Get Through MRCGP: Hot Topics

Summary:
Get Through: MRCGP Hot Topics presents current clinical information and guidelines (e.g. NICE, SIGN, BTS, Royal Colleges, etc.) for the management of chronic diseases, including the guidelines for COPD (BTS/NICE) and hypertension (BHS). Also included is an A-Z of all topics that have been covered in recent examination modules, with the additional coverage of topics such as DVLA guideslines for fitness to drive, welfare benefits, child development and statistics.

All topics are presented in easy to read outline format for ease of memorization. Sources for the material covered include the weekly British Medical Journal, weekly Doctor magazines, The Oxford Handbook Series, the BNF and websites of all current government and college guidelines. This book is therefore a culmination of several months spent reading and summarizing Hot Topics for you, the reader.

• Get Through MRCGP: Hot Topics is an award winning book designed to help candidates successfully pass the examination

• Acheived Highly Commended in the Primary Care category, BMA Medical Book Competition

• Accompanies bestselling Get Through MRCGP: Oral and Video Modules

• Provides essential information in an easily accessible way, making it a useful aid to learning and revision for all MRCGP candidates

• Written by a highly regarded and experienced author who has authored several Get Through titles

Table of Contents:
Preface
Recommended texts and references
List of abbreviations
Acne Case Management
Analgaesia
Antibiotics
Anxiety
Asthma Case Management
Asthma Management in Adults
Asthma Management in Children
Back Pain
Benefits (Welfare)
Cancer
Cervical Smear
Child Development Milestones
Childhood Immunisations
Cholesterol
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management
Consultation Models
Contraception
Critical Reading Protocol
Depression
Diabetes Type 2: Algorithm for Glycaemic Control
Diabetic Oral Hypoglycaemic Drugs
Drug Misuse and Dependence
Dyspepsia
ECGs
ENT (Everything You Wanted to Know)
Eyes (Everything You Wanted to Know)
Fitness to Drive
General Medical Council - Ethics
Groin Lumps
HIV
Hyperlipidaemia Management
Hypertension Management
Hypertension and Hyperlipidaemia in Type 2 Diabetes
Medical Certificates
Mental Health Act 1983
Methods/Study Designs
Notifiable Diseases
Obstetrics
Osteoporosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Screening Programme
Statistics
Stroke Secondary Prevention
Urinary Incontinence
Vaginal Discharge

About the Author(s):

Una Coales BA(Hons) MD FRCSEd(Gen Surg) FRCSEd(ENT) FRCGP DRCOG DFFP PGCertMedEd
GP, Stockwell, London

Readership:
Trainees undertaking the MRCGP examination and trainees in general practice

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