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1.1 - Pharmacodynamics: principles of pharmacology
What is the difference between ph...,
What are the three questions you ...,
What are most of the drug targets...
78
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1.2 - Pharmacology of diabetes (core drugs)
What are the four classes of diab...,
What is the primary mechanism of ...,
What is the drug target of metformin
35
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1.4 - Pharmacology of epilepsy (core drugs)
What are the four types of antico...,
What is the primary mechanism of ...,
What is the drug target of lamotr...
31
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1.6 - Pharmacology of depression (core drugs)
What is the role of serotonin in ...,
What are the five classes of anti...,
What are the three most commonly ...
28
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1.8 - Pharmacology of hypertension (core drugs)
What are the main types of anti h...,
What are some examples of ace inh...,
What is the primary mechanism of ...
29
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1.10 - Pharmacology of asthma (core drugs)
What are the five classes of asth...,
What is the primary mechanism of ...,
What is the drug target of salbut...
28
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1.12 - Pharmacology of GORD (core drugs)
What classes of drugs can be used...,
What are some examples of nsaids 3,
What is the primary mechanism of ...
24
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1.14 - Pharmacology of CKD
What drug types harm the kidney 2,
What drug type influences creatinine,
What drug types help the kidney 4
33
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1.16 - Pharmacology of pain
What are some analgesic drug clas...,
What is the mechanism of action o...,
What is the drug target of parace...
26
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2.2 - Cortical organisation and function
What is the cerebral cortex,
How is the cerebral cortex organi...,
What is the cytoarchitecture of t...
65
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2.3 - Cerebral cortex tutorial
What is multiple sclerosis ms,
What are some of the main symptom...,
What are the basics of peripheral...
15
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2.4 - Cerebral vasculature
How much cardiac output o2 and gl...,
What do the perfusion demands of ...,
What two arteries supply the brain
32
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2.6 - Motor control and movement disorders
What is hierarchical organisation,
What is functional segregation,
What is the role of the motor cortex
87
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2.8 - Headache
What are some stats about headaches,
What can headaches be classified ...,
What are primary headache syndromes
47
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2.10 - Auditory and vestibular systems
What does the vestibular organ do,
What does the hearing organ do,
What is frequency pitch hz
91
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2.12 - Dementia
What is the commonest cause of de...,
What is alzheimer s disease,
Is there a cure for alzheimer s
38
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2.14 - Cerebral inflammation
What is meningitis,
What is encephalitis,
What is cerebral vasculitis
33
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2.16 - Visual system
What are the components of the ey...,
What is the normal antero posteri...,
What are the three layers of the ...
87
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3.1 - Hypopituitarism
What are the hormones the anterio...,
How does the hypothalamus control...,
What does growth hormone lead to
57
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3.3 - Disorders of vasopressin
How does the posterior pituitary ...,
What is diuresis,
What is the physiological action ...
31
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3.5 - Pituitary tumours
What hormones do anterior pituita...,
What would a functioning tumour o...,
What would a functioning tumour o...
42
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3.6 - Hyperthyroidism
How does tsh work on the thyroid ...,
How is production of thyroid horm...,
How do we control thyroid replace...
37
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3.8 - Calcium dysregulation
What two things increase serum ca...,
What decreases serum calcium,
How is vitamin d3 made
40
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3.10 - Adrenal disorders 1/2
What hormones does the adrenal co...,
What is the precursor to steroid ...,
What is an enzyme
43
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3.11 - Adrenal disorders 2/2
What kind of rhythm does cortisol...,
What is the difference between cu...,
What are the clinical features of...
29
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3.12 - Infertility
What is infertility,
What is primary infertility,
What is secondary infertility
73
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3.13 - Reproductive treatments
What are the symptoms for low tes...,
How do we diagnose low testosterone,
What different types of testoster...
