Talley and O'Connor's Examination Medicine
A Guide to Physician Training
- 9th Edition - September 28, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Nicholas J. Talley, Simon O’Connor
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 3 8 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 8 7 4 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 8 7 6 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 8 7 5 - 1
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Request a sales quoteTalley & O’Connor’s Examination Medicine: A guide to physician training, has prepared generations of physician trainees and medical students for their clinical examinations.
Instructive, informative and aligned with current practice, this ninth edition gives you an overview of what to expect, what is expected of you and how to develop a mature clinical approach to complex medical problems.
Talley and O'Connor share their valuable advice on how to prepare for the examinations, use your time to best effect and avoid common pitfalls to ensure you give your best possible performance in your examinations and beyond.
- Video tutorials of long and short cases included on ExpertConsult
- Clinical photographs of signs and conditions
- 50 long cases including history, examination, investigations, treatment and possible lines of questioning
- Sample long cases from the examiner's perspective including discussion points and clinical traps
- 30 short cases including guidance for 'spot diagnosis 'and 'common stems'
- Hint boxes highlighting common pitfalls and useful tips
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword by Catherine Yelland
- Foreword by Jennifer Martin
- Preface to the 9th edition
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Chapter 1: Basic physician training
- Historical note
- Basic training
- Fees
- The written examination
- The clinical examination
- Passing the exam
- Rationale for the FRACP exam
- Basic training units
- Trainees’ committee
- Medical education officers
- Examinations unit
- Chapter 2: The written examination
- The examination format
- Approaching multiple-choice questions
- Preparation for the written examination
- Chapter 3: The clinical examination
- The examination format
- The mini-CEX
- Preparation for the clinical examination
- Clinical exam courses
- Chapter 4: The long case
- The history-taking and physical examination
- The presentation
- The long-case rationale
- Long-case marking
- Types of long case
- Chapter 5: The cardiovascular long case
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Revascularisation
- Infective endocarditis
- Congestive cardiac failure
- The history
- The examination
- Investigations
- Diastolic heart failure (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction)
- Hyperlipidaemia
- Hypertension
- Heart transplantation
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Chapter 6: The respiratory long case
- Bronchiectasis
- Lung carcinoma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Sleep apnoea
- Interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Sarcoidosis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Tuberculosis
- Lung transplantation
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Chapter 7: The gastrointestinal long case
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Peptic ulceration
- Malabsorption and chronic diarrhoea
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Colon cancer
- Chronic liver disease (CLD)
- Liver transplantation
- Chapter 8: The haematological long case
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Thrombophilia
- Polycythaemia
- Idiopathic myelofibrosis
- Essential thrombocythaemia
- Chronic myeloid leukaemia
- Lymphomas
- Multiple myeloma (myeloma)
- Bone marrow (haematopoietic cell) transplantation
- Chapter 9: The rheumatological long case
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- Osteoarthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis (spondyloarthritis, SPA)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic vasculitis
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
- Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
- Chapter 10: The endocrine long case
- Osteoporosis (and osteomalacia)
- Chapter 11: The renal long case
- Chronic kidney disease (chronic renal failure)
- Renal transplantation
- Chapter 12: The neurological long case
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
- Syncope, seizures and 'funny turns’
- Transient ischaemic attack and stroke
- Chapter 13: Other important long cases
- Pyrexia of unknown origin
- HIV / AIDS
- Falls and the risk of falls
- The obese patient
- The preoperative assessment
- Carcinoma of the breast
- Chapter 14: Think like a physician, think like an examiner – an approach with long-case examples
- Long-case videos
- Chapter 15: The short case
- The stem
- Timing
- Marking
- Hand washing
- Starting off
- Approach to the patient
- Blood pressure
- Performance
- Presentation
- Understanding the role of the examiners
- Investigations
- Short-case selection
- Understanding the examiners’ thinking
- Chapter 16: Common short cases
- THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
- THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
- THE HAEMATOLOGICAL SYSTEM
- THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
- The rheumatological system
- THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Index
- Edition: 9
- Published: September 28, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 624
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780729543866
- eBook ISBN: 9780729588744
- eBook ISBN: 9780729588768
- eBook ISBN: 9780729588751
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Nicholas J. Talley
Nicholas J Talley, MD (NSW), PhD (Syd), MMedSci (Clin Epi)(Newc.), FAHMS, FRACP, FAFPHM, FRCP (Lond. & Edin.), FACP , Pro Vice-Chancellor, Global Research, University of Newcastle, Australia Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Chair-Elect, Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC) Hon. Treasurer, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Senior Staff Specialist, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia Adjunct Professor and Consultant, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina, NC, USA Foreign Guest Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Affiliations and expertise
AC, MD, PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM, FRCP (Lond.), FRCP (Edin.), FACP, FAHMS Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle and Senior Staff Specialist, John Hunter Hospital, NSW, AustraliaSO
Simon O’Connor
Simon O’Connor, FRACP DDU FCSANZ , Cardiologist, Canberra Hospital; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Australian National University Medical School, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Affiliations and expertise
FRACP, DDU, FCSANZ Cardiologist, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia