Main description:

Eureka - an innovative series for students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. With its engaging and authoritative text, featuring insightful clinical cases, graphic narratives, SBAs and a wealth of other learning tools, Eureka has everything students need to succeed in medicine and pass their exams.

Eureka - content that reflects today's medical degree courses with their emphasis on:

relevance and application of core science to clinical practice
skills required to examine and communicate with patients
integrated care across primary and acute care settings

Eureka - 15 clinical titles, 5 science titles:

Clinical titles - disease-based, clinical cases, system-specific core science
Science titles - bedrock biomedical principles, clinical cases

Series features across titles:

Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context
Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient
Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun
Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points

Biochemistry & Metabolism

First principles chapter clearly explains the key concepts and mechanisms relevant to the study of medicine e.g. types of biochemical reaction, enzymes and cofactors
Systems-based chapters describe the structures such as proteins and fats and processes such as haemoglobin metabolism that underpin normal functions, each chapter introduced by an engaging clinical case that features a unique graphic narrative
Self-Assessment - 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format

Contents:

Ch01 First principles

Ch02 Nucleic acids

Ch03 Proteins

Ch04 Carbohydrate

Ch05 Lipids

Ch06 Haemoglobin metabolism

Ch07 Body fluid homeostasis

Ch08 Nutrition

Ch09 Self-assessment