Product Description

The Viva Voce is a particularly difficult element of the MRCS exam since candidates will be tested across a broad range of topics in surgery, pathology, critical care and basic science, and also as candidates are unsure what to expect, or how to prepare for such an exam.



Questions for the MRCS Viva is an essential guide to sitting and passing the Viva Voce part of the MRCS exam. Each subject area offers 20-30 questions, which follow a conversational pattern where new questions follow logically from previous answers - exactly as one would expect in the exam itself.



Written by recently qualified surgeons who are now actively involved in the teaching and support of new trainees, this book is the closest a candidate will get to being a fly on the wall in a Viva Voce examination. (20040510)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #238734 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 350 pages

Review
If you read this book you will be very well prepared for the MRCS vivas. It is one of the best and most comprehensive available and I now recommend it to all our local senior house officers...If I were taking the MRCS examination, I would base my revision around this book (Postgraduate Medical Journal )

The best book I ever bought! I thank the authors for ensuring I passed, as I had already answered most of the questions I was asked by going through this book. (Amazon Customer Review )

It is perfect for asking questions to your study group/partners and you then have the answers to your questions at hand. The answers provided are excellent - plenty of detail and well written. I personally found myself regurgitating many of the answers from this book for my viva exam -especially the physiology. I passed.

About the Author
Jeff Garner, MRCS (Glasg) MRCS (Ed) is Specialist Registrar in General Surgery in the Defence Medical Services, UK Peter Goodfellow, FRCSI is Specialist Registrar in General Surgery at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK (20040601)

Customer Reviews

Excellent first book to start practising your viva with...
Going to the viva voce exam can be very intimidating sometimes and this book certainly give me a taste of what sort of questions that could be asked at the viva. It covers most of the important and common questions and provide an idea of "how to" answer those questions with 'relevant' facts and do it 'effectively' without beating around the bush. Some of the topics are not covered in this book but it is a good viva practice book to start with and to give you the confidence (so that you don't feel too intimidated by too much facts). I strongly recommend this book as your first viva book for those going for the viva voce - I passed the first time!

A key book for the Viva
This book is excellent covering most of the common questions asked in the exam, giving a good approach to answering the questions.
Some of the subjects covered are not covered in other books for the viva. I passed the viva in Edinburgh and Dublin in october 2004, and nearly all the questions asked were covered in this book.

MRCS VIVA BOOK
This book is a good first book for the MRCS, it is easy to read and is a good introductory level book. I failed the exam initially using this book although passed second time around. I think the knowledge that I got from this book provided a good platform from which to work.