This easy to use workbook covers all the basic sciences in clinical context, and includes the full range of question types used in medical school. It offers comprehensive advice on how to tackle tricky examinations, how to deal with question types from SAQs to essays, and will stimulate abstract skills like critical thinking and the ability to deliver the key facts.
Ideal for the pre-clinical years and USMLE candidates, Medical Sciences at a Glance: Practice Workbook features:
* An introductory section featuring step-by-step guidance on exam technique and papers
* Over 390 questions of varying formats - and full explanations to the answers
* A topic-based structure reflecting vital foundation concepts, including anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology
Medical Sciences at a Glance: Practice Workbook meets the needs of medical students with a spectrum of educational approaches in mind. Whatever your course type, working through this book will give you the advantage when it comes to basic science exams.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: An approach to answering questions

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Part 1 Anatomy, histology and embryology

Chapter 1 Anatomy, histology and embryology exam 1

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Chapter 2 Anatomy, histology and embryology exam 2

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Part 2 Biochemistry and genetics

Chapter 3 Biochemistry and genetics exam 1

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Chapter 4 Biochemistry and genetics exam 2

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Part 3 Physiology

Chapter 5 Physiology exam 1

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Chapter 6 Physiology exam 1

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Part 4 Pharmacology

Chapter 7 Pharmacology exam 1

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Chapter 8 Pharmacology exam 2

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Part 5 Pathology

Chapter 9 Pathology exam 1

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Chapter 10 Pathology exam 2

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Part 6 Neuroscience

Chapter 11 Neuroscience exam 1

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Chapter 12 Neuroscience exam 2

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Index

Jakub Scaber is a Motor Neuron Disease Association/MRC Clinical Research Fellow at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford

Faisal Rahman is an Internal Medicine Resident, Boston Medical Center

Peter H. Abrahams is an Emeritus Professor Clinical Anatomy, Warwick Medical School, Professor of Clinical Anatomy, St Georges University, Grenada W.I., National Teaching Fellow 2011, UK, Life Fellow, Girton College, Cambridge, Examiner, MRCS, Royal Colleges of Surgeons (UK), and Family Practitioner, Brent, London