A solid knowledge base and good clinical skills don't necessarily guarantee examination success in the long case OSCE. This book is the ultimate guide for medical students needing to combine their knowledge and skills with an ability to interpret the clinical findings, the proficiency to present them clearly and the confidence to deal with the examiners questions. Adopting a proven, highly effective approach, this revision aid uses role play with simulated patients to hone clinical examination and presentation skills. The fifty cases are divided into six areas: cardiology, respiratory, abdomen, neurology, musculoskeletal and surgery. Written by successful candidates and examiners, the guide poses a number of important and commonly asked examination questions for each case to assist in preparation and confidence, and model answers are provided to ensure an understanding of exactly what is required. Working in groups or independently, students will welcome the large, colourful format, the breakdown of marking schemes, an overview of examiners expectations, a guide to presenting clinical findings and innumerable 'insider' tips throughout. See accompanying video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvr4y-NykUU

The transition from young layman aspiring to be a physician to the young physician skilled in technique and confident in his dealings with patients is slow and halting. To study medicine is generally rated one of the major educational ordeals of American youth. The difficulty of this process and how medical students feel about their training, their doctor-teachers, and the profession they are entering is the target of this study. Now regarded as a classic, Boys in White is of vital interest to medical educators and sociologists.

By daily interviews and observations in classes, wards, laboratories, and operating theaters, the team of sociologists who carried out this firsthand research have not only captured the worries, cynicism, and basic idealism of medical students--they have also documented many other realities of medical education in relation to society. With some sixty tables and illustrations, the book is a major experiment in analyzing and presenting qualitative data.

Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day’s work for the world’s wildest veterinarian. Travelling from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Borneo, Romain Pizzi has caught, anaesthetised, diagnosed, operated on, medicated, and then released some of the world's most endangered wild animals. From disease testing Polynesian snails to keyhole surgery in Sumatran orangutans; from endoscopy in sharks to ultrasound on a chimpanzee. Sometimes this is high tech work, such as the first robotic surgery in a tiger, or giant panda cloning attempts. Sometimes the situations are more primitive, from anaesthetising a bear with a bicycle pump, old plumbing tubes and a plank, to operating on a vulture using an old metal spoon. In Exotic Vetting, Romain recalls his many interesting patients, while taking readers on a tour of the challenges of treating the world’s amazing spectrum of wild animal species.

The only BMAT preparation book approved by Cambridge Assessment. Written by the people who set the BMAT tests, so teachers know the information is concise, relevant and useful. New practice questions and answers ensure students get maximum practice and know what to expect on the day of the test. Examiner hints and tips and worked examples show students the best way to approach questions.

'The MRCS Clinical Examination is the final requirement to obtain the professional qualification for the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons. This Membership allows the transition from doctor to surgeon and a career in higher surgical training. This standardised clinical examination requires candidates to demonstrate their ability in examining patients, with effective and clear communication. 'The authors should be commended on producing a book that covers all clinical sections of the Examination, in such a concise, comprehensive and structured manner.This study guide will serve as your personal tutor working closely with you, prompting and providing pointers to improve your examination technique. It includes dozens of clinical scenarios, demonstrating how to examine the system and avoid common mistakes. In addition, the candidates can improve their communication skills, which is an integral part of this Examination. This book complements the "Insider Medical MRCS Clinical Course". It simulates the actual test conditions by providing sample cases and answers, coupling identification of weaknesses and strengths. This book will also prove to be extremely valuable for the new-style MRCS OSCE' - Nigel Mendoza in his Foreword.

HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE 2017 BMA BOOK AWARDS! Here's what the judges said: "The book is thorough and well written. It has many good questions and challenging scenarios and will allow candidates to prepare thoroughly for their interview. This is a useful book with plenty of scenarios for medical school applicants to practise and prepare. I am not aware of any other books in this subject area that describe potential interview questions to such depth. The quality of the questions as well as the answers and the variety is satisfying to see." Competition ratios for medical school are approximately 10:1. Faced with the increasing numbers of well-qualified applicants, the medical school interview has become a vital part of the application process. Put simply, if you want to get into medical school, you will need to do well in your medical school interview. As well as the more traditional use of 'across the table' interview questions, many medical schools are now using 'Multiple Mini Interviews' as a core part of their recruitment process. How to Prepare for Medical School Interviews is the largest collection of both types of interview questions available. It contains over 200 practice questions with full answers, as well as detailed practical advice to help you approach your interviews with confidence. Edited by an academic surgical registrar and with real-life contributions from students from medical schools across the UK, How to Prepare for Medical School Interviews is the perfect book to help you get ready for, practise and succeed in your medical school interview.

