Medical Finals - Welcome
The Medical Finals . co . uk website is dedicated to helping final year medical students to succeed in their medical finals exams. It provides information on preparating for written and clinical final MB examinations, including:
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Try our new Quiz for September 2007.The winner of the quiz, drawn at random from all entries, will receive there will be a very useful book on
"Essential Skills Practice for OSCEs in Medicine" By: Dr. D McCluskey - is divided into 'skills' sections - History Taking, Clinical signs, Clinical Examination, Communication Skills, Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Radiology, Interpretation of Data. Each section includes 15 to 20 OSCEs in question & answer format.
very kindly provided by PasTest.
This quiz is open for anyone to enter.
Closing date: 15 October 2007.
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When I'm Big I Wanna Be .... |
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Choosing a career can be hard. Doing a medicine degree is a first step, but what next - general medicine, surgery, paediatrics, general practice, sports medicine, etc... There are many options. This month we've added a new "When I'm Big I Wanna Be ...." page, where we will feature some short interviews from different areas of medicine.
The following doctors have kindly described their work and give advise to people interested in their area of work:
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Thank-you to everyone who attended these revision OSCEs, and to all who gave donation to charity, which came to £ 142.83 + 5 euros in total. Here are some photos from final evening. We hope you found this OSCE revision helpful, and we wish you every success in your final exams.
You are welcome to copy this mock exam format at your university too. If you would like more details of how to organise this, then please email us or contact us via this feedback form.
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New Online OSCE's to help you prepare for common cases that could occur in your clinical examinations. Let us know if you would like more ONLINE OSCES. Help us by telling us what OSCES are like at your medical school.
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From each book purchased on Amazon via links on the MedicalFinals website, we receive a referral fee of upto 5% of the value of the book. We have decided to donate this fee, typically 50p for each book, to worthy charities. Charity donations are also very welcome at the student study days in Nottingham and Belfast.
Charitable Donations of £1050.00 to date are:
Thank-you to everyone who kindly donated at the revision courses and purchased books using the Amazon links, to help us reach out target of £1000 of charity donations by end of 2008.
Thank-you to all those who donated £ 218.00 at the Study Day in Nottingham, September 2007.
Our featured charity is currently the www.MIND.org.uk mental health charity, which works to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.
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Finals Advice from both recent candidates and current examiners. Includes advice on medical, surgical and psychiatry short and long cases; tips on passing finals; tips on oral examinations; example round of short cases; exam logistics,...
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 Some 'Best of five' MCQ's in Medicine, Neurology, Rheumatology & General Practice to help prepare for written exams, and also a few second-year revision notes.
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 Some clinical revision notes, mnemonics, powerpoint presenations, revision lecture notes, and some clinical trials to mention in answers.
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 Radiology notes, chest & abdomenal X-rays, contrast and CT films, with questions and answers.
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Before starting as a JHO, PRHO, or Foundation year, be sure to read this Assessment and management of the Acutely Ill Patient, which includes advice on Primary Survey, Secondary Assessment, Specific Management of Some Common Emergencies, and Scenarios (with answers).
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Useful links to a number of helpful websites on medicine and surgery.
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 Thanks to a number of very helpful people who have provided information for the site and helped with the revision OSCE's.
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Your feedback and suggestions to help us improve the site are very much appreciated. You can also optionally add your email address to keep informed about updates to the site.
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We hope you find these helpful.
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We very much welcome your suggestions and ideas to improve the MedicalFinals.co.uk website.
We have the following two books available to give away as prizes.
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Some photos from final evening of revision OSCEs in Belfast. Thank-you to everyone who attended and to all who gave donation to charity, which came to £ 142.83 + 5 euros in total. We wish you every success in your final exams.
Thank you to all those who attended our recent 'Data Interpretation Study Day for Finals' in Nottingham. We hope that everyone found it helpful.
From donations given at it and a previous study day, and referral fees from Amazon, we have been able to give £ 75.00 to Spinal Research and £ 75.00 to the Shane Francis Aherne Trust. Thank-you to all who made donations or purchased books via medicalfinals website links.
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Each month medicalfinals aims to highlight new and influential books which can assist your learning experience. This month we recommend:
 
"Finals in Surgery" (By: Alastair Thompson, Kenneth Park)
is an excellent aid for medical undergraduates from first to final year. This book focuses on common surgical cases and gives helpful hints that will help you answer any questions posed by the most difficult examiner! If you panic when faced with clinical exams, fear no more, this book will teach you how to approach any clinical examination in a logical and systemic manner.
Great layout, adequate amount of detail and good use of clinical pictures make this a must-have book for undergraduates.
Buy it now on this Amazon click through and you'll also help us donate to charity.
View previous Books of the Month and Quiz prize books.
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For a chance to win a very helpful book: "Medics' Guide to Work and Electives Around the World: A Guide to Travelling and Working Abroad, by Mark Wilson", enter our I wish I was a JHO... lyrics competition.
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Each month we will try to highlight a useful website. This month we recommend:
www.themedicalstudent.com - to help you with studying for exams and preparing to become a doctor, Marc shares his knowledge gained as a student and now as a doctor, including sample chapters from his book.
www.podmedics.co.uk - Keep ahead of game. This site has a range of free downloadable podcasts on a range of pertinent topics. Regularly updated and easy to use. Give it a go! (Note: Needs Internet Explorer, as the links don't seem to appear in the Firefox web-browser.)
Also: www.surgical-courses.co.uk - Free surgical revision courses.
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Some quotes from the feedback page and quiz comments:
"Excellent educational site for students like myself in underprivileged areas. Thanks a great deal. Keep up the good work." - Din, Kenya
"This website is fabulous.. it has made my finals revision a billion times easier than it would have been.. Thanks!!!" - Chloe, Edinburgh
"This is the only website I have seen that offers concise, up-to-date and relevant information specifically aimed at final year medical students." - Stephen, Edinburgh
"Excellent site keep up the good work!!! Thanks a million more of the same thanks excellent resource" - Jo, Keele
"Great site to look at when books are getting dull, I like being questioned." - Parita, Bristol
"Very good and getting better!" - Lisa, Glasgow
"This site is pretty relevant to my undergraduate course." - Chan, Singapore
"Amazing" - Dera, Jordan
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New page on Personal Organisers with links to many resources for Palm and PocketPC.
