Complete OSCE Skills for Medical and Surgical Finals

Paperback

Published: 28/05/2010

Extent: 320 pages

Illustrations: 5 b/w halftones, 25 colour line drawings

 

Send to a friend

Summary:
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination, or OSCE, is a familiar and often daunting experience for medical students. Finally, a book has been written which provides the essential information needed to manage OSCE stations competently, and will help you to pass your medical and surgical finals.

Over 150 topics are covered at the perfect level of detail for revision for finals; using bullet-pointed checklists and a short and succinct writing style, the authors cover the most important points to remember about the key conditions you're likely to encounter during OSCEs in 2-4 clear pages per condition.  Complete OSCE Skills for Medical and Surgical Finals covers the entire undergraduate syllabus for clinical finals under the following headings:

- History - Examination - Procedures - Emergency - Interpretations - Communication skills - Obstetrics & Gynaecology - Paediatrics - Genitourinary medicine

Key points:
- Delivers the information essential to passing the OSCE in a concise and consistent style
- Medicine and surgery in the same volume
- Clear layout in 2-colour throughout, with bullet lists for rapid reference and fully illustrated
- No more revising alone! Easy for friends to test each other on examination routine
- Complements Complete Revision notes for Medical Finals and Complete Self Assessment for Medical Finals for the complete revision package!

• Covers the essential information you need to pass your OSCEs
• Concise coverage using a couple of pages per condition; bullet-pointed lists and succinct writing style
• No more revising alone! Easy for friends to use to test each other on examination routine
• Medicine and surgery in the same volume
• Clear layout in 2-colour throughout, and fully illustrated
• Complements Complete Revision Notes and Self Assessment for Medical Finals by the same author, for the complete revision package!

Table of Contents:
History
Examination
Procedures
Emergency
Interpretations
Communication skills
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Paediatrics
Genitourinary medicine

About the Author(s):
Dr Kate Tatham BSc (Hons) MB BS MRCP FRCA
Specialty Registrar, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine
Imperial School of Anaesthesia
London, UK

Dr Kinesh Patel BA (Hons) MB BS MRCP
Specialty Registrar, Gastroenterology
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK

Readership:
UG medical students, primarily final year