10,000 BC Tigress-Euphrates valley, Mediterranean & Meso-Amerca – Trephination 17th century BC Ancient Egypt (Source: Edwin Smith papyrus) – Scientific approach. Examination, diagnosis, and treatment headings for their cases. Ancient Greece (Source – Homer’s Iliad). Use of Klisiai – wounded soldiers cared for separately in the barracks 5-6th century BC Hippocrates (460 – 377BC) – debridement…
Part A (Sep 2007 – Apr 2014) Note the steep fall in Pass Rate (more than halved from ~65% to just above 30%) Part B (Oct 2008 – Feb 2014) Data analysed from http://www.intercollegiatemrcsexams.org.uk/new/annual_report_html
Upper Limb Orientate the scapula, clavicle, humerus. Scapula – supraspinous fossa, infraspinous fossa, spine, notch, acromion, coracoid, glenoid fossa Humerus – head, surgical & anatomical necks, greater & lesser tuberosities, bicipital & radial grooves, medial & lateral epicondyles, trochlea & capitulum, olecranon fossa. Identify sites of humeral fracture and associated nerve injuries. Surgical neck –…
General principles for revision Have a Study Buddy who’s taking the exam at the same time. Point & Shoot strategy- Get people to ask you specific questions and ask them to be very critical of everything you say – i.e. if it’s not what they’re looking for as an answer, or waffling, or umm-ing/aah-ing, then…