Its that dreaded time of year when exams are round the corner. Your brain is fried and you still need to cram in a whole year of work.
So, I thought I'd mention some of the resources I like to use for revision...
PasTest
One of the online aids that has a bank of over a thousand questions and other video and text resources although I think the latter are rather variable in quality.It has a good selection of questions and you can tailor your revision to particular topics, select mock exams and timed revision. They have lots of question styles but I tend to limit it to answering single best answer (SBA) questions because that's how they test us in our exams.
They send you updates of how you are doing but to be honest its all a bit pointless unless you are the sort of person who will be doing lots of the questions over a sustained period of time whereas I tend to cram and do loads just before exams.
MMAM Rating: 8/10
http://www.pastest.co.uk/product/medical-student-online?gclid=COO0wZK81bACFUdlfAodFx5A1w
Pass Medicine
I used this one last year but I didn't like it quite as much. Having said that I think the explanations of the answers are a bit more in depth than PasTest and I think its cheaper too...(hurrah)MMAM Rating 7/10
http://www.passmedicine.com/
Kumar & Clark Pocket Essentials Clinical Medicine
There's a great selection of SBA questions at the back of the book although I think online testing is better because you can get the answer immediately without having to flip back and forth and without risking seeing the answer to the next question. Its a neat book with lots of topics and very useful as a third/fourth year revision tool in itself so worth buying. I know that it helped me get at least ten questions right last year :DMMAM Rating 8/10
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pocket-Essentials-Clinical-Medicine-Ballinger/dp/0702028304
Oxford Handbook Assess& Progress
Lots of people have used this and say its great. I couldnt get one from the library for love and I had no money so I didn't buy it. Might be worth borrowing though if you can track it down...MMAM Rating ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clinical-Medicine-Oxford-Assess-Progress/dp/0199562121
Mobile apps
The revision websites have downloadable apps and there are also a few other question banks you could try. I quite like the Prognosis app which is available on Android...The scenarios get you thinking about investigations and management not just diagnosis which is particularly important once you get to 4th year!MMAM Rating 6/10
http://www.prognosisapp.com/
I don't have any links to any of these companies so this is my unbiased view! I'm sure there are lots of other great sources for revision. Feel free to comment and add any you think should be on the list...
Good luck...
Ps. For anyone who is looking for revision aids for GAMSAT there is now a book! I've only had a flip through but it looked pretty reasonable in content though rather horrific in terms of price... One to find in a library somewhere if the coalition government don't close them all...
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