Pass Finals E-Book (Pocket Essentials

by Geoff Smith, Elizabeth Carty, Louise Langmead

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

554 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 6, 2004