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6 Endocrinology Matthew Sims Outline Station 6.1: Diabetic ketoacidosis Station 6.2: Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS) Station 6.3: Hypoglycaemia Station 6.4: Insulin prescribing Station 6.5: Hyperkalaemia Station 6.6: Hypercalcaemia Station 6.7:…

5 Neurology Matthew J Harris Outline Station 5.1: Meningitis Station 5.2: Seizures Station 5.3: Subarachnoid haemorrhage Station 5.4: Ischaemic stroke Station 5.5: Myasthenia gravis Station 5.1: Meningitis You are the…

2 Cardiology Mark A Rodrigues and Emily R McCall-Smith Outline Station 2.1: Acute pericarditis Station 2.2: Acute left ventricular failure Station 2.3: Acute coronary syndrome Station 2.4: Bradycardia Station 2.5:…

7 Obstetrics and gynaecology Matthew G Wood Outline Station 7.1: Preterm labour Station 7.2: Bleeding in pregnancy Station 7.3: Pre-eclampsia Station 7.4: Hyperemesis gradivarum Station 7.5: Urinary tract infection in…

9 Paediatrics Tobias Hunt Outline Station 9.1: Acute bronchiolitis Station 9.2: Respiratory distress in the new born Station 9.3: Viral-induced wheeze Station 9.4: Infective exacerbation of cystic fibrosis Station 9.5:…

3 Respiratory medicine Mark A Rodrigues and Emily R McCall-Smith Outline Station 3.1: Acute exacerbation of asthma Station 3.2: Exacerbation of COPD Station 3.3: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) Station 3.4: Hospital-acquired…

4 Gastroenterology Constantinos A Parisinos Outline Station 4.1: Severe ulcerative colitis Station 4.2: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Station 4.3: Paracetamol overdose, (written by Shiying Hey) Station 4.4: Abdominal sepsis Station 4.5:…

10 Additional important scenarios Zeshan Qureshi Outline Station 10.1: Discharge prescribing Station 10.2: Analgesia Station 10.3: Dealing with a medication error Station 10.4: Reporting an adverse drug reaction Station 10.5:…

8 General surgery Anatole V Wiik Outline Station 8.1: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis Station 8.2: Acute pancreatitis Station 8.3: Intestinal obstruction Station 8.4: Diabetes in the surgical patient Station 8.5:…

1 Introduction to prescribing Simon R J Maxwell Outline The characteristics of a good prescriber Basic principles of clinical pharmacology Adverse drug reactions Drug interactions Medication errors Rational prescribing Prescribing…