Disciplines

• Anatomy

  The structure of the body: gross anatomy, embryology, histology and neuroanatomy.

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• Physiology

  How the body works: the normal function of cells, organs and the systems that control them.

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• Biochemistry

  The chemistry of life: metabolism, enzymes, nutrition, molecular biology and inherited metabolic disease.

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• Genetics

  How traits and disease are inherited: patterns of inheritance, chromosomal and single-gene disorders, and genetic testing.

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• Immunology

  The immune system in health and disease: defence against infection, hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency and transplantation.

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• Microbiology

  Bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites: how they cause disease, how they are identified and which drugs act on them.

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• Pathology

  The causes and mechanisms of disease: cell injury, inflammation, repair, neoplasia and the changes disease leaves in tissues.

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• Pharmacology

  How drugs work and how the body handles them: mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, adverse effects and interactions.

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• Public health and biostatistics

  Statistics, epidemiology and the health of populations: study design, bias, screening, prevention and quality of care.

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• Ethics and legal issues

  Consent, confidentiality, capacity, professional duties and the law as it meets clinical practice.

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• Laboratory investigations

  How each common test panel works, its reference ranges, what raises or lowers it, and worked sample result sheets read step by step.

  23 topics

• Clinical examination

  The order of the examination for each system and the exact way to present the findings aloud and in writing, with example reports.

  20 topics

• Study skills

  How to study medicine, use spaced repetition and question banks, prepare for the big exams and learn on the wards.

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• Rapid review

  One revision page per specialty: the classic presentations, the most likely diagnosis, the first test and the first treatment, each linked to its full topic.

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• Internal medicine

  The adult patient as a whole: general internal medicine and the specialties that grow out of it.

  Specialties: cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, haematology and oncology, infectious disease, pulmonology, renal and genitourinary medicine.

  329 topics

• Neurology and special senses

  Diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles, and of the eye and ear.

  47 topics

• Psychiatry

  Mental illness and behaviour: assessment, diagnosis, psychological treatment and psychiatric drugs.

  41 topics

• Dermatology

  Diseases of the skin, hair and nails.

  28 topics

• Musculoskeletal and connective tissue

  Diseases of bones, joints, muscles and connective tissue, including rheumatological and orthopaedic problems.

  25 topics

• Surgery

  General surgery and its principles: care before and after an operation, the acute abdomen, trauma and surgical emergencies.

  29 topics

• Emergency medicine

  The first hour: resuscitation, the approach to the acutely unwell patient, poisoning and environmental emergencies.

  49 topics

• Obstetrics

  Pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period, for the mother and the unborn child.

  44 topics

• Gynaecology

  Diseases of the female reproductive tract, menstrual and hormonal disorders, contraception and fertility.

  36 topics

• Paediatrics

  The health of babies, children and adolescents: growth, development, childhood illness and vaccination.

  86 topics

The same topics are also grouped by body system, from structure and function through disease to treatment.