The Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills
- 2nd Edition - March 8, 2023
- Latest edition
- Editors: Zeshan Qureshi, Emily Hotton, Sammie Mak
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 7 1 9 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 7 2 3 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 7 2 4 - 5
The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understan… Read more
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The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.
Designed for medical students, nurses, junior doctors and other healthcare professionals, The Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills contains step-by-step guidance to over 50 core practical procedures. Information is easy to follow and procedures are explained clearly – along with expert practical tips.
This book covers the essential skills you’ll need throughout your course and for the OSCEs. It also provides a succinct, day-to-day reference for those in practice.
- Wide range of procedures covered – more than any other book of its kind
- Accompanying mark schemes and typical exam questions to simulate real-life assessment
- Fully illustrated with over 200 color photos/illustrations
- Model answers so you can check how well you are performing
- Content aligned to the latest GMC/MLA requirements
1. Basic Patient Assessments
2. Blood Tests
3. Acute Patient Management
4. Medication Administration
5. Medicine and Surgery
6. Urology
7. Paediatrics
8. General Skills
2. Blood Tests
3. Acute Patient Management
4. Medication Administration
5. Medicine and Surgery
6. Urology
7. Paediatrics
8. General Skills
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: March 8, 2023
- Language: English
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Zeshan Qureshi
Affiliations and expertise
Paediatric Registrar, London Deanery, UKEH
Emily Hotton
Emily Hotton, MBChB (Dist), BSc (Hons) PhD, MRCOG, is an obstetric registrar and a leader in medical education, teaching on paid courses and within university and hospitals. She has contributed to four textbooks, including editing Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills, and nine peer reviewed journal articles.
Affiliations and expertise
Women’s and Children’s Research, Southmead Hospital; Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKSM
Sammie Mak
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Affiliations and expertise
Junior Doctor, NHS England, Manchester, UK