Buch, Englisch, 554 Seiten, Format (B × H): 105 mm x 184 mm, Gewicht: 504 g
Buch, Englisch, 554 Seiten, Format (B × H): 105 mm x 184 mm, Gewicht: 504 g
ISBN: 978-0-7020-4620-9
Verlag: Elsevier Saunders
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. - Focuses on the most important medical specialities, including cardiology, neurology, GI, and respiratory medicine
- Introductory chapters give tips on preparing for exams and explanations of the types of questions that will be encountered
- Important background information on pharmacology, radiology and imaging and clinical investigations is covered in discrete chapters
- Uses a basic outline for explaining each disease - physical examination, investigations and management - summarised in a succinct and clear way
- Examples of OSCE stations and advice on how to approach them included in all chapters
- Increased use of line diagrams and breakout boxes for the important topics
- X-ray images and CT scans added
- More self-assessment questions
Zielgruppe
Medical students preparing for examinations in clinical medicine
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
