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Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2015 Orthopaedic Trauma:
The Stanmore and Royal London Guide is a definitive and practical
guide to musculoskeletal trauma surgery with an emphasis on the
techniques employed and the reasoning behind them. Written with the
needs of trainees in orthopaedic surgery in mind, this
comprehensive book systematically covers all aspects of trauma of
the upper limb, lower limb, and spine, with separate sections on
paediatric trauma. Many chapters include detailed descriptions of
the initial diagnosis and management of common injuries as well as
the consent process, theatre set-up, and surgical approach required
for operative treatment. The book also features sections on topics
such as polytrauma, pelvic trauma, and resuscitation, enabling the
reader to learn safe, evidence-based approaches. Information on
complications, key references, viva and multiple-choice questions
to test understanding of concepts covered are included in each
chapter, allowing the book to be used both as a practical guide to
the treatment of patients and as a preparation tool for
postgraduate orthopaedic examinations. This book complements the
successful titles Basic Orthopaedic Sciences: The Stanmore Guide
and Operative Orthopaedics: The Stanmore Guide.
Applying to medical school has become increasingly competitive,
with greater numbers of students applying every year. Applicants
must take every available opportunity to make themselves stand out
amongst the competition if they want to have a chance of getting
into the school of their choice. Secrets of Success: Getting into
Medical School is written for all potential medical students and is
intended to guide applicants on making the right choices in
choosing schools and optimizing their performance in the
application process.
Secrets of Success: Getting into Medical School is written for all
potential medical students, including graduate entry-level and is
specifically intended to guide applicants through all stages of the
online process. By adopting a pragmatic approach to enhance
communication, and demonstrating how to immerse yourself in your
career, this essential book will give you practical guidance on the
admission process and sound factual content, as well as helping you
to reach your potential by developing your ability to reflect on
and promote your strengths and achievements. Plus, Secrets of
Success tips on how to doing well in entrance exams, and how to
make yourself a more competitive applicant. Getting into medical
school is designed to become a personalized workbook as the reader
progresses through the application process, and is a must-have for
every want-to-be medical student.
Following on from the highly successful first edition, published in
2006, the second edition of Basic Orthopaedic Sciences has been
fully updated and revised, with every chapter rewritten to reflect
the latest research and practice. The book encompasses all aspects
of musculoskeletal basic sciences that are relevant to the practice
of orthopaedics and that are featured and assessed in higher
specialty exams. While its emphasis is on revision, the book
contains enough information to serve as a concise textbook, making
it an invaluable guide for all trainees in orthopaedics and trauma
preparing for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) as well as for surgeons at
MRCS level, and other clinicians seeking an authoritative guide.
The book helps the reader understand the science that underpins the
clinical practice of orthopaedics, an often neglected area in
orthopaedic training, achieving a balance between readability and
comprehensive detail. Topics covered include biomechanics,
biomaterials, cell & microbiology, histology, structure &
function, immunology, pharmacology, statistics, physics of imaging
techniques, and kinesiology.
Surgical diagnoses are often made on the basis of clinical
assessment alone and thus achieving competence in clinical skills
remains imperative to good practice in surgery. This book of over
140 cases is designed for candidates preparing for all surgical
examinations, whether at undergraduate, postgraduate or exit
examination level. It will demystify and simplify the clinical
assessment of surgical cases and provides invaluable advice on how
to achieve success. The text includes top tips, acronyms and
up-to-date summaries of current practice based on the authors'
personal experience of surgical examinations. All the cases are
graded in terms of likely appearance in the examinations. Top tips
emphasize specific subjects which often cause confusion. The text
includes both commonly asked and advanced questions relating to
each case. Examples of the common procedures and props that come up
in the skill-based examination format are included. This fully
revised Third Edition now includes 175 photographs of clinical
cases and signs as well as key manoeuvres performed during specific
surgical examination routines.
The second edition of Basic Orthopaedic Sciences has been fully
updated and revised to cover the latest breadth of topics in
orthopaedic basic science. The book encompass all aspects of
musculoskeletal basic sciences that are relevant to the practice of
orthopaedics, and that are featured and assessed in the FRCS Higher
Specialty exams. Based on the authoritative 'Stanmore course' run
by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, the book contains
enough information to serve as a concise textbook while its
emphasis is on revision.Basic Orthopaedic Sciences provides an
authoritative guide to the basic sciences underpinning the practice
of orthopaedic surgery, covering aspects of biomechanics,
biomaterials, cell & microbiology, histology, structure &
function, immunology, pharmacology, statistics, physics of imaging
techniques, and kinesiology as relevant to the subject of
orthopaedics.The book continues to help trainees understand the
science that underpins the clinical practice of orthopaedics, an
often neglected area in orthopaedic training, achieving a balance
between readability and comprehensive detail.Basic Orthopaedic
Sciences is an invaluable guide for all trainees in orthopaedics
and trauma preparing for the FRCS, as well as for surgeons at MRCS
level.
It is not always easy for doctors to make the right choices for
themselves when the world of medicine offers so much diversity.
Indeed, Specialty training is now a very significant crossroads in
a junior doctor's career - choosing the most appropriate direction
can be mind-boggling. There is a need to be realistic, to have
clear goals and objectives, and often to recognise these before
setting out on the first few steps into a field. Secrets of
Success: Getting into Specialty Training aims to guide applicants
for these posts through the various stresses and challenges of the
application and interview processes and enable them to increase
their own chances of successfully securing their dream job. A
section on background is followed by chapters exploring the
application process and how candidates can expect to be scored.
There is a large section providing candidates with possible
application questions and example answers, covering such areas as
academic achievement, audit, professional integrity, teamwork and
coping under pressure as well as some specialty-specific questions.
The reader is then guided through portfolio preparation and the
interview process, and the book ends with a useful what next'
section, including invaluable advice on what to do if things don't
go so well. Secrets of Success: Getting into Specialty Training is
a practical handbook, presented in a clear and friendly style, with
space for the reader to write their own notes as they go along.
This book is an essential guide for all junior doctors before and
during the application and interview process, and will arm the
reader with the tools they need to help them successfully cross
this important career hurdle.
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