CRC MCQ EMQ SURG PDF

Preface

First published in 1932, Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery has stood the test of time. Perhaps this is an understatement, considering that all three of us have used the book as medical students! This book has been the result of good foresight on the part of Hodder Arnold to keep up with the changing trends in the pattern of surgical examinations, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The publishers should be congratulated in bringing out this book - converting the original Silver Jubilee (25th) edition - all 77 chapters of it - as Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Extended Matching Questions (EMQs).

The book is aptly titled as a companion to Bailey & Love. We would therefore hope that the reader, specifically preparing for a written examination, would use this book as the major reading material, referring to the original for detailed elucidation of a particular point or operative detail.

Most of the contributors are different from Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery except for chapters 5, 25 the section on orthopaedics and part of trauma. Thus while retaining the essence of the original material, this book has been seasoned by different authors, thus giving it a fresh flavour without losing any of its original ingredients. We are grateful to all the contributors for their prompt response in spite of the pressures of work in the National Health Service.

The images and pictures are mostly different to those in the original book, giving this tome an added attraction. While the MCQs test knowledge, the EMQs with the illustrations give a good format for a self-assessment exercise. The chapters are specifically geared towards helping the reader with preparation for the written papers of the MRCS and FRCS(Gen) examinations. The undergraduate will also find this book equally stimulating for the same reasons. In surgical examinations in the English-speaking world, where essays have been replaced by shortanswer questions (short notes of yesteryear), the reader will find the EMQs ideal preparation.

Any book must be dynamic, much more so a new venture such as this. It was said in the preface of the parent book, "Whereas the past informs the present, it must never enslave the future." As authors of this very exciting project we can stay true to the spirit of this statement only with help from you – our readers. Therefore we look forward to your suggestions and constructive criticisms for the next edition.