,
, Clinical Consultation Skills in Medicine
This book follows the revised format of the Practical Assessment Clinical Examination Skills (PACES)
exam conducted by the Royal College of Physicians in the UK, where ‘clinical consultation skills’ will
be tested twice in two separate stations. Thus, coming closest to what doctors do in real life: obtain a
structured history, perform a focussed examination and explain the problem to the patient in lay terms.
This book takes readers through a rational approach to 63 common presenting symptoms or laboratory
abnormalities in medicine. It is aimed at improving the clinical consultation skills of young doctors and
preparing them for the new format of MRCP PACES. Readers will learn:
1. The approaches to common presenting symptoms and blood test abnormalities.
2. What questions to ask the patient and why.
3. What to check when they examine the patient.
4. What to tell the patient and how to convey this information in lay terms without jargon.
5. How to investigate the problem, how to manage and when to refer to a specialist.
Key Features
◾ This book follows a narrative style with each case being discussed in a story-like manner, helping
readers understand the process of narrowing the differential diagnosis, just like solving a crime!
◾ It includes a ‘What to tell the patient’ section, where the main points to convey to the patient
are highlighted, and fully dialogued to help readers understand how complex medical jargon
should be conveyed in layperson’s terms.
◾ It simplifies several complex and difficult-to-understand topics like haematological malignan-
cies, thrombotic microangiopathy, glomerulonephritis, systemic vasculitis and eosinophilia.
, MasterPass Series
100 Medical Emergencies for Finals
Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Channa Jayasena, Anjla Sharman
300 Essential SBAs in Surgery: With Explanatory Answers
Kaji Sritharan, Samia Ijaz, Neil Russel
Cases for Surgical Finals: SAQs, EMQs and MCQs
Philip Stather, Helen Cheshire
Dermatology Postgraduate MCQs and Revision Notes
James Halpern
The Final FRCA Short Answer Questions: A Practical Study Guide
Elizabeth Combeer
Advanced ENT Training: A Guide to Passing the FRCS (ORL-HNS) Examination
Joseph Manjaly, Peter Kullar
The Final FRCR: Self-Assessment
Amanda Rabone, Benedict Thomson, Nicky Dineen, Vincent Helyar, Aidan Shaw
Geriatric Medicine: 300 Specialist Certificate Exam Questions
Shibley Rahman, Henry Woodford
Clinical Cases for the FRCA: Key Topics Mapped to the RCoA Curriculum
Alisha Allana
MCQs, MEQs and OSPEs in Occupational Medicine: A Revision Aid
Ken Addley
ENT Vivas: A Guide to Passing the Intercollegiate FRCS (ORL-HNS) Viva Examination
Adnan Darr, Karan Jolly, Jameel Muzaffar
ENT OSCEs: A Guide to Your First ENT Job and Passing the MRCS (ENT) OSCE
Peter Kullar, Joseph Manjaly, Livy Kenyon
Plastic Surgery Vivas for the FRCS (Plast): An Essential Guide
Monica Fawzy
Neurosurgery Second Edition: The Essential Guide to the Oral and Clinical Neurosurgical Exam
Vivian Elwell, Ramez Kirollos, Syed Al-Haddad, Peter Bodkin
The Final FFICM Structured Oral Examination Study Guide
Eryl Davies
Refraction and Retinoscopy: How to Pass the Refraction Certificate, Second Edition
Jonathan Park, Leo Feinberg, David Jones
Clinical Consultation Skills in Medicine: A Primer for MRCP PACES
Ernest Suresh
For more information about this series please visit: https://www.routledge.com/MasterPass/
book-series/CRCMASPASS
, Clinical Consultation Skills in Medicine
This book follows the revised format of the Practical Assessment Clinical Examination Skills (PACES)
exam conducted by the Royal College of Physicians in the UK, where ‘clinical consultation skills’ will
be tested twice in two separate stations. Thus, coming closest to what doctors do in real life: obtain a
structured history, perform a focussed examination and explain the problem to the patient in lay terms.
This book takes readers through a rational approach to 63 common presenting symptoms or laboratory
abnormalities in medicine. It is aimed at improving the clinical consultation skills of young doctors and
preparing them for the new format of MRCP PACES. Readers will learn:
1. The approaches to common presenting symptoms and blood test abnormalities.
2. What questions to ask the patient and why.
3. What to check when they examine the patient.
4. What to tell the patient and how to convey this information in lay terms without jargon.
5. How to investigate the problem, how to manage and when to refer to a specialist.
Key Features
◾ This book follows a narrative style with each case being discussed in a story-like manner, helping
readers understand the process of narrowing the differential diagnosis, just like solving a crime!
◾ It includes a ‘What to tell the patient’ section, where the main points to convey to the patient
are highlighted, and fully dialogued to help readers understand how complex medical jargon
should be conveyed in layperson’s terms.
◾ It simplifies several complex and difficult-to-understand topics like haematological malignan-
cies, thrombotic microangiopathy, glomerulonephritis, systemic vasculitis and eosinophilia.
, MasterPass Series
100 Medical Emergencies for Finals
Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Channa Jayasena, Anjla Sharman
300 Essential SBAs in Surgery: With Explanatory Answers
Kaji Sritharan, Samia Ijaz, Neil Russel
Cases for Surgical Finals: SAQs, EMQs and MCQs
Philip Stather, Helen Cheshire
Dermatology Postgraduate MCQs and Revision Notes
James Halpern
The Final FRCA Short Answer Questions: A Practical Study Guide
Elizabeth Combeer
Advanced ENT Training: A Guide to Passing the FRCS (ORL-HNS) Examination
Joseph Manjaly, Peter Kullar
The Final FRCR: Self-Assessment
Amanda Rabone, Benedict Thomson, Nicky Dineen, Vincent Helyar, Aidan Shaw
Geriatric Medicine: 300 Specialist Certificate Exam Questions
Shibley Rahman, Henry Woodford
Clinical Cases for the FRCA: Key Topics Mapped to the RCoA Curriculum
Alisha Allana
MCQs, MEQs and OSPEs in Occupational Medicine: A Revision Aid
Ken Addley
ENT Vivas: A Guide to Passing the Intercollegiate FRCS (ORL-HNS) Viva Examination
Adnan Darr, Karan Jolly, Jameel Muzaffar
ENT OSCEs: A Guide to Your First ENT Job and Passing the MRCS (ENT) OSCE
Peter Kullar, Joseph Manjaly, Livy Kenyon
Plastic Surgery Vivas for the FRCS (Plast): An Essential Guide
Monica Fawzy
Neurosurgery Second Edition: The Essential Guide to the Oral and Clinical Neurosurgical Exam
Vivian Elwell, Ramez Kirollos, Syed Al-Haddad, Peter Bodkin
The Final FFICM Structured Oral Examination Study Guide
Eryl Davies
Refraction and Retinoscopy: How to Pass the Refraction Certificate, Second Edition
Jonathan Park, Leo Feinberg, David Jones
Clinical Consultation Skills in Medicine: A Primer for MRCP PACES
Ernest Suresh
For more information about this series please visit: https://www.routledge.com/MasterPass/
book-series/CRCMASPASS
