Description
Book SynopsisPassing the FRACP Written Examination is the ideal study aid for candidates of the Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) examination. Written by a team of physicians based at Flinders Medical Centre, and covering the key components of the FRACP basic training syllabus, this guide presents over 500 multiple-choice questions on all major topics covered in the examination. It provides coverage of rapidly evolving topics such as healthcare in an ageing population, disparity in indigenous health outcomes, advances in molecular science and genetics, and the complexity of care arising from multiple chronic illnesses. Questions echo the written examination, including those on both Basic Sciences' and Clinical Practice'.
Many of the questions are similar to those in the actual examination; others are designed to teach' particularly important issues or to draw attention to contemporary topics. Each question has an answer that fully explains the cor
Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Acknowledgements xii
Features Contained in Your Study Aid xiii
1. Cardiology 1
Answers 16
2. Respiratory and sleep medicine 43
Answers 53
3. Gastroenterology 74
Answers 84
4. Nephrology 105
Answers 114
5. Endocrinology 129
Answers 138
6. Neurology 158
Answers 166
7. Rheumatology 186
Answers 197
8. Dermatology 218
Answers 223
9. Oncology 229
Answers 236
10. Infectious diseases 250
Answers 257
11. Haematology 270
Answers 281
12. Clinical immunology 301
Answers 307
13. Clinical pharmacology 320
Answers 326
14. Clinical genetics 340
Answers 347
15. General medicine, geriatric medicine and other topics 361
Answers 372
16. Psychiatry 391
Answers 394
17. Statistics, epidemiology and research 400
Answers 406
18. Intensive care medicine 413
Answers 420
Index 435
