SECTION 1 HISTORY TAKING AND GENERAL EXAMINATION
1 Approach to the patient 1
Colin Robertson, Fiona Nicol, Graham Douglas
2 History taking 5
David Snadden, Robert Laing, Stephen Potts, Fiona Nicol, Nicki Colledge
3 The general examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Graham Douglas, John Bevan
SECTION 2 SYSTEM EXAMINATION
4 The skin, hair and nails 63
David Gawkrodger
5 The endocrine system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
John Bevan
6 The cardiovascular system . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Neil Grubb, James Spratt, Andrew Bradbury
7 The respiratory system 137
Graham Devereux, Graham Douglas
8 The gastrointestinal system 165
Alastair MacGilchrist, John Iredale, Rowan Parks
9 The renal system 195
Allan Cumming, Stephen Payne
10 The reproductive system . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Elaine Anderson, Colin Duncan, Jane Norman, Stephen Payne
11 The nervous system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Richard Davenport, Hadi Manji
12 The visual system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
John Olson, Rebecca Ford
13 The ear, nose and throat . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Janet Wilson, Fiona Nicol
14 The musculoskeletal system . . . . . . . . . 315
Jane Gibson, James Huntley
SECTION 3 EXAMINATION IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS
15 Babies and children - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --355
Ben Stenson, Steve Turner
16 The frail elderly 379
Andrew Elder, Elizabeth MacDonald
17 The febrile adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Dilip Nathwani, Kum Ying Tham
18 Assessment for anaesthesia and sedation . 401
Laura Robertson, Andrew Longmate
19 The critically ill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Gareth Clegg, Colin Robertson
20 Confirming death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Jamie Douglas, Graham Douglas
SECTION 4 ASSESSING CLINICAL EXAMINATION TECHNIQUE
21 OSCEs and other examination formats . . . 427
Paul O’Neill
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441