Complete Revision Notes for Medical and Surgical Finals PDF

Preface

Finals tend to be a stressful time for medical students, as the requirement to relearn the large volumes of knowledge accumulated over 5 or 6 years is demanding, both physically and emotionally. Often the most difficult part is deciding exactly what level of detail is expected by examiners: the constant fear of not knowing enough inevitably leads students to try to learn too much from complicated texts, and consequently the key points that examiners actually seek are often forgotten.

This book is useful as it uniquely contains the entire undergraduate curriculum examined at finals, from medicine to surgery and ENT to oncology. The salient points needed to pass are featured in an easy to read (and remember!) bulleted format.

As most examinations are now multiple choice question-based, these bullets provide the essential nuggets of information that are often difficult and time-consuming to extract from a conventional textbook. Particular thought has been given to include facts that are repeatedly tested in finals, although explanations have been kept deliberately brief to act more as an aide-mémoire than to provide comprehensive descriptions of diseases.

The content is deliberately broad, but without the unnecessary extensive verbosity that can create real confusion and anxiety in the days running up to exams. The information contained within this book should be sufficient to pass written finals.

I wish you every success in your studies. Kinesh Patel