What better way to remember the branches of the facial nerve than the mnemonic Two Zebras Borrowed My Car! This is just one of the many mnemonics created by the author to help you remember facts you may need in your exams and medical career; see inside for the alternative version considered too risqué to print on the cover A new edition of this fun pocket-sized guide featuring mnemonics and study tips to help you retain those all-important medical facts! An essential read for every medical student Mnemonics And Study Tips For Medical Students will also be invaluable to students of pharmacy, nursing and allied health subjects.
Author(s): Khalid Khan
Edition: 2
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 208
Book title......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface: frequently asked questions (FAQs)......Page 10
Why this book is so good!......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
SECTION I: BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES......Page 18
1.1 The upper limb......Page 20
1.2 The thorax......Page 24
1.3 The abdomen and pelvis......Page 26
1.4 The lower limb......Page 29
1.5 The head and neck......Page 34
1.6 Neuroanatomy and neuroscience......Page 40
2 Biochemistry......Page 50
3 Physiology......Page 58
4.1 Receptor revision......Page 63
4.2 Pharmacology and therapeutics......Page 69
5 Microbiology and infectious diseases......Page 75
SECTION II: CLINICAL SPECIALTIES......Page 80
6 Chemical pathology......Page 82
7 Medical specialties......Page 87
7.1 General medicine and pathology......Page 88
7.2 Cardiology......Page 95
7.3 Chest medicine......Page 103
7.4 Dermatology......Page 105
7.5 Endocrinology......Page 108
7.6 Gastroenterology......Page 114
7.7 Haematology......Page 118
7.8 Neurology......Page 121
7.9 Renal medicine and urology......Page 128
8 Paediatrics......Page 130
9 Surgery......Page 141
9.1 General surgery......Page 142
9.2 Orthopaedics......Page 151
9.3 Ear, nose and throat......Page 154
9.4 Ophthalmology......Page 156
10 Obstetrics and gynaecology......Page 157
11 Psychiatry......Page 161
12 Radiology......Page 165
SECTION III: STUDY TIPS AND MEMORY BITS......Page 168
13 Making your own mnemonics......Page 170
14 Learning with the link......Page 172
15 The power of the peg......Page 174
16 Spatial mnemonics......Page 178
17 Revise at the movies!......Page 182
18 Motivational bits, quips and study tips......Page 186
B......Page 200
D......Page 201
F......Page 202
I......Page 203
M......Page 204
P......Page 205
R......Page 206
S......Page 207
W......Page 208
Z......Page 209