Paediatrics Lecture Notes beschaftigt sich mit den wesentlichen Aspekten der Betreuung und Behandlung von Kindern in der klinischen Praxis und enthalt ausfuhrliche Informationen zu Untersuchungen, Notfallen, Ernahrung, gesundheitlichen Aspekten vom Saugling bis zum Jugendlichen u.v.m. Dieses kompakte Lehrbuch fuhrt den Leser durch die wichtigsten Themenkomplexe, von der normalen kindlichen Entwicklung und Entwicklungsstoerungen uber kardiologische und gastroenterologische Stoerungen bis hin zu Stoffwechselerkrankungen. Wichtige Punkte, praxisorientierte Fragen, Behandlungsleitlinien, Lernprotokolle und Test zur Selbstuberprufung des Lernstoffes bereiten auf den Einsatz auf Kinderstationen und klinische Prufungen vor. Die 10. Auflage wurde aktualisiert und um neue Inhalte erganzt, um Veranderungen in der klinischen Praxis und die jungsten Fortschritte bei der Behandlung von Kindern und Jugendlichen. Dieses unverzichtbare, klar strukturierte Buch - prasentiert einen UEberblick uber die Padiatrie und umfasst noch mehr Inhalte zu Genetik, Differenzialdiagnostik, haufigen Krankheitsbildern, Behandlung und Management unterschiedlichster Erkrankungen. - bietet Ratschlage aus der Praxis und zeigt Wege auf, um Erfahrung in der Kinderheilkunde zu sammeln und die eigene Karriere zu befoerdern. - enthalt OSCE-Stationen, Zuordnungsfragen, weitere Online-Lernressourcne und gibt Tipps zur Prufungsvorbereitung. - umfasst einen Symptom-Checker, um schnell erkennen zu koennen, welche Krankheitssymptome bei der Differenzialdiagnostik zu berucksichtigen sind. Die 10. Auflage von Paediatrics Lecture Notes ist ein unverzichtbarer Leitfaden fur Studenten der Medizin, Assistenzarzte in der Padiatrie, die sich auf klinische Prufungen vorbereiten.

This brand new revision aid has been designed as a companion to the popular Mind Maps for Medical Students, from the same author, to help medical students memorize essential facts in the key specialty areas of psychiatry, obstetrics & gynaecology, paediatrics, ophthalmology, ENT, dermatology and orthopaedics. With over 100 maps included, the book will be invaluable throughout medical studies and particularly useful in the pressured run-up to final exams.

Developed by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, is the definitive reference for personal training professionals and students. This comprehensive guide to personal training, with contributions from leaders in the field, provides the most accurate and reliable information and guidance for current and aspiring professionals. Updated to reflect the latest research, with clear explanations of supporting scientific evidence, this edition will give readers the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed by modern personal training professionals. New content addresses the latest objectives found on the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT) exam, maintaining this text’s position as the single best resource for those preparing for the NSCA-CPT exam. NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, Third Edition, provides guidelines for the complex process of designing safe, effective, and goal-specific resistance, aerobic, plyometric, and speed training programs for clients of all ages and fitness levels. With comprehensive coverage of various categories of unique client needs, readers will learn how to make specific modifications and adjust exercise programs for each individual client. Multiple fitness testing protocols and norms for each component of fitness—including 10 new tests—are all presented, along with instructions that are detailed yet easy to follow. Over 200 full-color photos and accompanying instructions clearly describe and visually show proper technique for exercises and drills, including stretching, plyometrics, and stability ball exercises. There are new sections on suspension training, manual resistance training, and common types of resistance training equipment. Plus, 27 online videos, delivered through HKPropel, demonstrate exercise technique in action, preparing readers to instruct clients through safe exercise performance. Students will also be able to complete chapter quizzes assigned by instructors through HKPropel. Study questions at the end of each chapter, written in the same style and format as those found on the NSCA-CPT exam, facilitate learning of chapter content and fully prepare candidates for exam day. Practicing professionals and aspiring professionals alike will benefit from a new appendix of advice on building a successful career as a personal trainer. NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, Third Edition, remains the most comprehensive resource available for personal training preparation and professional development. Unmatched in scope, this essential text continues to be a definitive reference for current and future personal trainers, exercise instructors, fitness facility and wellness center managers, and other fitness professionals. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with this ebook.

