Exam Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates Medicine

DETAILS : 

• Author: Archith Boloor
  
• Publisher: ‎  Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
  
• Publication date: ‎ 13 August 2025
• Language: ‎ English
  
• Paperback: ‎ 1730 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 936616613X
  
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-9366166131
• Item Weight: ‎ 3400 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

Exam Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates: Medicine, authored by the highly popular medical academician Dr. Archith Boloor (with contributions from veteran co-authors like Dr. Chakrapani M. and Dr. Ramadas Nayak), is a premier, widely recommended academic survival guide and high-yield reference manual. Published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, this massive volume (spanning over 1,500 pages in its newest editions) serves as the ultimate study companion for Final MBBS students preparing for their highly demanding university theory and practical examinations.

The primary objective of this manual is to bridge the gap between heavy, multi-volume international textbooks of medicine and the strict, structured time constraints faced by an undergraduate student. Reworked continuously to align directly with the National Medical Commission's (NMC) CBME (Competency-Based Medical Education) curriculum, the book breaks down the massive domain of Internal Medicine into highly scannable, high-yield chapters covering various systemic specialties:

• Systemic Internal Medicine: Offers concise, exam-focused chapters on Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Nephrology, and Endocrinology, presenting disease etiology, clinical features, and diagnosis in an easy-to-memorize format.
• Algorithmic Management Protocols: Features highly updated treatment pathways, medical dosages, and standard intervention steps revised according to the latest international consensus guidelines.
• Visual Memory Aids: Packed extensively with thousands of real-world high-quality clinical photographs, radiological images (X-rays and CT scans), and key ECG rhythm strips annotated for clear bedside recognition.
• University Question Matrix: Includes a poster and customized index charts highlighting the exact topics and questions that have repeatedly appeared across major health university exams over the last decade.
• Competitive Exam Boosters: Integrates dedicated high-yield text boxes and memory aids helpful for students transitioning into competitive postgraduate entrance exams such as NEET-PG, INI-CET, and MRCP Part 1.

By ditching long, dense narrative paragraphs in favor of precise bullet points, comparative tables, and color-coded "Key Points" for last-minute revision, this book has established itself as an essential, indispensable resource for medical students across South Asia.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Archith Boloor (MBBS, MD) is an immensely popular, highly dynamic young Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine at the prestigious Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Mangaluru (Manipal Academy of Higher Education). Known for his brilliant, highly structured pedagogical methods, he has revolutionized how undergraduate clinical medicine is taught in India.

Dr. Boloor’s writing style is uniquely tailored to the psychology of a student facing immense exam anxiety—marked by absolute conceptual clarity, data scannability, and high visual emphasis. Beyond this cornerstone text, his other best-selling medical publications—including An Insider’s Guide to Clinical Medicine, An Insider's Guide to OSCE in Medicine, and Mastering MCQs in Medicine—remain highly sought-after benchmark titles within modern medical education libraries.