65
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3.15 - Type 1 diabetes
What is type 1 diabetes,
What does the hyperglycaemia caus...,
What is a flowchart of t1dm like
69
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3.17 - Type 2 diabetes
What is t2dm,
What makes t2dm harder to diagnos...,
At what ages can t2dm develop and...
66
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3.18 - Obesity
What is obesity,
What bmi range is classed as unde...,
What bmi range is classed as heal...
38
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3.19 - Microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes mellitus
What does microvascular mean,
What are the microvascular compli...,
What does macrovascular mean
56
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4.2 - Mental disorders and physical health
What is an adjustment reaction,
What do the manifestations of an ...,
What is post stroke psychosis
45
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4.3 - Psychosis
What is psychosis,
What are some examples of psychot...,
What are the three symptom domain...
64
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4.4 - Mood disorders
What is the lifetime and 12 month...,
What is the lifetime rate of majo...,
What is the gender distribution f...
68
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4.5 - Depression (tutorial)
What are the three triads of depr...,
What are the three core symptoms ...,
What are the three biological sym...
46
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4.6 - Substance use and addictions
What are drugs that may cause add...,
What are the three types of reaso...,
What are examples of positive rei...
54
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4.7 - Substance misuse & addiction
What is the clinical definition o...,
What is the clinical definition o...,
What is the clinical definition o...
69
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4.8 - Psychopharmacology for psychiatry
What are the four different types...,
What are three ways that we can c...,
Who uses the system of classifyin...
39
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4.9 - Psychiatry across the lifecourse
What kind of approach does the bi...,
What are the four ps of formulati...,
What of global burden of disease ...
37
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4.10 - Eating disorders
What are eating disorders 3,
What are two examples of disturba...,
What are examples of behaviours i...
67
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5.2 - Structural heart diseases 1/2
What are the two main phases of a...,
What are the steps of the cardiac...,
What shows atrial systole on an ecg
39
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5.3 - Structural heart diseases 2/2
Define structural heart disease,
What are some examples of congeni...,
What are some examples of heart d...
130
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5.4 - Valvular disease and heart failure
What is infective endocarditis,
What is a vegetatation,
What are the most common infectio...
28
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5.5 - Asthma and respiratory immunology
What are some epidemiology facts ...,
What are the cardinal features of...,
What atopic triad is seen in asthma
45
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5.6 - Respiratory failure
What is the predominant feature o...,
What is the definition of respira...,
What are the components of the re...
79
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5.7 - Lung cancer
What is the epidemiology of lung ...,
Who gets lung cancer more often,
What factors other than smoking c...
61
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5.8 - Electrocardiography and rhythm disorders
What are the kinds of abnormaliti...,
What are the advantages of an ecg 3,
What is ecg nomenclature 3
79
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5.9 - Exercise capacity
Define exercise,
Define physical activity,
Define activities of daily living
17
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5.10 - Atherosclerosis and peripheral vascular disease
Why is coronary heart disease a r...,
What are the modifiable risk fact...,
What are the non modifiable risk ...
73
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5.11 - Haemostasis
What is haemostasis,
What is haemostasis for 3,
What is the overall mechanism of ...
115
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5.12 - Vascular endothelium
What are blood vessels lined by,
What happens when the endothelium...,
Describe the basic structure of b...
57
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5.13 - Respiratory tract infections and immunity
What are the symptoms of upper re...,
What are the symptoms of lower re...,
What are the symptoms of pneumonia 4
77
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5.16 - Restrictive lung diseases
What are lung volumes like in res...,
What are the two types of restric...,
What are the different aspects th...
66
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5.17 - Arterial blood gases & acid base regulation
What is po2,
What is pco2,
What is ph
46
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5.18 - Anaemia and transfusion
What are the four underlying mech...,
What are spherocytes,
What is hereditary spherocytosis
80
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6.1 - Upper GI tract
At what vertebral level does the ...,
Where are the trachea and aorta f...,
What are the two sphincters of th...
