A self - assessment book for medical students taking the new systems-based courses, containing MCQ, structured answer and data interpretation questions.
Key Features
Self-assessment book for medical students taking systems-based courses - few competing books available.
Contains MCQ, short answer and data intterpretation questions.
Covers all the basic scientific material taught in first two to three years of course - both body systems and general areas such as genetics and pharmacology.
Covers essential core of knowledge only.
Includes application of basic sciences to clinical practice.
Author Information
By Wai-Ching Leung, MA MRCP MRCPCH MRCGP MRCPsych DCH DO DRCOG PGCE AdvDipEd, Lecturer in Public Health Medicine, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Part 1 General basic medical sciences. The cell. General principles of pharmacology. Nutrition and energy. General principles of pathological processes. General principles of infectious diseases. General principles of histology and embryology. General principles of genetics. Part 2 System-based basic medical sciences. The blood and bone marrow. The cardiovascular system. The respiratory system. The gastrointestinal system. The liver and biliary system. The endocrine system. The reproductive system. The renal and urinary system. The nervous system. The musculoskeletal system.
