Preface from the Series Editor

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When I was a third-year medical student, I asked one of my senior residents—who seemed to be able to quote every medical study in the history of mankind—if he had a list of key studies that have defined the current practice of general medicine which I should read before graduating medical school. “Don’t worry,” he told me. “You will learn the key studies as you go along.” But picking up on these key studies didn’t prove so easy, and I was frequently admonished by my attendings for being unaware of crucial literature in their field. More importantly, because I had a mediocre understanding of the medical literature, I lacked confidence in my clinical decision-making and had difficulty appreciating the significance of new research findings. It wasn’t until I was well into my residency—thanks to a considerable amount of effort and struggle—that I finally began to feel comfortable with both the emerging and fundamental medical literature.

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