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Abstract
This book helps you to revise and prepare for the CSA part of the MRCGP exam. The latest edition features an additional four sections:
• dietary advice for malnourished patients
• ectopic pregnancy
• patient refusing emergency management
• wheeze in preschool children
A standardised format is used to help you to improve your:
- data gathering – a broad range of appropriate questions to ask the patient are provided and red flags are highlighted where appropriate
interpersonal skills – each clinical problem is described using terms that you can use in your explanations to patients
clinical management – tells you which examinations to consider, which investigations to order, and how to manage each clinical problem based on the latest guidelines and current best practice
consultations – to help you practise, every clinical case features a realistic role play scenario.
The book is designed to be used as a workbook, with wide margins to allow you to add in your own notes, questions and other aides-memoires. Used in this way, CSA Revision Notes for the MRCGP is the ideal book to help you successfully prepare for the exam.
Some five-star Amazon reviews of earlier editions:
“This book is a must have for GP trainees revising for the CSA. It is cleverly structured into problems that patients present with and covers all the areas that will be required for you in the CSA.”
“This is an excellent aid to preparing for the CSA exam. I particularly like the scenarios given for role play that facilitate practising with a study partner. I would recommend it for GP registrars, VTS groups and GP trainers.”
“Excellent resource for MRCGP prep. Nice layout. Simple. Easy to read leading up to the exam when you want to quickly cover the curriculum.”Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Half-Title | 1 | ||
Title | 3 | ||
Copyright | 4 | ||
Contents | 5 | ||
Preface to the third edition | 9 | ||
About the authors | 10 | ||
Acknowledgements | 10 | ||
Preface to the first edition | 11 | ||
Abbreviations | 13 | ||
Introduction to the CSA examination | 15 | ||
Format of the examination | 15 | ||
Marking scheme | 16 | ||
Tips for success | 20 | ||
General practice consultation | 23 | ||
Telephone consultation | 23 | ||
Home visit | 24 | ||
Angry patient | 25 | ||
Breaking bad news | 26 | ||
Patient with learning disabilities | 28 | ||
Patient with hearing impairment | 29 | ||
Patient refusing emergency management/hospital admission | 30 | ||
Healthy people: promoting health and preventing disease | 33 | ||
Hypercholesterolaemia | 33 | ||
Hypertension | 35 | ||
Obesity | 37 | ||
Smoking cessation | 39 | ||
Dietary advice for malnourished patients | 41 | ||
Genetics in primary care | 45 | ||
Antenatal screening for Down syndrome | 45 | ||
Screening for sickle cell disease | 47 | ||
Cystic fibrosis | 48 | ||
Care of acutely ill people | 51 | ||
Suicidal patient | 51 | ||
Chest pain | 53 | ||
Meningitis | 54 | ||
Head injury | 56 | ||
Ectopic pregnancy | 58 | ||
Child health | 61 | ||
Nocturnal enuresis | 61 | ||
Childhood constipation | 63 | ||
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | 65 | ||
Diarrhoea and vomiting | 67 | ||
Wheeze in preschool children (1–5 years) | 69 | ||
Care of older adults | 71 | ||
Dementia | 71 | ||
Falls | 73 | ||
Women’s health | 77 | ||
Menorrhagia | 77 | ||
Amenorrhoea | 78 | ||
Premenstrual syndrome | 81 | ||
Polycystic ovary syndrome | 82 | ||
Fibroids | 85 | ||
Antenatal check | 87 | ||
Urinary incontinence | 90 | ||
Cervical screening | 92 | ||
Infertility | 94 | ||
Menopause | 96 | ||
Men’s health | 99 | ||
Haematuria | 99 | ||
Benign prostatic hyperplasia | 100 | ||
Prostate cancer | 103 | ||
PSA testing | 105 | ||
Testicular cancer | 105 | ||
Erectile dysfunction | 107 | ||
Testicular conditions | 109 | ||
Vasectomy | 110 | ||
Sexual health | 113 | ||
Chlamydia | 113 | ||
Pelvic inflammatory disease | 115 | ||
Emergency contraception | 117 | ||
Combined oral contraceptive pill | 118 | ||
Termination of pregnancy | 121 | ||
Care and palliative care of people with cancer | 125 | ||
Palliative care and pain management | 125 | ||
Mental health | 129 | ||
Anxiety | 129 | ||
Depression | 131 | ||
Sleep disorders | 133 | ||
Deliberate self harm | 134 | ||
Post-traumatic stress disorder | 136 | ||
Cardiovascular | 139 | ||
Angina pectoris | 139 | ||
Peripheral vascular disease | 141 | ||
Palpitations | 143 | ||
Respiratory | 145 | ||
Asthma | 145 | ||
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 147 | ||
Gastrointestinal and renal | 151 | ||
Dyspepsia | 151 | ||
Rectal bleeding | 153 | ||
Anaemia | 154 | ||
Coeliac disease | 156 | ||
Irritable bowel syndrome | 158 | ||
Gallstones | 160 | ||
Chronic kidney disease | 162 | ||
ENT | 165 | ||
Sore throat | 165 | ||
Labyrinthitis | 167 | ||
Hearing loss | 168 | ||
Tinnitus | 170 | ||
Obstructive sleep apnoea | 172 | ||
Ophthalmology | 175 | ||
Red eye | 175 | ||
Neurology | 179 | ||
Headache | 179 | ||
Migraine | 181 | ||
Collapse and seizures | 183 | ||
Multiple sclerosis | 185 | ||
Parkinson’s disease | 187 | ||
Temporal arteritis | 188 | ||
Transient ischaemic attack | 190 | ||
Rheumatology and musculoskeletal | 193 | ||
Back pain | 193 | ||
Shoulder pain | 195 | ||
Knee pain | 197 | ||
Osteoarthritis | 200 | ||
Osteoporosis | 202 | ||
Rheumatoid arthritis | 204 | ||
Polymyalgia rheumatica | 206 | ||
Tennis elbow | 208 | ||
Carpal tunnel syndrome | 209 | ||
Dermatology | 213 | ||
Eczema | 213 | ||
Psoriasis | 215 | ||
Acne | 217 | ||
Endocrinology | 219 | ||
Diabetes | 219 | ||
Hypothyroidism | 221 | ||
Hyperthyroidism | 223 | ||
Tired all the time | 224 | ||
Chronic fatigue syndrome | 226 | ||
Drug and alcohol problems | 229 | ||
Alcohol abuse | 229 | ||
Opiate addiction | 231 | ||
Appendices | 235 | ||
Appendix 1 | 235 | ||
Clinical examinations | 235 | ||
Appendix 2 | 239 | ||
Sexual history taking | 239 | ||
Appendix 3 | 240 | ||
Mental state examination | 240 | ||
Abbreviated mental state examination | 240 | ||
Mental Capacity Act assessment | 241 | ||
The General Practitioner assessment of COGnition (GPCOG) | 242 | ||
Appendix 4 | 244 | ||
Driving and DVLA guidelines | 244 | ||
Appendix 5 | 247 | ||
When to suspect child maltreatment | 247 | ||
Appendix 6 | 250 | ||
Discussion following myocardialinfarction | 250 | ||
Appendix 7 | 251 | ||
Domestic violence | 251 |