Sturdevant’s Art and Science of Operative Dentistry: Second South Asia Edition

H N Sarker is Professor, Department of Medicine, Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barisal, Bangladesh. He obtained his MBBS in 1984, FCPS (Internal Medicine) from College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bangladesh in 2004, MRCP from the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 2011, FRCP(Edin)in 2013 and MRCP (Neurology) in 2016. He has been serving as a teacher since 1995 in different medical colleges as registrar, assistant professor, associate professor and professor. He is an examiner of undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. He is author of six medical books and has to his credit more than 40 scientific papers published in national and international journals.

AIIMS PG Medical Entrance Examination May 2014, Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences Pvt Ltd. has conceptualized some highly successful courses with the objective of training the PG/UPSC/Other Exam aspirants. The courses are designed and carried out by leading faculty that includes eminent authors and young enthusiastic teachers from various Medical Colleges. The large number of students from previous courses, who have secured admission in AIIMS/AIPG/PGI/State PGs /UPSC/DNB is a pointer towards the course. The courses are designed to cover all subjects (Pre- Para- and Clinical) in an equitable manner. Special emphasis is placed on psychological preparation, goal selling, time management, stress management and methodology of study, to provide the doctors with ?the competitive edge? which, we believe, make all the difference between success and failure.

317 Single Best Answer Questions in Obstetrics This book was written to overcome the difficulties faced by medical students since thu Single Best Answer Question pattern was introduced to the medical curriculum globally. The first edition was produced to help the students understand the style and the method of answering SBA questions as hitherto there was a dearth of standard model question paper books. It contains the relevant clinical principles and knowledge required to answer SBA questions and detailed explanation for the answers. The first edition had unprecedented large sales and the author was invited to write the second edition after two years.

This book contains MCQs with stress more on concepts than on dry and useless information. This book would serve another important purpose. Through MCQs many facts and concepts of physiology have been highlighted which a students is likely to miss during cursory reading of the textbook. This book shall also help in the self-assessment of the student after he/she has read the topic from a text book of physiology.

The author, Dr Eranthi Samarakoon, being a dedicated and a committed teacher, understands the difficulties faced by the students ever since the single best answer (SBA) questions were introduced in medical curriculum in many countries around the world. She realises that the successful preparation for a professional examination requires understanding the style of the questions asked and the process of the examination. With these goals in mind, she has produced this set of two books containing a large number of questions in obstetrics (214) and gynaecology (214) to help the students in facing the examination with confidence. Eranthi Samarakoon MBBS, MS(SM Lanka), FRCOG (UK) is a senior lecturer and consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Peradeniya University and the Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She obtained second class honors at the final MBBS examination and came first in the order of merit at the Master of Surgery in obstetrics and gynaecology (Sri Lanka) part 1 and part 2 examinations. She completed the final year of her postgraduate training at St Mary?s Hospital, Manchester, and got through the MRCOG (UK) examination at the first attempt. She was Board certified as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Sri Lanka in 1983 and has been in active practice since then. This book is based on over three decades of experience as an active clinician and academician who has been teaching medical students for the final MBBS examination and training postgraduate students for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) in obstetrics and gynaecology (Sri Lanka) and the MRCOG (UK) examinations. She has been an examiner for the final MBBS examination in all eight universities in Sri Lanka and for the MD obstetrics and gynaecology (Sri Lanka) examination. She plays a major role in the clinical training and examinations for undergraduate and clinical training of postgraduate students. At least five students are trained each year at the Peradeniya University Hospital for the MD (Sri Lanka) and MRCOG (UK) examinations.