90
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6.2 - Appetite
What are the three main triggers ...,
Which of the three triggers is th...,
What molecule is used by the body...
82
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6.4 - Abdominal pain tutorial
What symptom do most intra abdomi...,
What are the 2 most significant p...,
What framework do we use to ask p...
67
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6.6 - Immunology of the gut
What is the surface area of the g...,
How big is the antigen load in gi...,
What does microbiota mean
83
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6.8 - Gastrointestinal infections
What are some differential diagno...,
What are some differential diagno...,
What investigations can be ordere...
14
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6.9 - Malnutrition and nutritional assessment
Define malnutrition,
How does prevalence of malnutriti...,
How does prevalence of malnutriti...
61
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6.11 - Gastrointestinal cancers
What is a cancer,
What is a primary cancer,
What is a secondary cancer metast...
131
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6.13 - General surgery in the GI tract
What do we look for in regards to...,
What do we look for in regards to...,
Apart from presenting complaint w...
129
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7.1 - The skin in systemic disease
What different causes of dermatol...,
What are examples of clinical ass...,
What is a punch biopsy
74
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7.2 - The skin in systemic disease tutorial
38y o female presents with new on...,
Newborn baby presents with a rash,
50y 0 female presents with new ra...
15
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7.3 - Infections and infestations of the skin
What virulence factors does staph...,
What diseases can staphylococcus ...,
How does streptococcus pyogenes b...
107
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7.5 - Skin cancer
What two investigation types are ...,
Define melanoma,
What cells do melanomas arise from
111
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7.6 - Skin cancer tutorial
Which of the following is false r...,
Which of the following statements...,
Which of the following is true re...
11
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8.1 - Management of specific fractures
What is trauma,
What is a fracture,
What is orthopaedics
52
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8.2 - Children's orthopaedics
How many bones are there in a chi...,
What do the bones of a child feat...,
What are the two kinds of bone de...
96
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8.4 - Back pain
What are the functions of the spi...,
What are the four parts of the spine,
What are the key msk structures o...
48
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8.5 - Rheumatoid and other inflammatory arthritis
What is arthritis,
What are the two major divisions ...,
In osteoarthritis what does lack ...
84
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8.6 - Lupus and related autoimmune connective tissue diseases
What are the autoimmune connectiv...,
Why is the term connective tissue...,
What is the main site of inflamma...
69
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9.1 - Renal regulation of water and acid-base balance
What is osmosis,
What is the driving force for osm...,
What is the difference between os...
80
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9.2 - Sodium and potassium balance
Define osmolarity,
What is 1 osmole,
What does osmolarity depend on
84
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9.3 - Urological cancers
What kind of haematuria is an ala...,
What are some epidemiological fac...,
What types of kidney cancers are ...
65
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9.6 - Chronic kidney disease and renal failure
What are the homeostatic function...,
What happens to the homeostatic f...,
What are the excretory functions ...
54
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9.7 - Urinary incontinence and urinary tract symptoms
What is the urinary tract compose...,
What is the role of the kidneys i...,
At what vertebral level is the hi...
72
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9.9 - Renal TBL
If a patient is dehydrated the fi...,
The urine samples of different pa...,
An athlete after finishing their ...
8
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10.1 - Disorders of pregnancy & parturition
How much does the embryo grow in ...,
Why is embryo foetal growth in th...,
As we go from first to second tri...
68
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10.2 - Early environmental and biological impacts on lifelong health
What challenges could the foetus ...,
Which hypothesis predicts program...,
What did the barker hypothesis fo...
26
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10.3 - Postnatal and child development 1/2
What factors can affect prenatal ...,
How do genetics affect prenatal g...,
How do genetics affect postnatal ...
39
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10.4 - Postnatal and child development 2/2
What are some stats about genetic...,
What is the aim of the nhs health...,
What are the features of the nhs ...
15
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10.5 - Biology of aging
What are some proposals for the d...,
How is aging distinct from longevity,
What are the two major groups of ...
24
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