Description

This book helps candidates pass the AKT (Applied Knowledge Test) paper in the new MRCGP. It features nearly 400 questions using all the formats featured in the AKT exam to provide the reader with the ideal exam preparation. Importantly, detailed answers are also given, complete with references to guide readers to the supporting evidence.

This new edition features even more questions in every format:

• a total of 300 extended matching and single best answer questions

• over 50 algorithm completion questions including management of coeliac disease, symptoms and signs suggestive of chronic heart failure, and management of the unconscious adult

• over 30 picture questions, with all photographs presented in full colour

Contents

Questions 1-300  with answers

Algorithm questions 1-57:

Medical management of osteoporosis
Medical management of actinic keratoses
Medical management of a patient with atrial fibrillatioin
Medical management of a breast lump
Symptoms and signs suggestive of chronic heart failure
Pharmacological management of facial hirsutism
Choosing drugs for patients newly diagnosed with hypertension
Management of an unconscious patient
Coeliac disease care pathway

Answers to algorithm questions 1-57

Picture questions 1-31
Answers to picture questions 1-31