Product Description
by Elizabeth Templeton (Author), Richard William Kerslake (Author), Lisanne Stock (Author)
This text covers the key information necessary to pass Paper A of the postgraduate examination to become a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych). It emphasises memory aids in the forms of diagrams or tables, a novel presentation of these materials, providing a quick and portable source for pre-exam revision and visual memory aids and prompts.
Author Biography
Richard Kerslake, MBBS, MRCPsych, is a higher trainee in general adult and older persons psychiatry. He is a graduate of the Royal Free and University College London medical school. Dr. Kerslake is currently based in Sussex, England, having previously worked at Orygen Youth Health, Melbourne, and then completed core training in London. He is currently an honorary clinical lecturer at Brighton & Sussex Medical School where he has a special interest in simulation-based education and training of physician associates.
Elizabeth Templeton, MBChB, MRCPsych, trained at the University of Liverpool and graduated with honours in 2006. She moved to London soon after to start her psychiatric core training within the Camden and Islington Foundation Trust. Dr. Templeton has always had a keen interest in medical education; she has contributed to OSCEsmart, a published revision guide for practical exams, and she has played a significant role in the development of a pan-London simulation-based training programme. Dr. Templeton is now a specialist registrar in East London.
Lisanne Stock, BMBCh, MRCPsych, graduated from the University of Oxford and completed her foundation and core training in North Central London, where she continues to work as a higher trainee in general adult psychiatry. Dr. Stock has an interest in medical education and co-runs the CASC In Hand tailored revision course for the final part of the MRCPsych examinations. Dr. Stock is also a trustee for the charity Nip in the Bud, which aims to improve recognition of mental health conditions in primary school children via film.
