Surgical OSCEs for Medical Students - Softcover

Manda Raz; Liang Low

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911510371 ISBN 13: 9781911510376

Publisher: Scion Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Surgical OSCEs for Medical Students offers readers nearly 70 stations showing how to address surgical problems in a consistent way. Each case provides a structured step-by-step approach:

• Differential diagnoses
• History
• Examination – general and targeted
• Investigations required
• Diagnosis with pathophysiological explanation
• Management

The book offers readers:

• Concise presentation of information to ensure rapid access to important facts
• Stimulating coverage of common surgical topics often encountered in OSCE examinations, such as abdominal distension, dysphagia, muscle weakness and sudden weight loss
• Valuable and trusted input from junior doctors who have successfully passed and supervised OSCEs

Contents

Station 1 Abdominal distension
Station 2 Abdominal mass
Station 3 Abdominal pain
Station 4 Acute confusion
Station 5 Anal pain
Station 6 Ankle swelling
Station 7 Axillary lump
Station 8 Back pain
Station 9 Breast lump
Station 10 Chest pain
Station 11 Clubbing
Station 12 Constipation
Station 13 Cough
Station 14 Cyanosis
Station 15 Diarrhoea
Station 16 Dizziness
Station 17 Dyspepsia
Station 18 Dysphagia
Station 19 Dyspnoea
Station 20 Earache
Station 21 Facial ulcer
Station 22 Facial weakness
Station 23 Fever in a returned traveller
Station 24 Finger pain
Station 25 Foot pain
Station 26 Foot ulcer
Station 27 Gait disturbance
Station 28 Goitre
Station 29 Groin mass
Station 30 Gynaecomastia
Station 31 Haematemesis
Station 32 Haematuria
Station 33 Haemoptysis
Station 34 Hand pain
Station 35 Headache
Station 36 Hearing loss
Station 37 Hypertension
Station 38 Incontinence
Station 39 Jaundice
Station 40 Joint pain and deformity
Station 41 Leg pain
Station 42 Leg ulcer
Station 43 Limb weakness
Station 44 Lymphadenopathy
Station 45 Melaena
Station 46 Mouth ulcer
Station 47 Muscle weakness
Station 48 Nail changes
Station 49 Neck lump
Station 50 Odynophagia
Station 51 Oliguria
Station 52 Palpitations
Station 53 Paraesthesia
Station 54 Polyuria
Station 55 Pruritus
Station 56 Rectal bleeding
Station 57 Scrotal mass
Station 58 Skin hyperpigmentation
Station 59 Steatorrhoea
Station 60 Stoma output
Station 61 Stridor
Station 62 Syncope
Station 63 Testicular mass
Station 64 Tremor
Station 65 Vision changes
Station 66 Voice changes
Station 67 Vomiting
Station 68 Weight loss

Edition details

• Publisher: Scion Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911510371
• ISBN 13: 9781911510376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268