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Final FRCR Part B Viva 100 Cases and Revision Notes Final FRCR Part B Viva 100 Cases and Revision Notes Richard White Consultant Radiologist University Hospital of Wales Cardiff, UK Robin Proctor Consultant Radiologist Royal Lancaster Infirmary Lancaster, UK Ian Zealley Consultant Radiologist Ninewells Hospital Dundee, UK London • Philadelphia • Panama City • New Delhi © 2013 JP Medical Ltd. Published by JP Medical Ltd 83 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0HW, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 3170 8910 Fax: +44 (0)20 3008 6180 Email: [email protected] Web: www.jpmedpub.com The rights of Richard White, Robin Proctor and Ian Zealley to be identified as authors of this work have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. 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If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publisher will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. ISBN: 978-1-907816-48-2 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress JP Medical Ltd is a subsidiary of Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India Publisher: Richard Furn Design: Designers Collective Ltd Indexed, copy edited, typeset, printed and bound in India. Preface This book will help you develop the viva skills that are needed to pass the Final FRCR Part B examination. It contains 100 typical examination cases with accompanying ‘suggested responses’ (model answers), along with succinct discussion of key points to think about during discussion of the case. The aim is to provide you with an armamentarium of well-worded phrases and statements that allow you to express yourself well in the stressful exam environment. You can then concentrate on the radiological abnormalities and their correct interpretation, without the additional burden of a struggle to find words to describe what you are seeing. The cases have been selected by asking previous candidates what they encountered in their Final FRCR Part B vivas, grouping similar topics together into themes, and organising these themes according to their frequency of appearance in the viva. We then sought a typical case to represent each theme. So although the images are not the actual ones seen in past examinations, they are representative of the most frequently encountered types of case. These suggested responses will equip you for a much wider range of cases than could be included in a single book. In addition to our ‘top 100’ cases, we include a section on preparation for the examination. We have developed this over several years by distilling hundreds of comments from past examiners and candidates. It suggests how to make the very best of your existing radiological knowledge and skills, for example by giving advice on how to deal with the cases you find hardest and how to avoid losing momentum. The techniques described in this book have been used successfully by numerous past candidates. A typical comment from candidates is that they feel they have ‘stepped up a gear’ in their performance. They have done this not by knowing more facts but by developing a technique and phrase bank which allow them to concentrate on the images, without devoting unnecessary energy to thinking about what they are going to say next or how they are going to say it. We hope that once you have read this book, you will have greatly increased your repertoire of phrases and will have developed a deeper understanding of how best to present yourself in the exam room. Try our approach; it really works. Good luck. Richard White Robin Proctor Ian Zealley February 2013 v How this book works If you are about to sit the Final FRCR Part B viva examination then there is one thing you really don’t need to worry about, and that is whether you know enough radiology. By passing the Final FRCR Part A, you have just proved that you do. That is not to say the Final FRCR Part B is an easy examination, and it is the viva component which candidates fear most. Despite the solid foundation in your knowledge, what you may not be so good at is verbally articulating it in a fashion that reassures the examiners you possess the requisite perception, interpretation and management skills to be a radiologist. There is already the substantial challenge of reading and interpreting the examiners’ cases in a stressful exam environment. In addition, there is the challenge of finding words with which to express yourself. The goal of the suggested response sections in this book is to arm you with phrases and structured responses which will allow you to devote your attention to reading the images, not to worrying about what you are going to say as your discuss your findings. If you learn phrases from the scripts, you can focus on the ‘working things out’ bit while the eloquent descriptions flowing from you are, in fact, made up of phrases you have already learnt and rehearsed during practice sessions. Reading this book will enable you to make the best out of what you already know. You will also learn how to avoid the terrible spiral of sequential bad cases. And if you do find yourself sinking without trace we offer advice to help you to dig yourself out of the deepest holes. vii Contents Preface v Preparing for the exam 1 Case 001 14 Case 002 17 Case 003 20 Case 004 23 Case 005 25 Case 006 27 Case 007 29 Case 008 31 Case 009 34 Case 010 37 Case 011 40 Case 012 42 Case 013 44 Case 014 46 Case 015 48 Case 016 50 Case 017 53 Case 018 56 Case 019 59 Case 020 62 Case 021 66 Case 022 69 Case 023 72 Case 024 74 Case 025 76 Case 026 78 Case 027 80 Case 028 83 Case 029 85 Case 030 87 Case 031 90 x Final FRCR Part B Viva: 100 Cases and Revision Notes Case 032 93 Case 033 95 Case 034 97 Case 035 100 Case 036 103 Case 037 106 Case 038 109 Case 039 112 Case 040 115 Case 041 117 Case 042 119 Case 043 122 Case 044 124 Case 045 126 Case 046 129 Case 047 131 Case 048 133 Case 049 136 Case 050 139 Case 051 141 Case 052 143 Case 053 145 Case 054 148 Case 055 151 Case 056 154 Case 057 157 Case 058 159 Case 059 163 Case 060 166 Case 061 168 Case 062 170 Case 063 173 Case 064 176 Case 065 178 Case 066 181
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