Pass Finals

This is a notes-style summary of the diagnosis and management of key diseases in clinical medicine. The concise style is especially helpful to students with limited time available for exam preparation. The book is directly linked to Kumar & Clark Clinical Medicine, with page cross references to help the reader find additional information. Information is presented as bullet point lists and short summaries. There are also practice questions in various styles at the end of each chapter, with explanatory answers at the end of the book. New to this edition A new chapter on OSCEs (Objectively Structured Clinical Examinations), in response to increasing use of OSCEs in medical student exams 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 An additional section on the newer clinical assessment tools (e.g. miniCEX) MCQ questions re-written into ‘best of five’ and extended matching format More self-assessment questions in each chapter Oncology chapter expanded Author Info 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 and Louise Langmead, MD, MRCP, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Table of 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