Mnemonics and Study Tips for Medical Students, Second Edition: Two Zebras Borrowed My Car

Summary:
What better way to remember the branches of the facial nerve than the mnemonic Two Zebras Borrowed My Car! This is just one of the many mnemonics included by the author to help you remember facts you may need in your exams and medical career; see inside for the alternative version considered too risqué to print on the cover...



A new edition of this fun pocket-sized guide featuring mnemonics and study tips to help you retain those all-important medical facts! An essential read for every medical student Mnemonics And Study Tips For Medical Students will also be invaluable to students of pharmacy, nursing and allied health subjects.

• Packed with fun tools to help memorise facts - including cartoons, swot boxes, rude riddles and pre-quizzes
• Record cards, making notes, memory aids, association, linking, environment, spatial mnemonics and mind maps - whatever your preferred study method, this book shows you how to make the most of your precious revision time
• Mnemonics for both pre-clinical topics, and clinical situations
• Successful study strategies and advice on how to effectively manage your study with hints and tips on the inevitable last minute revision
• Over 100 new mnemonics
• Also new to this edition: tips on devising your own mnemonics and user-friendly layout with helpful icons

Table of Contents:
Preface: Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Why this book is so good!
Acknowledgements
SECTION 1: BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES
1. Anatomy
2. Biochemistry
3. Physiology
4. Pharmacology
5. Microbiology and infectious disease
SECTION 2: CLINICAL SPECIALTIES
6. Chemical pathology
7. Medical specializations
8. Paediatrics
9. Surgery
10. Obstetrics and gynaecology
11. Psychiatry
12. Radiology
SECTION 3: STUDY TIPS AND MEMORY BITS
13. Making your own mnemonics
14. Learning with the link
15. Power of the Peg
16. Spatial mnemonics
17. Revise at the movies!
18. Motivational bits, quips and study tips
Index

About the Author(s):
Khalid Khan, BSc(Pharmacy) MRPharmS MBBS(London) DRCOG DFFP DCH DCM(Beijing).

Khalid is a GP Principal in Croydon, UK, as well as a GP Trainer, Tutor and Assessor. He is also an undergraduate tutor for King's College Medical School, an SSM tutor for St George's University, a former board member and educational lead for South Croydon Primary Care Group, a Fellow of the Chinese Medical Institute and Register, and Medical Adviser to the Society of Medical Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the International Journal of Acupuncture. Dr Khan is also a registered pharmacist.

Readership:
Core: All medical undergraduate students. Supplementary: Also students of pharmacy, nursing and allied health courses.