Rapid Interpretation of EKG's 6th Edition by Dale Dubin explains the concept illustrated on each page, and a few simple sentences reinforce the concept with interactive (programmed) learning, which links to the following page. Dr. Dubin's light and entertaining style, known world-wide, makes learning enjoyable.
Practice twelve-lead tracings at the end establish self-confidence, and summarized reference sheets with examples (designed to be copied) provide an excellent review. This work is most recently updated in February 2006. It is a best-selling textbook for over 30 years that teaches the basics of interpreting electrocardiograms. It adopts a simplistic fill-in-the-blank style and is suited for medical students and junior residents.
The book was written by Dale Dubin, M.D., a plastic surgeon who nevertheless has written several books on cardiology including Ion Adventure in the Heartland: In order to strengthen comprehension, the body of the text is reduced to single sentences that approach each new concept from various aspects. In this way, small doses of didactic medicine bring the concept into focus. Once the concept(s) of one page are mastered (reviewing the diagram as needed), the reader proceeds to the next page, which is carefully concatenated (linked) to the conceptual material on the following page.
The illustrations use real EKG tracings (not simulations), so what you see, is what you will experience professionally. Students in the medical sciences, often intimidated by electrocardiography, welcome this learning-by-understanding method. Memorizing patterns of EKG's has a dismal half-life. Using knowledge anchored in understanding, readers are pleased that, in a subtle manner, they also learn about cardiac physiology, pathology of the heart, and care of patients. The tradition persists.
The most popular programmed texts owe their success to reader/student feedback. No author has been able to anticipate pages that might be difficult for neophytes to comprehend. So, reader input has become instrumental in the evolution of such texts. New explanatory text is added with each new printing to ease the learning process through areas of intellectual turbulence. The author guides your progress for rapid, seamless comprehension.
Through the years, contemporary "programmed instruction" has evolved into "interactive learning" whereby the reader actively participates in his own learning process. Medical education need not be an oppressively serious task. Through the years Dr. Dubin's sense of humor has been persistently woven into the dialog with the reader, lightening the tensions of study. Many authors have mimicked his friendly, easy-going style.
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