This book will help final year medical students improve their chances of getting their ideal medical job by practising the new style `Situational Judgement Tests' (SJTs) required for recruitment. It begins with an explanation of the type of questions that are asked and introduces students to exam techniques required in order to succeed in the test. Following on from this, another chapter is dedicated to the core concepts and guidelines expected of junior doctors, before finishing with several mock examinations with answers for the readers to test themselves. SJTs are currently used elsewhere in medicine for the selection of fully qualified doctors into GP training, however this type of examination and questioning is not one which any medical student will be familiar with or have come across in their training to date. The book gives a comprehensive explanation of answers including key references and topics relating to professionalism, medical ethics, GMC guidelines and foundation programme personal specifications. The contributing authors include current foundation year doctors who can offer authentic realism from their ward experience. The book will serve not only as a revision guide but also as an instructional tool to help potential junior doctors reason through professional dilemmas they may encounter in the `SJT' selection tests as well as in real life on the wards.

Competition to get into the nation's top medical schools has never been more intense. Harvard Medical School in particular draws thousands of elite applicants from around the world. As admissions departments become increasingly selective, even the best and brightest need an edge. Writing a personal statement is a daunting part of the application process. In less than 5,300 characters, applicants must weave together experiences and passions into a memorable narrative to set them apart from thousands of other applicants. While there is no magic formula for writing the perfect essay, picking up this book will put them on the right track. 50 Successful Harvard Medical School Essays is the first in a new line of books published by the Harvard Crimson. It includes fifty standout essays from students who successfully secured a spot at Harvard Medical School. Each student has a unique set of experiences that led them to medicine. Each essay includes analysis by Crimson editors on essay qualities and techniques that worked, so readers can apply them to their own writing. This book will aid applicants in composing essays that reveal their passion for medicine and the discipline they will bring to this demanding program and profession. It will give them the extra help they need to get into the best medical school programs in the world.

Offering new ways of understanding the nature of disease, and exploring the idea that health and illness have a special interdependence, The Meaning of Illness shows the positive side of illness and its value in human experience.

Developing Communication Skills for Veterinary Practice provides a thorough grounding in practical communication principles for client and team interactions, and helps veterinarians and staff take their communication skills to the next level through self-development and coaching colleagues. The book describes specific evidence-based techniques, gives examples of their use, and demonstrates how to use each skill in the clinical setting, with learning activities to put into practice. It covers every mode of communication, including face-to-face, virtual, telephone, and written communication. Organized by the tasks of the clinical appointment, each chapter showcases specific communication skills. The book introduces a communication toolbox of 20 key communication skills, which can be applied to any area of veterinary practice or veterinary career path. The book: Defines each communication skill, demonstrates techniques, and provides examples Emphasizes the importance of communicating effectively with clients and colleagues Provides a process and structure for coaching communication with colleagues Discusses client and team interactions using many methods, including in-person meetings, telephone conversations, and emails Outlines best practices for effectively communicating using technology Developing Communication Skills for Veterinary Practice is an invaluable resource for veterinary professionals at any level seeking to develop their communication skills and improve clinical outcomes.

