Product Description

The forerunner to this book – Ryder, Mir & Freeman′s ′An Aid to the MRCP Short Cases′ – rapidly established itself as a classic and has sold over 30,000 copies.

The new Progressive Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills (PACES) has replaced the old short case exam and, as a result, the authors have revised, reworked and extended their highly successful text so that it continues to address the study needs of candidates. This new revision aid is now presented in two volumes:

• An Aid to the MRCP PACES Volume 1: Stations 1, 3 and 5


• An Aid to the MRCP PACES Volume 2: Stations 2 and 4

This Volume covers Station 1 ′Respiratory and Abdominal Systems′, Station 3 ′Cardiovascular and Neurological Systems′ and Station 5 ′Skin, Locomoter, Eyes and the Endocrine System′. The 200 cases have been written in accordance with the new examining and marking schemes used for the exam. They provide an invaluable training and revision aid for all candidates.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15432 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 584 pages

Review
Reviews of An Aid to the MRCP Short Cases:

"...this is an excellent book, giving good advice on how to become a skilled, thoughtful and knowledgeable physician and hence how to become a MRCP (UK)"

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, on the previous edition

"The case–by–case approach is useful in preparing for Medicine finals. Together with the examination routines, the book becomes a kind of alternative textbook to conventional clinical examination books such as McCleods."

2nd Opinion, The Magazine of the Scottish Medical Schools

"...an invaluable companion to undergraduates in medical finals. It is easy to filter out the more obscure cases but this being said, the vast majority of the information is relevant to House Officers–to–be. This book is excellent value for money; the buy is well worth it."

Leech Y Gelen, University of Wales College of Medicine Gazette

Leech Y Gelen, University of Wales College of Medicine Gazette
...an invaluable companion to undergraduates in medical finals.

Customer Reviews

This is the Ultimate Prep Book for PACES
An absolute essential book while preparing for the PACES.There is an intial introduction about systematic examination of various systems and then it plunges headlong into the most common possibilities under station 1,3,5.Its does not give diffrentails for every station but what it mentions on the 'findings delivery' bit is pure gold!."This exam is passes on how well you can sell your findings".The various anecdotes and experiences of past candidates are excellent and a great reminder of how unpredicatble this exam can be.whatever it is,it teaches you the correct things to say when faced with the typical exam patient[which is something you would otherwise bump into once in 2years!].Use it in conjuction with baliga and a good clinical course -it 'll make the exam easily passable.I did-and passed in the first attempt!.

An aid to the MRCP PACES
An aid to the MRCP PACES by Ryder/Mir is just a continuation of the 2nd edition of an aid to the MRCP short cases by Ryder/Mir(Which was aimed at the clinical part of old MRCP)and so does not fully conform to the new MRCP PACES EXam; the book covers only the clinical diagnosis of individual diseases without any discussion of their management and other relevant issues

Not as good as Hall - buy it anyway because you need it for Paces
The problem with MRCP Paces is that there aren't that many books out there to read. The main texts are this book, the Tim Hall book and the Baliga book.

In my opinion the Hall text the two Ryder books. The Ryder books tend to jump from one topic to another, almost as though you are reading what came into Ryder's head next! The Hall book, by contrast treats each station comprehensively and in a logical format.

Baliga doesn't have many pictures (as noted in many of the reviews under that book) and is far more theoretical than either the Hall and Ryder books.

Ryder doesn't appear to give much emphasis to the communication and ethics stations - certainly not in as comprehensive a manner as Hall.

Having said all this, it's slightly unfair to compare the Hall book to Ryder and Baliga as Hall has the definite advantage of having been published later and so can respond to how the Paces exam has developed.

My advice is to buy all four books (this, the second Ryder book, Hall and Baliga). They all have different detailed examples in them and it's important that you get as wide a variety of examples before taking the Paces. As noted above, there aren't enough books out there currently for Paces candidates to pick and choose books.

Anyone want to write one?