Product Description

The aim of the book is to provide the busy doctor with a comprehensive review of the most popular cases and data interpretation questions in preparation for the MRCP Part 2 and equivalent examinations in internal medicine. A broad range of subjects is covered in 175 questions including cardiology, nephrology, respiratory diseases, neurology, haematology, rheumatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, genetics, metabolic medicine/biochemical disorders, toxicology/drug side-effects and environmental medicine, dermatology and infectious diseases. Precise answers and detailed discussion follow each question. Where appropriate important differential diagnoses, diagnostic algorithms and 135 up to date medical lists are presented. Short tutorials are included to aid the interpretation of illustrated material as well as important, and sometimes difficult, clinical data such as respiratory function tests, cardiac catheter data and dynamic endocrine tests. To aid examination technique, answers to difficult questions are presented showing scores from highest to lowest. The book will prove invaluable to all young doctors studying for higher exams in internal medicine and to medical tutors preparing post graduate examinations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #289626 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

Customer Reviews

not so rapid, but superb quality and breadth
The 1st edition of this book was an instant best-seller. It comprised 150 short answer questions with detailed answers and stunning visuals.

The second edition has more than doubled in volume and most of the cases have been converted to the 'best of 5 format'.

Unfortunately the quality of the actual 'best of five' questions themselves does not really reflect the complexity of the real exam. Perhaps too many of the questions are 'barn door' cases which are most helpful for when starting out your part 2 revision joruney.
The questions are there more to facilitate the descriptions of the cases rather than test the reasoning power of the candidate.

This book differs significantly from other part 2 texts with its inclusion of many 'acute medicine' cases. I feel these are particularly helpful as they cover the standard acute medicine guidelines which are tested in the real exam.

Overall i found the book slightly laborious but it was still an imprtant part of my revision - and i passed!

Best book for the written component of the MRCP
I have taken this Part II Memebeship Exam three times and I have quite a lot of books for the written component. Not just to praise, defnitley it is the best book to revise for the exam in a short period of time.Hats off to the authors

excellent for part 2
and for medicine in general. i found the echo explanations especially useful. however, its not fully adapted for the new style exams - there are still questions in it which ask you to give lists rather then choose best of five. think this needs changing by the next edition.