Dr Andrew Parfitt MAEd, FRCS, FCEM, Associate Medical Director and Clinical Director of Acute Medicine and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust, London, UK

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With more than 125 OSCE scenarios designed to simulate everyday emergency department clinical situations, this text continues to provide a concise revision textbook covering everything that candidates need to know to achieve examination success in the MCEM part C examination. This edition is completely updated with 25% new cases and a website with free access to videos. The simulations provided are as close as possible to the real exam. The improved layout and format enable readers to find the key information at a glance and helpful hints together with scoring scenarios are designed to ensure examination success.

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With over 125 OSCE scenarios designed to simulte everyday emergency department clinical encounters, Mastering Emergency Medicine covers all key areas of the CEM syllabus, including clinical examinations and practical skills, communication skills, teaching and management. This essential revision text takes a very practical approach to the subject, presenting the core facts as part of common clinical scenarios. With OSCE video material included on line, the book simulates Part C MCEM and the FCEM examinations and also acts as an invaluable training tool for the management of clinical cases.

Each chapter closely follows the CEM syllabus and covers: core topics to use when revising for parts A and B, clinical cases including data and relevant practical skills that can be used to prepare for parts B and C, mock 'scoring scenarios' and videoclips that give specific guidance on how to perform when in the OSCEs.

New for the second edition
Following the tried and tested formula of previous editions, the book has been totally updated and revised to follow the curriculum of the exam as closely as possible
25% more osces to help with examination success
A free website with videoclips of osces
Discounts to all purchasers of the book for www.examdoctor.co.uk and additional learning material
An improved format and layout with clear tables, boxes, clinical tips, pearls of wisdom and new illustrations to further explain the text
Also now appropriate for the FCEM examination providing a single source of reference for examination success in emergency medicine

MEM is a highly detailed revision guide for the OSCE exams and an essentail study guide for all those who a re prepareing for the MCEM or FCEM examinations. It will also be a key reference text for those pursuing a career in actue medicine.

'this book.... will have an invaluable role for all emergency medicine trainees preparing for their CEM examinations'.
Foreword by John Heyworth, President of the College of Emergency Medicine