Medical Mnemonics

Oh, how we all loved mnemonics during medical school. Remember the carpal bones - 'She Looks Too Pretty, Try To Catch Her'?? Well, for the MRCP basic sciences section, what better way to remember the facts than with a book on mnemonics! Given that you are a seasoned medical student (or a junior doctor, as most of us call it!), get yourself a book with good mnemonics to remember all those bones, tissues, tendons, physiological pathways, biochemical pathways etc. We found one on Amazon that seems to be going strong. A quick preview and it looks good, packed with illustrations and interesting anecdotes. Here is the link for you:

For those of you who have a kindle, or have the software on your computer, you can download the book straight away -

The book combines mnemonics with humour, so it most certainly is a good read. Remember, a lot of questions in the MRCP part 1 exam cover topics from years ago. In addition to the books we have recommended in other posts, this appears to be a good accompaniment. Reviews by other users are great as well.

Enjoy it!

Book reviews

Hey everyone

Over the next few weeks to months, I will be posting book reviews on various books that have been used by senior house officers and registrars for exams, and will also include reviews of books from medical school. They will be written by various experienced doctors, and will hopefully give you an insight into what to look for in the books, what is good, what is bad, what could make you fall asleep etc. We hope that these reviews help you make an informed decision on purchasing them if you wish. We will also provide you with links to purchase them as well - just to make life easy for you :-)

Until the next post....

Book Review - Anatomy!

Hello readers, hope all of you are well. Sorry it has been a while since my last post, but not only have I been travelling a bit but have been attending numerous meetings - been hectic! Its good to be back and see that the blog has had over 1000 views so far!! Thank you to all who have visited the blog.

Later today, I will be posting a clinical scenario for you all to discuss - something that is relevant to the MRCP exam. But for now, I will be quickly reviewing a book that got me (and many others) started in medical college. I do this as it brings back great memories - one of excitement of starting medical school, confusion as to what the difference between a tendon and aponeurosis is, and of course the beginning of a long career of healing.

So yes, the book I am referring to in the title is not Greys anatomy, but what we considered to be our Greys anatomy text book - 'Human anatomy' by BD Chaurasia. Best thing about the book - the simple, reproducible diagrams. Of course, anatomy is tedious and difficult, and memorising what nerve goes through what canal under what bone and over what muscle is hard, but the simple figure in this textbook just make memorising such facts easy. And as a first year medical student at the tender age of 16, I don't think I could have handled a huge textbook with complicated 3D figures - don't you agree?!!

I submit this post is probably not relevant to my readers as most of you are way past medical school and probably practising in you area of expertise, but a trip down memory lane never hurt anyone! Feels kinda nice :-)

Well, I am sure that myself and my 300 classmates, and everyone from most universities who have used this book would recommend it - we pretty much considered it the 'bible' of human anatomy. You can purchase your copy from Amazon, and I have attached a link below that should avoid the hassle of searching for the book and take you directly to the page -

It is definitely worth it, especially if you are preparing for entrance exams - the diagrams (though may appear redundant) are packed with information and are great to memorise facts. A lot of them I still remember, 12 years post graduation!

Clinical scenario coming up next!

Warm wishes

Vik.