A step-by-step guide to caring for small animal surgical patients Surgical Patient Care for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses, Second Edition offers a complete, practical guide to nursing care for patients undergoing common and advanced surgeries in small animal practice. Written by veterinary technicians for veterinary technicians, the book is organized chronologically, beginning with the initial client contact and continuing through surgery to discharge and aftercare. The new edition significantly expands the surgical procedures chapter, adding new procedures, and incorporates updates to reflect new knowledge throughout. Topics cover all aspects of surgical patient care, including surgical assisting and patient comfort, for orthopedic, soft tissue, and emergency surgeries. A companion website offers video clips and review questions and answers, plus the figures from the book in PowerPoint. The Second Edition features: Hundreds of clinical photographs to support the text, with more than 100 images new to this edition, including many new instrument photos A logical chronological organization, from initial client communication through to discharge and aftercare instructions Topics ranging from laboratory testing, patient preparation, and instrument care and maintenance to bandaging, client communication, rehabilitation, encompassing orthopedic, ophthalmic, soft tissue, and emergency surgeries Expanded coverage of surgical procedures and wound management A companion website with video clips, review questions and answers, and the figures from the book in PowerPoint Surgical Patient Care for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses is equally useful for veterinary technician and nursing students and for veterinary technicians and nurses in practice, providing practical advice in a well-illustrated format.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entities included with the product. Celebrated by medical students for over a decade, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes is the highest-yield surgery review for the shelf and USMLE Step 2 CK exams. Designed for portable prep, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes reinforces the most important surgery information in a practical, easy-to-read review followed by 180 vignette-based practice questions. It fits perfectly in your lab coat so you can refresh your knowledge in between cases. The Best Review Concise high-yield review of core surgery material 180 up-to-date vignettes for self-testing 16 brief essays examining selected diagnostic and therapeutic tools from a surgical perspective Revised content review throughout, including: corneal foreign bodies, retinal detachment, organ donors, and organ rejection Expert Guidance Revised and fully up-to-date content from distinguished surgery instructor Dr. Carlos Pestana For over a decade, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes has helped med students excel on the surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK

This book outlines a methodology based on actor-network theory (ANT) and praxiography and applies this to the field of medical education. Drawn from a detailed account of practice in a medical setting, this book shows how researchers in education and medical education can learn to work with ANT approaches and attune to different insights in practice. The book gives a detailed account of what actor-network theory can bring to research, through the investigation of social and material networks. The philosophical underpinnings of actor-network theory are presented as the basis of this emerging methodology, through an exploration of learning as disruption, practice as human and material assemblages, and power as regulated difference in worlds of practice. This is a qualitative approach for exploring complexity that does not attempt to represent or reduce but allows for unique insights into practice that might otherwise be overlooked. With a robust grounding in practice and professional learning and actor-network theory, this book will be of great interest for academics, scholars, and postgraduate students in the field of research methods and medical education.

The new edition of Get ahead! Medicine: 150 EMQs for Finals has been completely updated by two junior doctors who have achieved recent success in their finals, overseen by the book's experienced author team. The 150 EMQ themes, each with five stems, are arranged as 10 practice papers, each containing 15 themes. All the main conditions are included as well as more detailed knowledge suitable for candidates aiming at the higher deciles. The questions are written to follow the house style of the Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance EMQs and are therefore of a similar format to those you can expect in your exams. All the questions are accompanied by explanatory answers, including a succinct summary of the key features of each condition. Whether you work through the practice papers systematically or dip in and out by topic, this bestselling revision guide will offer a life rope for anyone preparing for undergraduate finals.

'The perfect gift for the armchair epidemiologist' Wall Street Journal Nature wants you dead. Not just you, but your children and everyone you have ever met and everyone they have ever met; in fact, everyone. It wants you to cough and sneeze and poop yourself into an early grave. It wants your blood vessels to burst and pustules to explode all over your body. And - until recently - it was really good at doing this... The subject of infection and how to fight it grows more urgent every day. How do pathogens cause disease? And what tools can we give our bodies to do battle? Infectious is not only a vital overview of what goes awry in our bodies, but also a hopeful story of ongoing human ingenuity.

how to succeed at revalidation Doctors in the UK are required to provide evidence of their fitness to practice--all doctors registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) need to revalidate to maintain their registration. How to Succeed at Revalidation contains up-to-date information on the current regulatory framework and step-by-step guidance for the entire revalidation process. Offering expert advice on how to undertake the process from the perspective of the appraisee, the appraiser, and the employer, this practical, quick-reference guide covers each of the Good Medical Practice (GMP) domains: Knowledge, Skills and Performance; Safety and Quality; Communication, Partnership and Team Work; and Maintaining Trust. Throughout the text, numerous examples describe different models of appraisal and reflection, identify activities that map to each domain, and demonstrate how revalidation requirements can be achieved in the course of daily practice. This much-needed guide: Covers regulatory processes in medicine and healthcare from both UK and international perspectives Reviews the background that led to the implementation of revalidation Discusses the new GMP requirements for all doctors in the UK Explores the possible future of revalidation How to Succeed at Revalidation is essential reading for all qualified and trainee doctors, undergraduate and postgraduate learners, tutors, and trainers seeking to navigate the revalidation process in the UK.