Main description:

This is the only guide you need to pass the MRCS Part B OSCE examination. Packed with essential exam tips, and filled with comprehensive revision notes on the areas covered in the exam, the book also features practice scenarios with model answers in the exam format. Written by an editor and author team with extensive experience, it helps the reader through the difficult topics that can often trip up candidates, like communication and history-taking skills.
Volume 2 addresses the stations that exam the four speciality areas: Trunk and Torso; 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. The text is complemented by various illustrations and photographs, making it the most complete revision text around.

Contents:

PART 1: TRUNK AND TORSO STATIONS ; SECTION A: TRUNK AND TORSO ANATOMY ; 1. Surface anatomy ; 2. Chest and abdominal wall ; 3. Heart and great vessels ; 4. Lungs ; 5. The oesophagus and stomach ; 6. Liver, pancreas and biliary system ; 7. Small and large intestine ; 8. The urinary system ; SECTION B: TRUNK AND TORSO PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY ; 9. Thoracic pathology ; 10. Oesophagus and stomach ; 11. Pancreas ; 12. Hepatobiliary pathology ; 13. Large bowel pathology ; 14. Urological pathology and physiology ; 15. Hernias and intestinal obstruction ; 16. Vascular pathology ; 17. Breast pathology ; SECTION C: CLINICAL TRUNK AND TORSO ; 18. Common abdominal cases ; 19. Common thoracic cases ; PART 2: LIMBS AND SPINE ; SECTION A: LIMBS AND SPINE ANATOMY ; 20. Bones and joints ; 21. Spine ; 22. Osteology ; 23. Special areas ; 24. Peripheral nerves ; 25. Vasculature of the limbs ; SECTION B: LIMBS AND SPINE PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY ; 26. Fractures ; SECTION C: CLINICAL LIMBS AND SPINE ; 27. Common cases ; 28. Special tests ; PART 3: HEAD AND NECK ; SECTION A: HEAD AND NECK ANATOMY ; 29. Pituitary anatomy ; 30. Thyroid and parathyroid ; 31. Salivary glands ; 32. Vascular anatomy ; 33. Special areas of the neck ; SECTION B: HEAD AND NECK PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY ; 34. Thyroid and parathyroid glands ; 35. Pituitary physiology and pathology ; 36. Salivary gland pathology ; SECTION C: HEAD AND NECK CLINICAL ; 37. Head and neck stations ; 38. Common neck lump cases ; 39. Common skin cases ; PART 4: NEUROSCIENCE ; SECTION A: NEUROSCIENCE ANATOMY ; 40. Basic neuroscience anatomy ; 41. Skull and meninges ; 42. Cerebral topography ; 43. Intracranial vasculature ; 44. Cranial nerves ; 45. Cerebellum and brainstem ; 46. Spinal cord ; 47. Autonomic nervous system ; SECTION B: NEUROSCIENCE PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY ; 48. CSF formation and flow ; 49. Intracranial homeostasis and head Injury ; 50. CNS infections ; 51. CNS tumours ; SECTION C: CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE ; 52. Neuroradiology ; 53. Common neurosurgical cases ; 54. Common neurosurgical tests and signs ; 55. Brainstem death