Product Description

British Medical Association Book Awards 2009 - Highly Commended, Medicine

Clinical examinations in the OSCE style of marked stations are daunting for all students, whether undergraduates or MRCP candidates. The recent introduction of the 5-station PACES (Progressive Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills) exam inspired a great deal of apprehension, so the appearance of the first edition of Hall's PACES for MRCP was greatly welcomed by candidates and became an immediate success. This new edition builds on the book's reputation. It provides, in one colourful and attractive volume, complete coverage of all the most common medical cases that will be covered in PACES and similar exams. Although designed specifically for the PACES part of the MRCP exam, its in-depth coverage means that it can be used by any student preparing for clinical examinations in medicine.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25312 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 768 pages

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Customer Reviews

A MUST for your MRCP preparation
Hall's PACES for the MRCP is excellent. It is easy to follow, carefully laid out and covers all conditions likely to appear in each station of the exam.

The author not only explains examination techniques and clinical signs, but also goes that step further to ensure the reader really understands each topic, using clinical examples, question and answer/discussion sections as well as detailed illustrations.

Where this text also outshines the others is with the inclusion of chapters covering the History Taking and Communication/Ethics stations of the exam. The scenarios are "spot on" and give the reader plenty of examples to work through. The Neurology section is brilliant.

Overall: An excellent and up-to-date text, this is the new MRCP "Bible" - don't sit your exam without it.

A cosy read, but not as hardcore as baliga or Ryder
This book has a very pleasing feel about it. A comprehensive range of chapters, excellent paper quality and for the most part excellent information for the part 2 and PACES.
This book is born of two fathers; Ryder and Baliga. Its uniqueness is that it seemlessly blends case presentation with background knowledge. In fact many of the cases are used as a sounding board for less relevant but important information on cytokines for example.
At times it the link between the case and the blurb seems tenuous but for the most part it helps revise medicine and flesh out those answers.
The author should definitely be congratulated on producing an excellent Paces revision book; and this is only the first edition!

Overall I think it doesn't obviate the need for the more old-fashioned Ryder, and Baliga both exellent texts. For people wanting a slightly softer approach then this book is perfect.

great neuro section
Really good book. The clinical stations are well covered - in particular this book is worth buying just for the neuro section alone which is really easy to read and understand and gives you a great framework for approaching clinical cases (this is also what countless colleagues of mine have cited as the book's main selling point!)

The ethical and history taking stations are not so well covered and i would recommend ryder's gold book for these if you feel the need to revise for these (this is why only 4 stars)

Certainly enough detail to pass easily - add in Ryder for those rarer cases which do occasionally come up and you will be sorted.