Aid To Mrcp Short Cases - Softcover

RYDER

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632014512 ISBN 13: 9780632014514

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1986

Synopsis

This text provides a comprehensive guide for those preparing for the short cases section of the MRCP Clinical - an examination with over 70 per cent failure rate. Based on an extensive survey of successful candidates, the book highlights and deals with the full range of clinical problems and difficulties encountered by candidates. The authors have formulated a syllabus from the survey and have presented examination techniques for all clinical subsystems, with checklists at the end for quick recall. Clinical features of 150 short cases are covered fully and supported by illustrations and photographs, together with methods of presentation. Anecdotes and quotations with self-evident lessons from the survey are presented in the final chapter. This book is designed to assist candidates in improving their clinical performance, diagnostic skills and presentation.

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Review

"...this is an excellent book, giving good advice on how to become a skilled, thoughtful and knowledgeable physician and hence how to become a MRCP (UK)" Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, on the previous edition "The case–by–case approach is useful in preparing for Medicine finals. Together with the examination routines, the book becomes a kind of alternative textbook to conventional clinical examination books such as McCleods." 2nd Opinion, The Magazine of the Scottish Medical Schools "...an invaluable companion to undergraduates in medical finals. It is easy to filter out the more obscure cases but this being said, the vast majority of the information is relevant to House Officers–to–be. This book is excellent value for money; the buy is well worth it." Leech Y Gelen, University of Wales College of Medicine Gazette

From the Back Cover

The first edition of An Aid to the MRCP Short Cases rapidly estabished itself as a classic and has sold over 25,000 copies. The aims of this revised and extended second edition are the same as those of the first – to provide a comprehensive guide for those preparing for the short cases section of the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians examination. The MRCP examination is a major hurdle for all trainee hospital physicians and has a failure rate of over 70%. The greater part of the book consists of 200 short cases which are presented in order of frequency of their occurrence in the examination (based on an extensive survey of successful candidates). The clinical features of each case are fully covered and supported by illustrations and photographs. The emphasis throughout the book is on examination technique and how to present the clinical information in the style the examiners expect. In short it is an indispensable guide for anyone preparing for this critical examination.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0632014512
• ISBN 13: 9780632014514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400