Clinical Revision

Here are a few resources to help with your revision:

Revision resources:
New On-line osce style questions to help with revision. Dr Inder Mainie's Medicine presentation - May 2002 (125 KByte MS PowerPoint file) Mr Brian Little's Surgery presentation file with important pictures only (1600 KByte MS PowerPoint file) Mr Brian Little's Surgery original presentation - May 2002 (5900 KByte MS PowerPoint file) A simple format for the Long Case (Updated MS Word version) Some notes from Professor Spence's revision lecture - May 2002 Assessment of the Acutely Ill Patient, by Jon Silversides. (Old version on Brief Summaries of some common emergencies or MS Word version) Lots of Medical Mnemonics (226 KByte MS Word document) It's 62 pages - but don't panic, you only really need some of these! Useful clinical trials Also see the pages on: Finals advice and X-Rays NOTE: If you're using Internet Explorer, to save the MS Word or MS PowerPoint files, click the appropriate link with the RIGHT mouse button, and select "Save Target to" from the popup menu. Otherwise the files just open MS Word/PowerPoint after downloading, which may take several minutes. In Netscape, Firefox or Opera you can just click the link with usual Left button, and you will be asked if you want to Open the file or Save to disk.

Revision resources:

New On-line osce style questions to help with revision.
Dr Inder Mainie's Medicine presentation - May 2002 (125 KByte MS PowerPoint file)
Mr Brian Little's Surgery presentation file with important pictures only (1600 KByte MS PowerPoint file)
Mr Brian Little's Surgery original presentation - May 2002 (5900 KByte MS PowerPoint file)
A simple format for the Long Case (Updated MS Word version)
Some notes from Professor Spence's revision lecture - May 2002
Assessment of the Acutely Ill Patient, by Jon Silversides.
(Old version on Brief Summaries of some common emergencies or MS Word version)
Lots of Medical Mnemonics (226 KByte MS Word document) It's 62 pages - but don't panic, you only really need some of these!
Useful clinical trials
Also see the pages on: Finals advice and X-Rays

NOTE: If you're using Internet Explorer, to save the MS Word or MS PowerPoint files, click the appropriate link with the RIGHT mouse button, and select "Save Target to" from the popup menu. Otherwise the files just open MS Word/PowerPoint after downloading, which may take several minutes. In Netscape, Firefox or Opera you can just click the link with usual Left button, and you will be asked if you want to Open the file or Save to disk.

Links to Clinical Examination notes and on-line Videos
Online Physical Exam Teaching Assistant - includes Vital Signs, Cardiovascular, Chest, Abdomen, Neurologic, Musculoskeletal, HEENT and Eyes. (Needs Quicktime 6 player - maybe installed on your couputer or can be downloaded for free.) Physical Exam/Interviewing Modules & Videos University of Virginia. (Needs QuickTime player - maybe installed on your couputer or can be downloaded for free.) St George's Clinical Skills Online Physical Examination Videos - includes Basic Abdominal, Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Thyroid Examinations, as wells as Phlebotomy, ABGs, Venous Access and Catheterisation techniques. (Both Windows Media Player and QuickTime format.) A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine - comprehensive and practical. - University of California. Catalog of Clinical Images - includes head/neck, eyes, thorax, abdomen, lims, skin, etc. - University of California. Online Clinical Examination Videos - uses Windows Media Player. University of Connecticut Health Centre. Online physical Examination Videos - UCLA School of Medicine Physical Exam Project.

Links to Clinical Examination notes and on-line Videos

Online Physical Exam Teaching Assistant - includes Vital Signs, Cardiovascular, Chest, Abdomen, Neurologic, Musculoskeletal, HEENT and Eyes. (Needs Quicktime 6 player - maybe installed on your couputer or can be downloaded for free.)
Physical Exam/Interviewing Modules & Videos University of Virginia. (Needs QuickTime player - maybe installed on your couputer or can be downloaded for free.)
St George's Clinical Skills Online Physical Examination Videos - includes Basic Abdominal, Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Thyroid Examinations, as wells as Phlebotomy, ABGs, Venous Access and Catheterisation techniques. (Both Windows Media Player and QuickTime format.)
A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine - comprehensive and practical. - University of California.
Catalog of Clinical Images - includes head/neck, eyes, thorax, abdomen, lims, skin, etc. - University of California.
Online Clinical Examination Videos - uses Windows Media Player. University of Connecticut Health Centre.
Online physical Examination Videos - UCLA School of Medicine Physical Exam Project.

Links to Clinical Cases to test yourself:
Clinical Cases and Images - Clinical Cases by Organ System. Check out the CXR, CT scans and labs, and listen to the case presentation in less than 2-3 min. Excellent site. www.emedicine.com - A good American site with a weekly ECG, X-Ray & photo case. Some clinical cases with answers - from Indiana University. Links to many computerised Clinical Cases on the web. Pooh's NUS (National University of Singapore) Medical School HunnyPot - includes several OSCE's as Powerpoint files. Monthly Cases - A Resident Challenge - BCM Department of Neurology.

Links to Clinical Cases to test yourself:

Clinical Cases and Images - Clinical Cases by Organ System. Check out the CXR, CT scans and labs, and listen to the case presentation in less than 2-3 min. Excellent site.
www.emedicine.com - A good American site with a weekly ECG, X-Ray & photo case.
Some clinical cases with answers - from Indiana University.
Links to many computerised Clinical Cases on the web.
Pooh's NUS (National University of Singapore) Medical School HunnyPot - includes several OSCE's as Powerpoint files.
Monthly Cases - A Resident Challenge - BCM Department of Neurology.

OSCEs
Many good MS-Word files - from University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Class of 2003.

Neurology:
Neuroexam.com - includes details and short video clips of neurology examinations. Internet Handbook of Neurology - many excellent Neurology links. Medi-Fax.Com - Atlas of Brain and Spine images. J. Willard Marriott Library Digitized Collections - includes many brain and opthmology photos.

Dermatology:
DermNet - The Dermatologists' Image Resource. DermIs - has images, diagnoses, and case reports on most skin diseases.

Paediatrics:
Virtual Pediatric Hospital - A digital library of pediatric information.

Mnemonics:
MedicalMnemonics.com - the "World's Database of Medical Mnemonics", even has a version for your Palm PDA. Medical Mnemonics at Blogspot.com Medical Mnemonics at StudyNow.com

Heart sounds:
Yes - those dreaded heart murmurs. Here are some links (don't forget the headphones!): Virtual Stethoscope - from McGill University. www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/inex.htm www.healthcyclopedia.com/heart_murmurs.html http://www.egeneralmedical.com/egeneralmedical/listohearmur.html

Student BMJ articles on ECGs, OSCEs:
There are also helpful articles on XRays and ECG's, etc in the Student BMJ archives such as: Understanding ECGs: Minding your Ps and Qs . Getting through OSCEs. The run up to exams: surviving and scheming

Student BMJ articles on ECGs, OSCEs:

There are also helpful articles on XRays and ECG's, etc in the Student BMJ archives such as:

Some useful books for revision:
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Some useful books for revision:

(Note: if you purchase a book on Amazon.co.uk via the above links, medicalfinals.co.uk does get a referral fee, which will help with further developing this site. The book is still the same price to purchaser.)