Family Medicine (The National Medical Series for Independent Study)

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Summary: best for basic clinical information
Review: a book to increase the convenience of practice by family physician and residents, it cover most topices for family medicine

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Summary: Heavy on soft skills, light on the facts
Review: I bought this handbook on the recommendation of another medical student. It has been a disappointment, however. For a "pocket book" of its heft, I was often amazed by its omissions (i.e., infectious mononucleosis), especially in light of the scores of pages devoted to psychology and counselling -- things I hardly need to fumble through my white coat for in desperation. While this handbook is not a total loser, I would much more strongly recommend the two Oxford handbooks for general medical reference for medical students and residents.

Rating:
Summary: Heavy on soft skills, light on the facts
Review: I bought this handbook on the recommendation of another medical student. It has been a disappointment, however. For a "pocket book" of its heft, I was often amazed by its omissions (i.e., infectious mononucleosis), especially in light of the scores of pages devoted to psychology and counselling -- things I hardly need to fumble through my white coat for in desperation. While this handbook is not a total loser, I would much more strongly recommend the two Oxford handbooks for general medical reference for medical students and residents.

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Summary: excellent, best source for family shelf
Review: Just use this and your set. I had a 4 week rotation in fam med & had not yet had, ob/gyn, peds or IM, but I did well using this text. I only got through half of the text, but did that the night before. I only wish I'd got it sooner.

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Summary: Questions and Answers
Review: Oodles of questions and explained answers, and it comes highly recommended by my fellow classmates who used it to study for the national shelf exams. (I used Swanson's Family Practice Review and loved it.) I used NMS to a degree but didn't get through all of it. The questions are usually high yield and well explained. One classmate specifically said that this was the only book he used for Family and he aced the exam. I guess that's a pretty good review. See my listmania list for more med school ideas.

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Summary: Questions and Answers
Review: This is NOT NMS Family Medicine... although Amazon.com thinks it is and has linked some bad reviews to it. This is purely a question book. It has oodles of questions and explained answers, and comes highly recommended by my fellow classmates who used it to study for the national shelf exams. (I used Swanson's Family Practice Review and loved it.) Since I didn't use it much, and I didn't want to give it 5 stars... but what I did use was pretty good. One classmate specifically said that this was the only book he used for Family and he aced the exam. I guess that's a pretty good review. See my listmania list for more med school ideas.