Mastering Emergency Medicine: A Practical Guide, Second Edition

With over 125 OSCE scenarios designed to simulte everyday emergency department clinical encounters, Mastering Emergency Medicine covers all key areas of the CEM syllabus, including clinical examinations and practical skills, communication skills, teaching and management. This essential revision text takes a very practical approach to the subject, presenting the core facts as part of common clinical scenarios. With OSCE video material included on line, the book simulates Part C MCEM and the FCEM examinations and also acts as an invaluable training tool for the management of clinical cases. Each chapter closely follows the CEM syllabus and covers: core topics to use when revising for parts A and B, clinical cases including data and relevant practical skills that can be used to prepare for parts B and C, mock 'scoring scenarios' and videoclips that give specific guidance on how to perform when in the OSCEs. New for the second edition Following the tried and tested formula of previous editions, the book has been totally updated and revised to follow the curriculum of the exam as closely as possible 25% more osces to help with examination success A free website with videoclips of osces Discounts to all purchasers of the book for www.examdoctor.co.uk and additional learning material An improved format and layout with clear tables, boxes, clinical tips, pearls of wisdom and new illustrations to further explain the text Also now appropriate for the FCEM examination providing a single source of reference for examination success in emergency medicine MEM is a highly detailed revision guide for the OSCE exams and an essentail study guide for all those who a re prepareing for the MCEM or FCEM examinations. It will also be a key reference text for those pursuing a career in actue medicine. 'this book.... will have an invaluable role for all emergency medicine trainees preparing for their CEM examinations'. Foreword by John Heyworth, President of the College of Emergency Medicine