Pass Finals
By- Geoff Smith, MD, MRCP, Locum Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trusts, London, UK
- Elizabeth Carty, B Med Sci, BMBS, MD, MRCP, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK
- Louise Langmead, MD, MRCP, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Pass Finals is a notes-style summary of the key facts to know for the diagnosis and management of important diseases. The book relates to Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine, and it's synoptic approach is intended to help time-poor students with revision for final exams in medicine. Information is presented as bullet point lists and short summaries. There are also practice self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter, with explanatory answers at the end of the book.
Audience
Medical students preparing for examinations in clinical medicine
Paperback, 554 Pages
Published: March 2013
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-0-7020-4620-9
Contents
1 How to pass medical finals.
2 Question types in medical finals.
3 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs).
4 Pharmacology and therapeutics.5 Radiology.
6 Clinical chemistry.7 Infectious diseases.
8 Respiratory medicine.9 Cardiology.
10 Gastroenterology and hepatology.11 Rheumatology.
12 Dermatology.13 Endocrinology.
14 Renal medicine.15 Haematology.
16 Oncology and genetic disease.17 Neurology.
18 Psychological medicine.19 Statistics and evidence-based medicine.
Appendix A. Answers to multiple choice questions.Appendix B. Answers to extended matching questions.
Appendix C. Normal reference ranges / Normal values for laboratory tests.
