Monday, January 22, 2007

This new mock, entitled "a Stroked Patient!" and written by Dr. O Amin, covers important aspects of stroke with many past examination themes. It is for MRCPI (Ireland) part I examination (useful also to study for MRCP UK). Can be downloaded from our official website.
All the best...
Dr. N Mark MD
Team Neurology4MRCP

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

You Raise Me Up


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We are greatly thankful to all those who supported us, and thank you for your continuous backup, and thank you for visiting our websites.
In December 2006, 4107 visitors browsed our official website.As whole, in the year 2006,we encountered 48229 unique visitors. The book "One Year of Hard Work" had been downloaded 2163 times till now (25 days). Special thanks to
FreeWebHostingArea.com for their continuous and excellent supporting system, and for hosting our websites for free. Nothing but the wonderful song of Josh Groban could express our feelings.
Dr. Osama Amin and Team Neurology4MRCP

Monday, January 15, 2007

New MRCP Neurology Mock for MRCP Ireland Part I...


Our newest neurology mock with teaching MCQs for MRCP Ireland part I written by Dr. Osama Amin, entitled "He has seizure. Is it epilepsy?" and covering epileptic disorders, has been launched in our official website, and is free to download (zipped PDF).
Thank you for visiting our websites.
Dr. N Mark MD
Team Neurology4MRCP

Thursday, January 11, 2007

The newest MRCP UK and Irealnd Neurology Mock, "Your Patient has a Brain Tumor!"

Our new MRCP UK and MRCP Ireland Neurology Mock for part I examination has been launched, entitled "Your Patient has a Brain Tumor!", and is free to download in a zipped PDF.
Thank you for visiting our websites...
Dr. N Mark MD
Team Neurology4MRCP

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Our Vacation...

This year, the Xmas and the Eid Al-Adhha'a occurd almost simultaneously. Dr. Amin invited all the members of the team to spend these events in Iraq and to extend the journey to other countries and we accepted. Dr. Amin was waiting in Turkey and escorted us to Iraq.

The Iraqi-Turkish Borders

We entered the city of Dohuk and from there we went to Erbil (the capital of Kurdistan Region in Iraq, an semi-independent area). Many places of interest can be found there. The next day we were invited to a Kurdish wedding ceremony.

Erbil Castle

The Market and the Castle

The Castle and "Dikakin"

Next was the city of Sulaimaniya; we were impressed by the rapid development and wide spread construction.
A new Mosque

Al- Shasty Street (or the 60th street in English)

Then we went ahead to Darbandikhan, where a big dam and a large lake can be seen.

Few houses (Darbandikhan)

The main street of Darbandikhan (you can see the flag of the Iraqi Kurdish communist party, small red one)

From there, we visited Khanaqeen, a small town near the Iranian borders. Dr. Amin visited his grandfather's grave there.

The encrypted words: this is the grave of Muhammed Amin Abullatif Al-Dawoody, died Thursday 1955 (he was 29 years old at that time, mostly from typhoid)

Finally, was the Iranian borders, and we entered Iran from Almuntheria point.

The Iranian Borders

The Parki Azadi (or The Freedom Park)

AlKhomainy poster in Tehran

We spent 2 days in Tehran; next was Malaysia. The city of Kuala Lumpur is a target for many tourists, many ethnic groups can be found and they are living together happily.

In the way of going to Kuala Lumpur

Near the China Town

The Twin Towers (KLCC)

In middle of the street in KLL

China Town and Market

The KL Tower

Inside the KLCC, A cancer group ...

Finally, we proceded to Australia and from there we went back to our country and Dr. Amin to Iraq.

Amin going back to Iraq

We thank Dr. Amin and his family for their hospitality, and thanks to the people of Turkey, Iraq, Iran , and Malaysia.

Happy New Year, Merry Xmas, and "Eidkoom Mubarak".
All the best...
Team Neurology4MRCP

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Happy New Year and Merry Xmas...

Happy New Year and Merry Xmas. We wish you all the best.
Team Neurology4MRCP

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Neurologic Examination Video Clip...

You may download the file and enjoy learning how to examine the patient step by step. This clip features a normal examination in a young female, 24 minutes in length, and 41.7 MB in size.
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin MRCPI
New web streamed lectures in Palliative Medicine, delivered on 17 November 2006 as part of a symposium on Palliative Care organized by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. These are:
1- Bone Pain: science into practice.
2- Delirium: an omen for the final exit but not always.
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin MRCPI

Friday, December 22, 2006

Thanks to MRCP.ORG

We would like to thank the great website MRCP.ORG for its continuous support by linking our publications , and for its kind and nice comment and words describing our last book "One Year of Hard Work". Without such support, definitely, we would not be able to continue our work.
Best wishes...
Team Neurology4MRCP Group

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

680 Questions (BOFs and MCQs) in Neurology

Our 2006 work has been gathered together under the title of "One Year of Hard Work" as we are celebrating one year after launching our official website. We are launching our new website MRCP-Neurology , and the book can be downloaded from there.
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin MRCPI

"After One Year of Hard Work", what has been happening?



