This is the author’s visionary creation reflecting his 12 years of transformative evolution. From its roots as a pocket-sized handbook, this manual has blossomed into a pioneering clinical guide aligned with the Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum set by the National Medical Commission (NMC). His relentless commitment shines through in this edition, emphasizing practicality, quick revision, and easy recall through numerous mnemonics, tables, charts, diagrams, formulas, triads, etc.
The fourth edition integrates post-Covid updates and NMC recommendations with expanded sections on growth and development, nutrition, immunization (including corona vaccines), neonatology, paediatric drugs, instruments, X-rays, poisoning, emergency paediatrics, musculoskeletal diseases, rheumatology, and includes intriguing new chapters on ECG, OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) and Covid-19. This manual is not just a book, but a collective endeavour designed to enrich the students’ critical knowledge and clinical acumen of medical practitioners alike.