Four Weeks to Finals

Specialist Registrar, Geriatric Medicine, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Trust, Wales

• Book: Introduction – Who passes and who fails? The psychology of finals and how to pass. The OSCE and how to behave. Introduction to the cases. Cardiology cases. Respiratory cases. Abdominal cases. Neurology cases. Communication skills. Consent, capacity and how to test it. DVLA Guidelines. Quickfire questions. Quickfire answers. References. Revision Cards: Abdominal. Cardiovascular. Neurology. Respiratory. Online Question Bank: ECG questions. Radiology questions. Data interpretation questions. Picture questions.

'Medical finals may well be one of the most stressful and worrying times in your life, it was in mine. There are times when you cannot imagine yourself passing. You sit there in front of what seems like an endless, soul destroying textbook, and it just seems hopeless. You despair. Your friends seem to know so much more than you and every time they spout things you don't know, you feel more and more depressed. But, there is hope! There are only a finite number of cases that can come up. Learn them and you will pass.' Andy Haden, in the Introduction