Aneasthesia | Exam Preparation | Drugs Used to Treat Epilepsy and Diabetes Mellitus

Drugs Used to Treat Epilepsy and Diabetes Mellitus
Session Overview
Description
This session contains two revision tutorials using Multiple Choice Questions to assist candidates preparing for the Primary FRCA Examination.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Describe the use of common anticonvulsants
• Describe their accepted mechanisms of action
• Describe the aspects of their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics that are relevant to the anaesthetist

These MCQ Tutorials are aimed at candidates preparing for the Primary FRCA examination.

MCQs written to Primary FRCA standard are used to provide a focused tutorial on important concepts and areas of the curriculum that candidates have difficulty with.

Not all areas tested in the examination are covered in these tutorials. For a comprehensive review please refer to the curriculum and e-Learning sessions within Module 07.

This session provides two revision tutorials on selected topics related to anticonvulsants and hypoglycaemics.

The tutorials within this session begin with some 'pre-tutorial MCQs' to test your existing knowledge. This is followed by the revision tutorial during which we will cover the knowledge required to answer these and other similar MCQs.

The tutorial ends with some 'post-tutorial MCQs' to re-test your understanding of the topic.

This format is repeated for each of the areas covered within this session.