Master Medicine: Surgery Third Edition: A Core Text with Self-Assessment

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States.
It is a one-volume core revision text covering surgery and surgical specialities, designed to stimulate the student into assessing his/her own knowledge during self-directed learning and exam preparation. The emphasis on self-assessment is designed to make learning easier and more enjoyable.

• A concise synoptic text.


• A range of self-assessment material.


• Covers core knowledge so the student knows the whole book is essential.


• Includes learning objectives.


• Contains simple and memorable diagrams.


• Ideal for learning as well as examination review, specifically trying to stimulate the student into assessing his/her own knowledge.

• Further refinement to the contents reflects what is regarded as core knowledge.


• Major revision of the self-assessment material to match changes in the style of examinations, including more EMQ and single-best answer questions, and OSCEs.

"This book is useful for exam preparation as well as for obtaining basic core knowledge in general and subspecialty surgical fields for medical students and young surgical trainees. The chapters cover the most commonly encountered problems, describing them concisely."
Hisakazu Hoshi, M.D. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Doody Enterprises, Inc.