disclaimers.

What these notes are

• Summaries for quick reference and revision

• Mostly high-yield content for exams or immediate need-to-know stuff while on the wards and on the job

• Full of abbreviations (see point below)

What these notes are not

These notes are not meant to help anyone understand a topic in depth. Please listen to your lectures or read textbooks/websites if you want something like this. If you go to the Acknowledgements page, I have a list of resources I use quite frequently when I want to learn about a topic. I am also trying to update references for bigger topics as I go through the notes.

Why are there so many abbreviations?

• Squeezing stuff into a limited number of pages requires space-saving.

• Medicine itself is filled with abbreviations… get used to it, sorry.

Why PDF?

• These notes started off because I wanted something physical to bring while going on placement (i.e., I wanted to have some physical notes to refer to when I was attending say a cardiology clinic). So I formatted them as PDF notes to print out.

Other FAQ

• What software do I use?

  • Draw.io (aka https://app.diagrams.net)

• Can you share the original files?

  • I don’t feel very comfortable doing this, as someone has already tried to rip off the PDF version and mark it up and resell it. I understand that having the original files may make it easier to edit them to your own liking, but honestly if anyone had the original files to edit it’d probably make your head hurt anyway.

• Why sudden disclaimers?

  • I had some 1 star reviews on the Amazon page complaining about the notes… hence the need to explain what these notes were meant to be. Ugh.