"After One Year of Hard Work", what has been happening?

The idea behind making this website goes back to early 2005. As we encourage free educational activities, and as we conduct many free courses per year to teach clinical neurology in our hospital, we thought that It is better to expand our work and target doctors by making a free website to deliver the neurology subject in a simple way. We invited Dr. O Amin to be the writer and the medical editor of the MRCP neurology questions.

After finishing the year 2006, Dr. Amin had written many wonderful mocks to update our website every now and then, and inspite of being too busy, he expanded the work to involve other specialties besides neurology; and these are (a total number of 1480 questions):
1- 8 Mocks for MRCP UK Part I (neurology).
2- 3 Mocks for MRCP Ireland Part I (neurology).
3- 3 Mocks for MRCP UK Part II with slides (neurology).
4- 720 Best of Fives for MRCP UK Part I (general medicine).
5- ECG book for MRCP UK Part II with Mocks (general medicine).

From April to Augest 2006, Dr. O Amin (who is now our Head of Team) had conducted 3 free Clinical Courses for MRCP Neurology, and we are thinking of "opening" such free courses at regular basis; we will advertise about them in the near future.

The year 2006 work is now gathered together and published here. We would like to thank all people who helped us make this work, and we welcome new writers.

We noticed that some of our best of five questions are being published at other websites without a prior permission from us; we don't mind as long as they are being used to teach others freely, but our website's and writer's name should be mentioned and credited (this is our copyright policy). Please feel free to download, print, and forward our PDFs to your colleagues.

Thank you for visiting our website.

Dr. O Amin and Team Neurology4MRCP©2005,2006,2007

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Harrison's Neurology In Clinical Medicine...


Featuring the contents of the Neurology section of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition -enhanced with important updates, new and annotated references, new illustrations, and self-assessment/exam review Questions and Answers-this next-generation resource is perfect for the backpack, the wards, and in all clinical situations. Also great for students! See a sample chapter (PDF).
Have a look and don't miss it.
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin MRCPI
Neurologist

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Neuro-ophthalmology...

The Moran Eye Center Collection offers a great space for neuro-ophthalmology. Personally, i found this website extremely useful. I has many medical pics and videos.
For example, many physicians are not familiar with "spontaneous venous pulsation" upon doing fundoscopy; please click here to see its video.
Don't miss it.
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin MRCPI

MRCP Part II Preparation...

Interactive MRCP 2 (2nd edition) is an MCQ-based CD-ROM which helps you prepare for the MRCP (UK) Part 2 Written Examination:
· contains nearly 500 cases
· comprising over 900 questions
· divided into 15 specialties
Have a look, and best wishes...

Dr. O Amin MRCPI

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage...

As I'm interested in stroke, especially subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), I've read 3 articles in the new England journal of medicine; this topic is, unfortunately, full of pitfalls and many patients attending the ERs are being misdiagnosed as having migraine or tension-type headache. I would suggest reading these wonderful articles:
1- Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (Current Concept).
2- Avoiding Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Primary Care).
3- Intracranial Aneurysms (Review Article).
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin MRCPI

Monday, December 11, 2006

MedPix Image Data Bases...



This website gives us a wonderful collection of neurologic images, case of the week, and many neurologic resources. There is also a brain lesion localizer for differential diagnoses. Please browse this website well.
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin MRCPI

Friday, December 08, 2006

Neurology Case Of The Month...



Thr Baylor College of Medicine/Department of Neurology has a wonderful website containing a "neurology case of the month", in an interactive format, 81 in number with slides and pictures.

Best wishes...

Dr. O Amin

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

RCPLive, live online meetings...Epilepsy and Parkinson's Disease...


RCPlive is a new series of live online meetings, which cover major therapeutic areas in medicine and provide updates on advances in clinical practice for physicians, doctors in training and GPs.
During each meeting
1-You hear the speakers live
2-You see their synchronised slides
3-You can submit questions at any time
4-An archived record of the meeting follows

Neurology is defintely included, especially Epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin

RCPE Neurology Web-Streamed Lectures...



The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) has Web-Streamed Lectures covering many sub specialties in medicine. I found the Neurology one very useful, which is featuring updates in subarachnoid hemorrhage and multiple sclerosis, delivered on 9 November 2006 as part of a symposium on Neurology, organised by RCPE. Please sepnd some time there.
Best Wishes
Dr. O. Amin

Monday, November 13, 2006

Brain Exercises part II Mock for MRCP Part I

The Mock of Brain Exercises part II has been launched in our offical website.
We welcome new writers and any feedback.
Best wishes...
Dr. O Amin
Neurologist and Head of Team Neurology4MRCP Group of Websites