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Oxford Medical Education

Clinical (general) Mnemonics


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17 February 2015

The best general medical student mnemonics for finals, OSCEs and MRCP

For any disease (Dressed In a Surgeon’s Gown A Physician


Might Make Some Significant Progress)
Definition
Incidence
Sex
Geography
Aetiology
Pathogenesis
Macroscopic pathology
Microscopic pathology
Symptoms
Signs
Prognosis

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Surgical Sieve (INVITED MDC)
Infection
Neoplasia
Vascular
Inflammatory/autoimmune
Trauma
Endocrine
Degenerative
Metabolic
Drugs
Congenital

Systems (MUNCHEBARS)
Musculoskeletal
Urinary
Neurological
Cardiovascular
Hepatic
Endocrine
Blood
Alimentary
Respiratory
Skin

Pain (SOCRATES)
Site
Onset
Character
Radiation
Associated symptoms
Timing
Exacerbating/ relieving factors
Severity (/10)

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