PLAB: 1000 Extended Matching Questions


Book Description

This book is an essential purchase for all candidates sitting Part 1 of the PLAB exam administered by the UK General Medical Council. All doctors from non-EC countries who wish to practice in UK must sit the PLAB exam which comprises 200 Extended Matching Questions (EMQs). This book contains 1000 practice EMQs of a similar type to those in the exam. The questions cover all aspects of the new syllabus, which not only includes a range of clinical topics but also requires knowledge of the GMC's Duties of a Doctor, principles and practice of evidence-based medicine, and clinical governance. Recommended to all candidates sitting the new PLAB test.




1000 EMQs for PLAB


Book Description

This excellent practical text is a ready source of information on evidence-based treatments and new medical psychological and self-help methods. It is unique in being written especially for GPs and primary care workers including practice nurses health visitors social workers and community psychiatric nurses. It also has great relevance for psychiatric trainees and consultant psychiatrists setting up in general practice. Patients and their relatives will find it useful and accessible.




Get Through PLAB Part 1: 500 Single Best Answer Questions


Book Description

Get Through PLAB Part 1 is an essential revision tool for all candidates preparing for the examination. PLAB Part 1 consists of 70% extended matching questions and 30% single best answer (SBA) questions. As a companion text to the bestselling PLAB: 1000 Extended Matching Questions, this book provides 500 practice SBA questions covering topics that reflect the current PLAB syllabus and presented in a format identical to the exam itself. The author, Una Coales, who has taken and successfully passed the exam herself, offers helpful hints and tips on what to expect and how to negotiate the examination successfully. Get Through PLAB Part 1 is recommended to all candidates sitting the PLAB Part 1 exam, and their trainers.




PLAB 2: 100 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations


Book Description

This book is for part 2 of the PLAB exam, and goes alongside the highly successful PLAB: 1000 Extended Matching Questions, for PLAB part 1, by the same author. The book presents 100 OSCEs and covers the main skills tested in the OSCE examination - communication, history taking, clinical examination, practical skills, and emergency management as defined by the UK General Medical Council (GMC). The format of the questions is identical to those set in the PLAB 2 examination administered by the GMC. The author, Una Coales MD, FRCSEd, DRCOG, trained in medicine in the USA and moved to practise in the UK. She has taken and passed the PLAB exam herself. Recommended to all candidates sitting the new PLAB examination.




1000 EMQs for PLAB


Book Description

The PLAB examination assesses your ability to work safely in your first appointment as a Senior House Officer in an NHS hospital. Are you ready? Comprehensive and completely up-to-date, the Third Edition of this best-selling guide to passing the PLAB is based on actual questions from previous examinations and enhanced by detailed, explanatory answers from the author's extensive clinical experience. Considering a wide variety of topics, the book suggests techniques to answer the extended matching questions by providing focused solutions and explanations. It also highlights clues to the correct response within the question itself. It is highly recommended for PLAB candidates, final year medical students and candidates for the MRCGP.




1000 EMQs for PLAB


Book Description

The PLAB examination assesses your ability to work safely in your first appointment as a Senior House Officer in an NHS hospital. Are you ready? Comprehensive and completely up-to-date, the Third Edition of this best-selling guide to passing the PLAB is based on actual questions from previous examinations and enhanced by detailed, explanatory answers from the author's extensive clinical experience. Considering a wide variety of topics, the book suggests techniques to answer the extended matching questions by providing focused solutions and explanations. It also highlights clues to the correct response within the question itself. It is highly recommended for PLAB candidates, final year medical students and candidates for the MRCGP. "In this book by Dr Sherif Helmy, a step-by-step approach to the test is presented in a lucid, easy-to-read format with comprehensive coverage of the subject." From the foreword by Sir Magdi Yacoub.




PLAB: 1000 Extended Matching Questions


Book Description

This book is an essential purchase for all candidates sitting Part 1 of the PLAB exam administered by the UK General Medical Council. All doctors from non-EC countries who wish to practice in UK must sit the PLAB exam which comprises 200 Extended Matching Questions (EMQs). This book contains 1000 practice EMQs of a similar type to those in the exam. The questions cover all aspects of the new syllabus, which not only includes a range of clinical topics but also requires knowledge of the GMC's Duties of a Doctor, principles and practice of evidence-based medicine, and clinical governance. Recommended to all candidates sitting the new PLAB test.




Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner


Book Description

Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner is a key resource for advanced practice nurses and graduate students seeking to test their skills in assessing, diagnosing, and managing cases in family and primary care. Composed of more than 70 cases ranging from common to unique, the book compiles years of experience from experts in the field. It is organized chronologically, presenting cases from neonatal to geriatric care in a standard approach built on the SOAP format. This includes differential diagnosis and a series of critical thinking questions ideal for self-assessment or classroom use.




Seeing Like a State


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“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University




PLAB Part 1 in a Box


Book Description

PLAB Part I in a Box is designed for PLAB candidates and medical students preparing for their finals. Completely up to date with latest developments in the PLAB exam, PLAB Part I in a Box covers a broad range of topics including: Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Behavioural Science, Palliative Care, Ethics, Statistics, Clinical Physiology, Genetics and Clinical Pharmacology. The questions are in the format of EMQs (Extended Matching Questions) and SBAs (Single Best Answers) making this an essential revision aid for all candidates sitting the PLAB exam. The aim of this new card format is to make your exam preparation time as efficient and straightforward as possible. They also lend themselves very well to studying with a partner or colleague. We're sure you will find the In a Box series to be a useful and practical resource in your Royal College exam preparation.