This is the only guide trainee surgeons will need to help them pass the MRCSPart B OSCE exam. It includes comprehensive revision notes on all the areas covered in the exam, practice scenarios and model answers laid out as in the exam, and essential exam techniques. This is the only guide you need to pass theMRCS Part B OSCE examination. This unique two-volume set includes comprehensive revision notes on all the areas covered in the exam; numerous practice scenarios with model answers in the format they would be encountered in the exam; and essential exam technique tips. Written by a team of editors and authors with extensive experience of the exam and all the recent changes, it broaches topics that can often trip up the candidate, includingcommunication and history-taking skills. Revision is aided by over 130 imagesand illustrations, as well as boxes highlighting clinical tips and exam hints.Volume 2 addresses the stations that exam the four specialty areas: Trunk andTorso; Limbs and Spine; Head and Neck, and Neuroscience. It covers the anatomy, physiology and pathology in each of these four speciality areas along with detailed clinical exam scenarios and a bank of likely clinical questions and model answers. INDICE: Part 1: Trunk and torso stations Section A: Trunk and torso anatomy Surface anatomy Chest and abdominal wall Heart and great vessels Lungs The oesophagus and stomach Liver, pancreas and biliary system Small and large intestine The urinary system Section B: Trunk and torso physiology and pathology Thoracic pathology Oesophagus and stomach Pancreas Hepatobiliary pathology Largebowel pathology Urological pathology and physiology Hernias and intestinal obstruction Vascular pathology Breast pathology Section C: Clinical trunk and torso Common abdominal cases Common thoracic cases Part 2: Limbs and spine Section A: Limbs and spine anatomy Bones and joints Spine Osteology Special areas Peripheral nerves Vasculature of the limbs Section B: Limbs and spine physiology and pathology Fractures Section C: Clinical limbs and spine Common cases Special tests Part 3: Head and neck Section A: Head and neck anatomy Pituitary anatomy Thyroid and parathyroid Salivary glands Vascular anatomy Special areas of the neck Section B: Head and neck physiology and pathology Thyroid and parathyroid glands Pituitary physiology and pathology Salivary gland pathology Section C: Head and neck clinical Head and neck stations Common neck lump cases Common skin cases Part 4: Neuroscience Section A: Neuroscience anatomy Basic neuroscience anatomy Skull and meninges Cerebral topography Intracranial vasculature Cranial nerves Cerebellum and brainstem Spinal cord Autonomic nervous system Section B: Neuroscience physiology and pathology CSF formation and flow Intracranial homeostasis and head Injury CNS infections CNS tumours Section C: Clinical neuroscience Neuroradiology Common neurosurgical cases Common neurosurgical tests and signs Brainstem death
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958300-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 22/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés