SBA MCQs for the MRCS, Part A

Specifically designed to help candidates revise for the MRCS exam, this book features 350 Single Best Answer multiple choice questions, covering the whole syllabus. Containing everything candidates need to pass the MRCS Part A SBA section of the exam, it focuses intensively on the application of basic sciences (applied surgical anatomy, physiology, and pathology) to the management of surgical patients.

The high level of detail included within the questions and their explanations allows effective self-assessment of knowledge and quick identification of key areas requiring further attention. Varying approaches to Single Best Answer multiple choice questions are used, giving effective exam practice and guidance through revision and exam technique. This includes clinical case questions, 'positively-worded' questions, requiring selection of the most appropriate of relatively correct answers; 'two-step' or 'double-jump' questions, requiring several cognitive steps to arrive at the correct answer; as well as 'factual recall' questions, prompting basic recall of facts.

Sri G. Thrumurthy is Academic Foundation Doctor (Vascular Surgery) at South Thames Deanery, UK; Tania Samantha De Silva is Specialist Registrar (General Surgery) at Yorkshire and South Humber Deanery, UK; Zia Moinuddin is Specialist Registrar (General Surgery) at Northwest Deanery, UK, and Stuart Enoch is Specialist Registrar in Burns and Plastic Surgery at North West Plastic Surgical Training Programme, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK.