Main description:

This book helps readers pull together the knowledge and communication skills required for success in the consultation components of the MRCGP exam, namely Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) and Clinical Observation Tool (COT). The book does this in three ways: * by demonstrating some of the required consultation skills on the accompanying DVD, which features 13 typical consultations * by identifying and teaching these skills in a further 20 case write-ups - these offer readers an ordered, step-wise approach to data gathering, clinical management and interpersonal skills * by giving candidates 15 'practice cases' (completely new for the second edition) for use either alone or in small groups - these cases now feature marking schemes. The book and DVD are meant to be interactive, with some of the DVD cases being accompanied by a CSA marking schedule for readers to assess the candidate's performance. Readers are asked if the doctor on the DVD: * asked the right questions, at the right time, in the right way * performed the right examination correctly * communicated in a precise, understandable and sensitive manner.

Contents:

Preface Acknowledgments Video cases Analysing consultation skills: the DVD Video 1 - Knee pain Video 2 - Unhappy with last consultation Video 3 - Pregnant and worried Video 4 - Repeat script and husband snores Video 5 - Infertility Video 6 - Domestic violence Video 7 - Chest pain Video 8 - Pregnancy Video 9 - Pre-wedding diet pills Video 10 - Hypnotherapy Video 11 - Diarrhoea Video 12 - Febrile convulsion Video 13 - Allergy test Long cases Learning consultation skills for COT and CSA Case 1 - Menopausal symptoms Case 2 - Neck pain Case 3 - Childhood eczema Case 4 - Tennis elbow Case 5 - Ankle injury Case 6 - MRI result - back pain Case 7 - Foot pain Case 8 - Achilles tendinosis Case 9 - Heel pain Case 10 - Acne Case 11 - Post-partum problems Case 12 - Relative with bowel cancer Case 13 - Food poisoning Case 14 - Man with UTI Case 15 - Childhood bedwetting Case 16 - Prostate cancer Case 17 - Painful calf Case 18 - Leg ulcer Case 19 - A list of symptoms Case 20 - Dyspepsia Practice cases Preparing for the MRCGP Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) Practice case 1 - Medication request for daughter Practice case 2 - Alcohol detoxification Practice case 3 - Paediatric conjunctivitis Practice case 4 - Temporary resident requests medication Practice case 5 - Insomnia Practice case 6 - Stress at work Practice case 7 - Blood test results Practice case 8 - A list of problems Practice case 9 - Pruritis in pregnancy Practice case 10 - UTI in a young man Practice case 11 - Sexual problems Practice case 12 - Scanty periods Practice case 13 - Harmful alcohol intake Practice case 14 - Patient is peri-menopausal Practice case 15 - Pelvic pain and bleeding Answers to "Test your theoretical knowledge" questions