INTRODUCTION BASICS 1 Health and illness 2 Parts of the body 1 3 Parts of the body 2 4 Functions of the body MEDICAL AND PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL AND PLACES 5 Medical practitioners 1 6 Medical practitioners 2 7 Nurses 8 Allied health professionals 9 Hospitals 10 Primary care EDUCATION AND TRAINING 11 Medical education 1 12 Medical education 2 13 The overseas doctor SYSTEMS, DISEASES AND SYM PTO M S 14 Symptoms and signs 15 Blood 16 Bones 17 Childhood 18 The endocrine system 19 The eye 20 The gastrointestinal system 21 Gynaecology 22 The heart and circulation 1 23 The heart and circulation 2 24 Infections 25 Mental illness 26 The nervous system 1 27 The nervous system 2 28 Oncology 29 Pregnancy and childbirth 30 The respiratory system 31 The skin 1 32 The skin 2 33 The urinary system INVESTIGATIONS 34 Basic investigations 35 Laboratory tests 36 Endoscopy 37 X-ray and CT 38 MRI and ultrasound 39 ECG TREATMENT 40 Medical treatment 41 Surgical treatment 42 Therapies PREVENTION 43 Screening and immunization EPIDEMIOLOGY 44 Epidemiology ETHICS 45 Medical ethics RESEARCH TAKING A HISTORY EXAMINATION EXPLANATION PRESENTATIONS Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Appendix V Appendix VI Answer key Index