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Summary: Perfect for the third year medical student
Review: 'Nuff said. I purchased this book in the beginning of the year, and have used it for my surgery, peds, and psych rotations (thus far). I have yet to take the peds exam, but the other two were somewhat reflective of the information contained in this book. Overall, big big $$! But well worth the price, I think. This is one that I won't part with.
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Summary: If you only buy one book for Step 3...
Review: ...this is the one to buy! Though this book is long, if you want one book that captures the essentials of everything on Step 3, you will definitely find it here.The questions are grouped together by a case of a patient presenting with the typical historical complaints of a particular clinical problem or diagnosis. For a hypertensive patient, for example, not only will they discuss diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, but they also have questions dealing with hypertensive urgencies, inpatient and outpatient management. The OB cases are comprehensive and manage to avoid the "controversial" issues for those who do not practice OB and want to review the basic principles for Step 3. The psychiatry section is also very good at helping to distinguish between similar diagnoses using case-based discussions and comparisons.
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Summary: Swanson's is The One book of Family Medicine !!
Review: A friend of mine used to tell me many times how great this book is. While he was telling me about it, I was thinking (OMG, what is so great about it?) Before taking my Family Medicine rotation last year, I saw it in a book exhibition, and had a chance to look at it. I was convinced to buy it without hesitancy ! This book is well organized and uses the most recent management guidelines.
It's divided into 9 sections: (Adult Medicine), (Obstetrics), (Women's health), (Psychiatry, behavioral science, and communication), (Children and adolescents), (General surgery and surgical specialties), (Geriatric medicine), (Epidemiology and public health), (Emergency and sports medicine). Each disease is divided into sections:
Section 1 starts with a problem in a scenario.
Section 2: you're asked multiple choice questions (MCQs) and (Short Answer Management problem) about clinical signs and symptoms, best investigations, and management. I felt that some MCQs are not well written, may be these represent the Board Exam style!
Section 3: Answers to the MCQs and Short answer management problem.
Section 4: Summary.
Section 5: Suggested readings. I found the information flowing smoothly and made me think of what I'm doing in managing a patient, and what the next step should be.
I think it's very useful for a revision of the basic info about a disease. Congratulations for the authors about this excellent book!
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Summary: A highly commendable book
Review: Everything in this book is explained in a step by step manner. The text is easy and the explanations are logical. Every chapter is followed by a summary.I really wish I had bought this book earlier. This is the best prep book for USMLE 2 and 3 exam.
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Summary: One of the best book i have ever read in my entire life
Review: For all those who want to be good doctors,i have got a piece of advice which is Buy this book now!!!!.Though this book was written for the family practice review boards this is just as much worth for candidates who are preparing for usmle step 2 and step3.It contains all the basic information as what is done routinely in each and every case starting from the diagnosis to treatment.It covers each and every clincial specalities like medicine,surgery,gyna and obs,psychiatry,ethics and much more.I am preparing for step 3 right now and found this book worth a million dollars.The kind of information i gained from this book is amazing for instance
I always knew that the treatment of myocardial infarction is nitrates,aspirin,thrombolytic therapy and angiographic procedures like angioplasty.But after reading this book i came to know as what is exactly done after acutley treating this patient like you shift him to ICU and do a test for ejection fraction.Before discharging the patient which is usually 4-5 days after inpatient treatment you give the patient a submaximal stress test and ask the patient to come after 4-6 weeks ifthe sub maximal test is negative for the maximal stress test.You can ask the patient to resume his usual activity by 6-8 weeks and sexual intercourse by 4 weeks.
I gained lot of practical information like this.Excellent book!!
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Summary: good for Step 3
Review: Found this book valuable in the following areas for step 3:
Good for preventative medicine
Up to date knowledge of clinical care and standards of practice
Highlights the major areas of primary care
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Summary: You can do better for step 3/for FP boards OK
Review: get nms questions and strong medicine for step 3
this is way out of date and does not even cover the topics tested on step 3 let alone ccs
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Summary: Great Review
Review: Great Step III or Family Med review book. Very dense but excellent content. Note that some of the HTN guidelines are based on JNC VI (Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure) and JNV VII was published in Fall of 03 so a few of the recommendations have been adjusted.
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Summary: Great Review
Review: Great Step III or Family Med review book. Very dense but excellent content. Note that some of the HTN guidelines are based on JNC VI (Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure) and JNV VII was published in Fall of 03 so a few of the recommendations have been adjusted.
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Summary: SUPERB
Review: hello fellow friends,,,this book is a classic book...for those preparing for usmle step 2 and 3...some one might think that its not imp for step two...but if u want to improve ur score by 4-5 points in step two u`ve got the right book...pleaaase please..buy this book..if u wanna good score....i would appreciate if u be in the swason`s family.thanks
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