## **Textbooks** **Talley and O’Connor’s Examination Medicine: A guide to physician training (2020)** The standard resource for performing the short case examinations. **Clinical Medicine for the MRCP PACES (Volume 1: Core Clinical Skills) (2010)** I found this to be a helpful resource for navigating short case discussions; questions in the actual exam are usually similar to the ones in the book. While the book itself is older (published 2010) and some of the management-centred questions may be out of date, the questions (and answers) about examination findings have not really changed over time (e.g. classical questions such as the clinical signs of severity of valvular disease), and are common questions on the day. This book is best used when practicing short cases in order to become more comfortable in answering and structuring your discussion responses. **PACES for the MRCP, with 250 clinical cases (2013)** I thought this was a helpful resource to supplement Clinical Medicine for the MRCP PACES. Whilst I found that book to be helpful for questions about physical examination, this book was a helpful resource to supplement other topics of discussion (diagnosis, investigations, management). The layout is a bit nicer, it’s slightly more recent, I used these resources in concert to anticipate what questions might be asked and revise the relevant content. >[!tip] >Some of the recommended textbooks for the FRACP Clinical Examination are written in reference to the MRCP PACES examination. While the content of the MRCP PACES is similar to the FRACP, the format of questioning/assessment can differ. > >As a result, I suggest using a combination of resources in addition to the books above (e.g. UpToDate) to formulate structured responses to common questions to make sure that they are, for lack of a better term, up-to-date. Simpler, specific and objective questions (e.g. clinical signs of severity) don't necessarily need to be structured differently.