2nd Edition

Get ahead! Specialties: 100 EMQs for Finals

    344 Pages
    by CRC Press

    344 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Fully updated, this new edition of the successful Get ahead! Specialties: 100 EMQs for Finals provides invaluable revision for all medical students preparing for their final examinations. Written by experienced authors, and with Saran Shantikumar as the series editor, this book covers the entire syllabus in a clear and comprehensive style.

    The second edition has been completely updated according to current curriculum, and the questions are written in a style similar to the Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance (MSCAA) bank. Get ahead! Specialties: 100 EMQs for Finals builds on the strengths of the first edition to provide reliable and effective revision practice to help achieve success in the final exams.

    Practice Paper 1: Questions
    Antenatal Screening
    Chronic Pelvic Pain
    Cardiotocography
    Sexually Transmitted Infections
    Hormones of Menstruation
    Pain in Pregnancy
    Fetal Presentation
    Diabetes in Pregnancy
    Hormone Replacement Therapy
    Premature Labour
    Answers

    Practice Paper 2: Questions
    Antepartum Haemorrhage
    Menstrual Dysfunction
    Physiological Changes in Pregnancy
    Vaginal Bleeding
    Contraindications to Contraception
    Rhesus Disease
    Classification of Ovarian Tumours
    Management of Endometrial and Cervical Cancer
    Drug Management of Preeclampsia
    Induction and Augmentation of Labour
    Answers

    Practice Paper 3: Questions
    Infection in Pregnancy
    Female Anatomy
    Obstetric Emergencies
    Contraception
    Postpartum Haemorrhage
    Cervical Screening
    Mechanisms of Labour
    Complications of Caesarean Section
    Gynaecological Malignancies
    The Infertility Clinic
    Answers

    Practice Paper 4: Questions
    Methods of Delivery
    Urogynaecology
    Drugs in Pregnancy
    Perimenopausal Hormones
    Acute Pelvic Pain
    Gametogenesis
    Genital Infections
    Twins
    Ectopic Pregnancy
    Ultrasound Scanning in Pregnancy
    Answers

    Practice Paper 5: Questions
    Abdominal Pain
    Apnoea
    Immunization Schedule
    Child Protection
    Management of Asthma
    Investigating the Febrile Child
    Obesity
    Heart Murmurs
    Diarrhoea
    Haematology and Haematological Malignancy

    Practice Paper 6: Questions
    Vomiting
    The Child with a Limp
    Cough
    Chromosomal Disorders
    Arthritis
    Jaundice in the New-Born
    Seizures
    Fever and a Rash
    Failure to Thrive
    Haematuria
    Answers

    Practice Paper 7: Questions
    Constipation
    Anaemia
    Stridor
    Developmental Assessment
    Oedema
    Diagnosis of Electrolyte Imbalance
    Management of Electrolyte Imbalance
    Congenital Heart Disease
    Organisms Associated with Paediatric Pathology
    The Crying Baby
    Answers

    Practice Paper 8: Questions
    Scrotal Pain and Swelling
    Acid–Base Disturbances
    Sore Throat
    Illnesses Protected Against by Immunization
    The Febrile Child
    Modes of Inheritance
    Headaches
    Dysuria
    Short Stature
    Petechiae and Purpura
    Answers

    Practice Paper 9: Questions
    Dementia
    First-Rank Symptoms
    Causes of Weight Loss
    Mood Disorders
    Descriptive Psychopathology 1
    Sleep Disorders
    Suicide
    Psychiatric Disorders Relating to Women’s Health
    Substance Use
    Syndromes in Psychiatry
    Answers

    Practice Paper 10: Questions
    Neurotic Disorders
    Side Effects of Psychiatric Medication
    Descriptive Psychopathology 2
    Psychotic Disorders
    Psychiatry of Sexuality
    Management of Depression
    Transcultural Psychiatric Disorders
    Psychiatric Signs of Physical Illness
    The Mental Health Act
    Personality Disorders
    Answers

    Biography

    Peter Cartledge , consultant paediatrician, Leeds Children's Hospital, UK Fiona Bach , specialty registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology, London, UKRebecca Cairns , GP, Horton Bank Practice, Bradford, UKMahesh Jayaram , senior lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, AustraliaMary Watson , Leeds General Infirmary, UKEdited by: Saran Shantikumar , academic clinical fellow in public health, University of Warwick, UK