Pass Finals (3rd Ed.)

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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'sClinical 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

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.