Medicine: A Core Text with Self-Assessment (Churchill's Mastery of Medicine)

This book is a one volume core revision text covering general internal medicine, designed to stimulate the student into assessing his/her own knowledge during self-directed learning and exam preparation. The book assumes the student has had some teaching in medicine and has acquired some basic core knowledge. This is a volume in the Churchill's Mastery of Medicine series - a major new series for medical students. For the above average student this text will be a valuable learning and review book going alongside the major textbooks. For the less able it will be ideal as the sole book to define the essential core of the subject and to ensure that it is understood, by use of the self-assessment material. Features: * Concise synoptic text for rapid study and revision * Appropriate self-assessment material to allow for self-directed learning, tests both knowledge and understanding * Complements other titles such as Davidson and Souhami, rather than duplicating their material * Provides examination practice * Covers the essential core of the subject -- students don't have to worry about what chapters to revise for exams * Part of a co-ordinated series