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Communication Skills for Final MB: A Guide to Success in the OSCECommunication Skills for Final MB: A Guide to Success in the OSCE by Harry Dalton BSc DPhil(Oxon) FRCP DipMedEd
Buy new: £20.77 / Used from: £15.00
Particularly good if you're nervous about the communication skills stations in OSCEs. It's really nicely laid out, and covers a lot, including breaking bad news, explaining procedures, and histories.
Get Through Clinical Finals: A Toolkit for OSCEsGet Through Clinical Finals: A Toolkit for OSCEs by A. Papanikitas
Buy new: £21.01 / Used from: £8.50
I really liked this book. No-nonsense approach to OSCEs, with a friendly voice running through it, as well as helpful advice. Buy it.
Pocket Essentials of Clinical MedicinePocket Essentials of Clinical Medicine by Anne Ballinger MD MRCP Dr.
Buy new: £19.16 / Used from: £16.79
A good way to cover the whole of clinical medicine for the written portion of finals, although lacks some of the detail you need. Use with Oxford Handbook.
Surgical Talk: Revision in SurgerySurgical Talk: Revision in Surgery by Andrew Goldberg
Buy new: £20.43 / Used from: £18.89
Perfect for covering all the surgery you need to know for the writtens. Read it, make notes from it, learn it.
The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Final Year Medical Students (Masterpass Undergraduate)The Easy Guide to OSCEs for Final Year Medical Students (Masterpass Undergraduate) by Nazmul Akunjee
Buy new: £22.17 / Used from: £21.33
Very useful. Almost all the final years at my medical school used this book to get through their OSCEs as the scenarios were very similar to the stations that came up.
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series)Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series) by Murray Longmore
Buy new: £18.68 / Used from: £14.75
To cover the detail missing from mini-Kumar and Clark for the medicine portion of the writtens.
Browse's Introduction to the Symptoms and Signs of Surgical DiseaseBrowse's Introduction to the Symptoms and Signs of Surgical Disease by John Black
Buy new: £25.34 / Used from: £25.11
Very useful for preparing for the surgical OSCE stations, especially if your medical school hasn't covered much surgery. It's a bit of a classic.
300 Single Best Answer Questions for Medical and Surgical Finals300 Single Best Answer Questions for Medical and Surgical Finals by Satyen Gohil
Buy new: £15.11 / Used from: £10.00
Good for practising "Best of Five" style multiple-choice questions. The ones in this book are harder than what you'll get in your writtens, so if you can do these, you're all set!
Clinical Skills for OSCEsClinical Skills for OSCEs by Neel Burton
Buy new: £45.50 / Used from: £9.99
Good simple bullet points for OSCEs. Useful for 3rd and 4th year OSCEs too! General word of advice - these kinds of books don't age, so buy an old edition, it's cheaper (does not apply to textbooks!)
OSCEs for Medical Students: v. 1OSCEs for Medical Students: v. 1 by Adam Feather
Buy new: £15.71 / Used from: £8.42
Along with volumes 2 and 3, these scenarios are the best way to practise history taking and communication skills as they provide a "script" for your "patient".
British national formulary: v. 54British national formulary: v. 54 by a joint publication of the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Buy used from: £2.99
You need to know how to prescribe for finals. The BNF is indispensable (no pun intended). Slightly older editions are good and cheap.
100 Cases in Clinical Medicine100 Cases in Clinical Medicine by James Pattison
Buy new: £16.81 / Used from: £14.99
This book is great for when you can't face memorising long lists of facts, or doing practise Qs - even good for a little bed-time reading!
MCQ Companion to General and Systematic PathologyMCQ Companion to General and Systematic Pathology by Simon S. Cross
Buy used from: £7.49
Pathology does come up in written finals - it comes up a lot. Practice makes perfect.
Radiology Casebook for Medical StudentsRadiology Casebook for Medical Students by Alan Grundy
Buy new: £16.99 / Used from: £16.00
If radiology comes up in your medical school finals, then use this book. I did.