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Summary: A good study guide to have.
Review: I just finished my USMLE Step 2 exam. This book has a lot of good points, which you must know for doing well on this exam. There is no perfect book for Step 2, but this book should be an essential part of your preparation.
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Summary: Good book for reviewing USMLE Step2
Review: I just took Usmle Step 2 last month. The questions in this book are shorter than those of real USMLE Exam, but it contains a lot of high yield information. Make sure that you understand the answere at the end of each exam before you go to the next one.
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Summary: Gets it Right
Review: I'm an IMG whose grades really matter to him when it comes to applying for a residency program in the US. I just did my Step 2 Exam hoping that I was prepared for it. MY way for doing just that is to answer as many MCQs as you can, read the answer discussions and write notes on anything that you may deem interesting. In my preparation for the exam there weretwo sources of questions that I used. Kapla's online QBank and Brochert's Mock Exam. Both of which helped me achieve a score that I'm happy with. Brochert's questions, although at times not displayin the clinical vignette format of the exam as that in Kaplan's the areas that it covers appear EXACTLY as they do in the exam. While doing the exam, I was equally surprised and content that I went through Brochert to be prepared.The best thing about the way the Qs and their discussions are structured is the fact that you actually can imagine the author telling what is right and wrong and how to prepare to be better. There are some books out there that make you feel down when you don't know an answer to a Q, but Brochert eases your mind when it comes to difficult Qs. The author was a student before and knows how sensitive we can get when it comes to such matters. All in all, an excellent. I cannot recommend it enough. in fact the publishers should state behind the book that you should prepare using this book and you will pass or your money back!!!
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Summary: Had to write this!
Review: I'm not much for writing reviews, but this book helped me so much on the step 2 exam that I felt compelled to sing its praises. Absolutely superb, "on the money" questions and answers that are very high-yield and well-written. One of the things that I really liked also was the author's conversational style and sense of humor. He doesn't make you feel retarded every time you read the explanation to a question you got wrong. Best investment I made as far as step 2 review goes (believe me, I wasted a lot of money on review books, some of which I never even got a chance to open). Also liked the NMS Step 2 question book, but this one was better.
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Summary: A question vignette format of his Secrets Book
Review: If you read Brochert's Step 2 Secrets book, then you will have no problems navigating through the Mock Exam. The book is good in that it reinforces some key ideas from his Secrets book, and it's another source of questions for your Step 2 prep. As far as teaching you something different from his Secrets or Crush books, you won't get that in this book.
The book is most helpful not with its clinical vignette questions, but with its "most common" questions, which showed up a lot on my exam. In short, there are better question books and banks out there, so think twice before buying this book IF you haven't already read Secrets or Crush Step 2.
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Summary: great way to review
Review: Quality questions with superb answer explanations. Mimics current exam question style (took the exam last month). Up-to-date and comprehensive, covering all topics. Strongly recommend!
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Summary: Must have revew source for MCQ
Review: These MCQs are the best around and of the same difficulty as the actual exam (took test 3/2003). Great explanations of answers that are written in a friendly format so you don't feel [dumb] for missing questions. Mimics current exam format with individual blocks of questions and limited number of questions with figures (which you often don't need to get the question right). Highly recommend this book for anyone who likes to use MCQs to prepare.
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Summary: worried about time management?
Review: This book has MCQs that are very long. Longer than what you find on Step 2 for the most part. But if you are worried that you might run out of time, I suggest you practice with Mock Exam. If you can finish one block in one hour, you will DO FINE ON STEP 2.
I also like the fact that some MCQs have more than just 5 choices. THis is true for Step 2 as well.
Although I feel NMS is a better source of information (better explanations), I am glad I had Mock Exam with me. I feel it gave me a sense of security I wouldn't have had otherwise.
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Summary: A good MCQ tool to accompany crush the boards
Review: This book is very good to use with crush the board. The questions seemed easier than the actual test but they cover the topics from Crush The Boards 2 well, and have clear answers. I found NMS to more closly mirror the difficulty level of the actual test. Differential Dx is the key for the exam.
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