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The complete mrcp
sych
part iI
A comprehensive guide to the examination
Edited by Ashok G Patel MBBS, DPM, FRCPsych
Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry
Bedford Hospital
Bedford, UK
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CONTENTS
Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Section 1: A guide to the MRCPsych Part II examination
1 Format of the MRCPsych Part II examination and future
considerations Ashok G Patel 3
2 Outline of the current curriculum Ashok G Patel 6
3 How to prepare for the
examination Vishelle Ramkisson and Sanjith Kamath 11
Section 2: Individual statement questions (ISQs) and extended
matching items (EMIs)
4 Outline of the contents of the ISQ and EMI papers Ashok G Patel 19
5 Format of the ISQ and EMI papers Ashok G Patel 21
6 How to prepare for and tackle ISQ and EMI papers Ashok G Patel 24
7 Terms used in the ISQ and EMI papers Kirti Singh 25
8 Basic sciences: paper 1 (ISQs)
Sample questions Ashok G Patel 26
Answers and explanations Ashok G Patel 48
9 Basic sciences: paper 2 (ISQs)
Sample questions Ashok G Patel 62
Answers and explanations Ashok G Patel 85
10 Basic sciences: paper 3 (ISQs)
Sample questions Ajay Upadhyaya and Ashok G Patel 99
Answers and explanations Ajay Upadhyaya and Ashok G Patel 120
11 Basic sciences: paper 4 (EMIs)
Sample questions Ashok G Patel and Ajay Upadhyaya 133
Answers and explanations Ashok G Patel 166
12 Clinical topics: paper 1 (ISQs)
Sample questions Elizabeth Barron and Ashok G Patel 171
Answers and explanations Elizabeth Barron and Ashok G Patel 186
13 Clinical topics: paper 2 (ISQs)
Sample questions Ashok G Patel 194
Answers and explanations Ashok G Patel and Kallol Sain 209
14 Clinical topics: paper 3 (ISQs)
Sample questions Ashok G Patel 217
Answers and explanations Ashok G Patel 232
15 Clinical topics: paper 4 (EMIs)
Sample questions Simmi Sachdeva-Mohan and Ashok G Patel 240
Answers and explanations Simmi Sachdeva-Mohan and Ashok G Patel 289
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Section 3: Critical review paper
16 Format of the critical review paper Kallol Sain 299
17 How to prepare for the critical review paper Ashok G Patel 300
18 How to tackle the critical review paper Ashok G Patel 302
19 Research methods and study designs used in
psychiatry Millind Karale and Kallol Sain 303
Section 4: Essay paper
20 Format of the essay paper Ashok G Patel 325
21 How to prepare for the essay paper Ashok G Patel 326
22 How to tackle the essay paper Millind Karale and Ashok G Patel 327
23 Sample essays Millind Karale 329
Section 5: Individual patient assessment (IPA)
24 Format of the IPA Ashok G Patel 343
25 How to prepare for the IPA Sanjith Kamath and Vishelle Ramkisson 345
26 How to tackle the IPA Ashok G Patel and Ajay Upadhyaya 347
27 Commonly encountered clinical
situations Ashok G Patel and Ajay Upadhyaya 352
Section 6: Patient management problems (PMPs)
28 Format of PMPs Ashok G Patel 371
29 How to prepare for PMPs Ashok G Patel and Ajay Upadhyaya 372
30 How to tackle PMPs Ashok G Patel and Ajay Upadhyaya 378
31 Sample PMPs Simmi Sachdeva-Mohan and Ashok G Patel 380
Glossary of statistical terms Ashok G Patel and Kallol Sain 399
Further reading Ashok G Patel and Simmi Sachdeva-Mohan 417
Index 421
CONTRIBUTORS
Ashok G Patel MBBS, DPM, FRCPsych
Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry
Bedford Hospital
Bedford
UK
Elizabeth Barron MBChB,MRCPsych
Specialist Registrar to Dr Ashok G Patel
Bedford Hospital, Weller Wing
Bedford
UK
Sanjith Kamath MBBS, MRCPsych
Specialist Registrar
Broadfields Hospital
Cambridge
UK
Milind Karale MBBS, DPM, DNB, MRCPsych
Specialist Registrar
Adrian House
Fulbourn Hospital
Cambridge
UK
Vishelle Ramkisson MBBS, MRCPsych
Specialist Registrar
Lucille Van Geest Centre,
Peterborough District Hospital
Peterborough
UK
Simmi Sachdeva-Mohan MBBS, DPM, MD, MRCPsych
Specialist Registrar
Rampton Hospital
Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust
Retford
Nottingham
UK
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Kallol Sain MBBS, DPM, MRCPsych
Specialist Registrar
Old Age Psychiatry
Fulbourn Hospital
Cambridge
UK
Kirti Singh MBBS, PGDLMS
Senior House Officer in Accident and Emergency Medicine
Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK
Ajay Upadhyaya DPM, MD, FRCP (Canada), FRCPsych
Consultant Psychiatrist
Herts and Essex Hospital
Bishop’s Stortford
UK
FOREWORD
This is a thoroughly good book that I have enjoyed, immensely. Had I been a
candidate for the MRCPsych Part II, I am sure that I would have come to rely on
it during my preparation, seeing it as a guide and mentor, pointing me to other
resources when necessary, and helping me to see both the wood and the trees.
Together with its Part I companion, The Complete MRCPsych Part II will surely
become a routine workbook for those intending to become Members of the Royal
College of Psychiatrists. Well-thumbed copies will become treasured possessions,
too familiar to give away once the examination is passed, but top of the list of
recommendations for the next ranks of trainees. Books like this become friends.
This is, indeed, a comprehensive guide. The College examination has undergone
considerable development and refinement over recent years, teaching as well as
testing those who aspire to become modern psychiatrists. TheComplete MRCPsych
Part II begins by offering a comprehensive guide to the curriculum and the
examination, showing candidates why these hurdles are before them. There is also
a useful, general study guide. The following sections concentrate in turn on the
new ISQ and EMQ formats, the Critical Reviews, the all too often neglected Essay
paper, and the clinically orientated IPA and PMP sections. All formats are carefully
explained such that no candidate need feel in the dark as to exactly what is
required of them on the day.
An experienced, committed and sought-after clinical teacher, Dr Ashok Patel has
brought together contributions from those who either match his expertise or who
have the benefit of recent trials with the examination, a vital hybrid. The breadth
and depth of the material exactly matches what is required. The format, with
practice papers and model answers for each of the components, has a refreshing
frankness: there are only three things necessary to perform well in anything, not
just the MRCPsych examination: practice, practice and more practice. The
Complete MRCPsych Part IIwill structure that practice, making sure that the basics
become second nature (even statistics!) and that the details are familiar enough to
allow candidates to sparkle.
As Dr Patel points out, this book is not just for trainees. Anyone with
responsibilities for basic psychiatric training or who is involved with helping
young psychiatrists through our College examination will find the book of use. I
shall certainly keep a copy to hand, and recommend it to colleagues at any stage
of their careers; all will take much from its pages.
Peter B. Jones
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Cambridge
