Crash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 20 years, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated – with an improved full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of rheumatology and orthopaedics will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
1. Instructions for online access - p. 229 2. Cover image - p. iv 3. Title page - p. iv 4. Table of Contents - p. iv 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Series Editors’ foreword - p. v 7. Preface - p. vi 8. Acknowledgements - p. vii 9. Series Editors’ acknowledgements - p. viii 10. 1: Taking a history - p. viii 11. 2: Examining joints - p. 2 12. 3: Investigations - p. 15 13. 4: Regional pain - p. 22 14. 5: Widespread musculoskeletal pain - p. 32 15. 6: An acute hot swollen joint - p. 37 16. 7: A child with a limp - p. 42 17. 8: A limb swelling - p. 46 18. 9: Back pain - p. 50 19. 10: Altered sensation and weakness - p. 60 20. 11: Osteoarthritis - p. 65 21. 12: Rheumatoid arthritis - p. 71 22. 13: Spondyloarthropathies - p. 81 23. 14: Connective tissue diseases - p. 90 24. 15: Metabolic bone disease - p. 105 25. 16: Gout and pseudogout - p. 112 26. 17: Paediatric joint disease - p. 117 27. 18: Fractures - p. 128 28. 19: Trauma - p. 137 29. 20: Infection of bones and joints - p. 145 30. 21: Malignancy - p. 152 31. 22: Sports injuries - p. 162 32. 23: Soft tissue disorders - p. 169 33. 24: Principles of orthopaedic surgery - p. 174 34. Single best answer (SBA) questions - p. 185 35. Extended-matching questions (EMQs) - p. 197 36. SBA answers - p. 205 37. EMQ answers - p. 213 38. Index - p. 219
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Crash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 20 years, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated – with an improved full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of rheumatology and orthopaedics will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
1. Instructions for online access - p. 229 2. Cover image - p. iv 3. Title page - p. iv 4. Table of Contents - p. iv 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Series Editors’ foreword - p. v 7. Preface - p. vi 8. Acknowledgements - p. vii 9. Series Editors’ acknowledgements - p. viii 10. 1: Taking a history - p. viii 11. 2: Examining joints - p. 2 12. 3: Investigations - p. 15 13. 4: Regional pain - p. 22 14. 5: Widespread musculoskeletal pain - p. 32 15. 6: An acute hot swollen joint - p. 37 16. 7: A child with a limp - p. 42 17. 8: A limb swelling - p. 46 18. 9: Back pain - p. 50 19. 10: Altered sensation and weakness - p. 60 20. 11: Osteoarthritis - p. 65 21. 12: Rheumatoid arthritis - p. 71 22. 13: Spondyloarthropathies - p. 81 23. 14: Connective tissue diseases - p. 90 24. 15: Metabolic bone disease - p. 105 25. 16: Gout and pseudogout - p. 112 26. 17: Paediatric joint disease - p. 117 27. 18: Fractures - p. 128 28. 19: Trauma - p. 137 29. 20: Infection of bones and joints - p. 145 30. 21: Malignancy - p. 152 31. 22: Sports injuries - p. 162 32. 23: Soft tissue disorders - p. 169 33. 24: Principles of orthopaedic surgery - p. 174 34. Single best answer (SBA) questions - p. 185 35. Extended-matching questions (EMQs) - p. 197 36. SBA answers - p. 205 37. EMQ answers - p. 213 38. Index - p. 219
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