Passing the FRACP Written Examination: Questions and Answers

Passing the FRACP Written Examination is the ideal study aid for candidates of the Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) examination. Written by a team of physicians based at Flinders Medical Centre, and covering the key components of the FRACP basic training syllabus, this guide presents over 500 multiple–choice questions on all major topics covered in the examination. It provides coverage of rapidly evolving topics such as healthcare in an ageing population, disparity in indigenous health outcomes, advances in molecular science and genetics, and the complexity of care arising from multiple chronic illnesses. Questions echo the written examination, including those on both ‘Basic Sciences’ and ‘Clinical Practice’. Many of the questions are similar to those in the actual examination; others are designed to ‘teach’ particularly important issues or to draw attention to contemporary topics. Each question has an answer that fully explains the correct and incorrect responses. This study aid also includes: • Questions and answers linked to a reference that is usually the best and most contemporary review for further reading and as additional guide to study • QR code links to all the references • Hints and tips from previous candidates on examination strategies • A large number of the new style extended matching questions (EMQs). This brand new study aid gives all FRACP candidates a unique opportunity to practise for the examination and improve their medical knowledge of the syllabus as a whole.

Introduction, vii Acknowledgements, xii Features contained in your study aid, xiii 1. Cardiology, 1 Answers, 16 2. Respiratory and sleep medicine, 43 Answers, 53 3. Gastroenterology, 74 Answers, 84 4. Nephrology, 105 Answers, 114 5. Endocrinology, 129 Answers, 138 6. Neurology, 158 Answers, 166 7. Rheumatology, 186 Answers, 197 8. Dermatology, 218 Answers, 223 9. Oncology, 229 Answers, 236 10. Infectious diseases, 250 Answers, 257 11. Haematology, 270 Answers, 281 12. Clinical immunology, 301 Answers, 307 13. Clinical pharmacology, 320 Answers, 326 14. Clinical genetics, 340 Answers, 347 15. General medicine, geriatric medicine and other topics, 361 Answers, 372 16. Psychiatry, 391 Answers, 394 17. Statistics, epidemiology and research, 400 Answers, 406 18. Intensive care medicine, 413 Answers, 420 Index, 435

Jonathan Gleadle is Professor of Medicine at Flinders University, and Consultant in Nephrology at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide Tuck Yong is Senior Lecturer at Flinders University, and Consultant Physician at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide Jordan Li is Senior Lecturer at Flinders University, and Consultant Physician and Nephrologist at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide Surjit Tarafdar is Registrar in Nephrology and General Medicine at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide Danielle Wu is Registrar in Nephrology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital