clinical neuroanatomy made ridiculously simple by goldberg

“There is too much to know and not enough time to learn it.” Humor, mnemonics, clinical relevance, clarity, and brevity help. Students can be overwhelmed by the information explosion. It had occurred to me that when publishing companies send a book to experts for review, they may not be experts in how to teach students learning the subject for the first time. With this encouragement, and also that of my students, who gave me an award for teaching in the same manner that the reviewer criticized, I decided to form the MedMaster publishing company, with the publishing of Clinical Neuroanatomy MRS in 1979. There may be a small group of medical students who might enjoy the sophomoric humor, but most of these students have been frozen socially since the sixth grade and do not represent the medical student community.” One reviewer wrote “the inane examples - alone would alienate both faculty and students. My first book, Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple was rejected by multiple publishers, some of whom felt it was too short, or that its humor and mnemonics were not professional. I moved on to teaching at the U of M, where I am currently Professor Emeritus, and taught Neuroanatomy and Family Medicine to medical students for 25 years. Interactive quiz of classic neurologic cases.After graduating from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1967, I eventually practiced Neurology, Ophthalmology, and Family Medicine at one time or another, in addition to engaging in research in neuronal development and regeneration at the NIH, New York Medical College, and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.Tutorial on how to localize neurologic injuries.Selecting a symptom graphically shows all areas of the nervous system that, when injured, could result in the symptom.Clicking on any area of the nervous system reveals the name of the structure and the effects of an injury to that area, with explanations.Neuroanatomy laboratory tutorial with photographs of brain specimens.

Free digital Download of Neurologic Localization program (Win/Mac) from MedMaster’s website, which includes:

Topics include General Anatomical Organization, Blood Supply, Meninges and Spinal Fluid, Spinal Cord, Brain Stem, The Visual System, Autonomic System and Hypothalamus, Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia and Thalamus, Cerebral Cortex, Neurotransmitters, Mini-atlas and Clinical Review in only 99 pages! Brief, clear and conceptually intuitive.

This now-classic text (approaching 500,000 copies sold) presents the most relevant points while traversing the daunting waters of clinical neuroanatomy with mnemonics, humor, illustrations and case presentations.

Clinical neuroanatomy made ridiculously simple by goldberg