed walk through a case to illustrate the suggested diagnostic approach, followed by shorter clinical vignettes of other pathologies presenting with the same symptom. All the major presenting symptoms in general medicine and surgery (mapped to UK medical school curricula) are covered, together with a broad range of pathologies. Chapters conclude with a series of short answer and single best answer questions to support exam preparation. The aim is to provide a modern, well-rounded introduction to life on the ward, and a refresher for those revising for OSCEs and finals.</jats:p>