** HELP!?! REVISION MATERIALS FOR FINALS... MEDICINE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS? Newcastle

Hey guys. Final year medic at Newcastle uni in need of some help! Our finals start in May this year and are done by about June 12th I think. Anyway, annoyingly people have started the "finals" hype early and it's stressing me out a little. I want to start revision soon but don't want to make the usual mistake of wasting loads of time researching the appropriate materials and making endless notes... This process usually takes me several weeks alone before I can actually start revising from my notes. I'm a big fan of the "Medicine for medical students" book by Marc Crutchley: Medicine for Medical Students: The Complete Guide to Both OSCE and Written Exams: Amazon.co.uk: Marc A. Crutchley: Books ** However nearly everyone I mention this to turns their nose up about it. Many of my mates say it was fine for 3rd year (basically my only resource) but not adequate/appropriate for 5th/final year. I can see where they are coming from but it is so good to have all of the information presented in an easy to read format without all of the usual BS to wade through. Most people say they will use the oxford clinical dictionary of medicine, but even if only looking up for example COPD, you then have 3-4 pages of tiny detailed writing to sift through which can't be efficient... So yeah, any advice on a book or a small number of seperate books that may help would be much appreciated. Or do I just need to suck it up and start writing my own detailed notes on each core c...
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