(22 reviews) Author: Vikas Bhushan ISBN : 9780071712972 New from $30.95 Format: PDFThe best, most trusted review for the USMLE Step 3 is now in full color
First Aid for the USMLE Step 3 provides busy residents with thousands of high-yield facts, mnemonics, and visual aids to help them pass the USMLE Step 3. More than 100 mini-cases provide practice for the CCS portion of the exam. The third edition features full color throughout the book, 35 pages of new material, and a complete revision to eliminate redundancy and over-information and highlight the most essential material for the exam. It is written by residents who recently passed Step 3 and reviewed by faculty for accuracy.
Features
- Thousands of high-yield facts, mnemonics, and visual aids for board success
- NEW: full color throughout with many new color images
- NEW: Classic and frequently-tested scenarios integrated throughout the text clue you in for exam questions
- 100+ mini-cases provide invaluable preparation for the CCS portion of the exam
- Completely revised throughout and including 35 pages of new material and more clinical images
- Written by residents with recent experience taking the Step 3 examination
The content you need to ace the USMLE Step 3
Section I: Guide to the USMLE Step 3 and the CCS; Section II: Database of High-Yield Facts; Chapter 1. Ambulatory Medicine; Chapter 2. Cardiovascular; Chapter 3. EM; Chapter 4. Ethics and Statistics; Chapter 5. GI; Chapter 6. Hematology; Chapter 7. Oncology; Chapter 8. Infectious Disease; Chapter 9. Musculoskeletal; Chapter 10. Nephrology; Chapter 11. Neurology; Chapter 12. Obstetrics; Chapter 13. Gynecology; Chapter 14. Pediatrics; Chapter 15. Psychiatry; Chapter 16. Pulmonary; Section III: High-Yield CCS Cases; Appendix; Index
- Series: First Aid USMLE
- Paperback: 486 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 3rd edition (September 21, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071712976
- ISBN-13: 978-0071712972
- Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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First Aid for the USMLE Step 3, Third EditionTo pass this exam you will probably only need to go over all U-World qbank. First-aid may help if you feel insecure. I read it front to back, but in hindsight I don't think it was worth it or that it contributed in any significant score to final performance ... 99/235.By GCampuzano
The problem I had with this book was that there were MAJOR missing topics such as:By Sonic Le
1. appendicitis (???!!)
2. small/large bowel obstruction
3. rheumatic fever
4. pediatric rashes - NO mention of measles, mumps, rubella except how they affect the neonate. I'm looking more for what the different rashes in a kid look like and their accompanying sxs
5. spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
6. aortic aneurysm (!!!)
7. contraindications for vaccines
8. skimped on a lot of cardiac medication side effects - no mention of dig or amiodarone or lidocaine toxicity
9. delayed puberty
10. botulinism
11. diaper rash (seriously, this is def. asked in step 3)
12. discusses gastroschisis but not omphalocele??
you get the idea.
Their biostatistic section was a nightmare - poorly organised and lacking basic information - such as defining different types of experimental study biases and including poorly worded explanations instead of just giving us an example like they did in step 2 First Aid. The cardiology section LUMPED stable, unstable angina and MI into one single-paged mess.....I don't know about you, but more clarification about who goes and gets cathed and what the indications for angioplasty, PCI are would have been nice.
And WAY too much emphasis on: ortho (2-3 pages of chart/table devoted to ortho injuries???)
CSS section probably fine if you use it - I didn't use it at all. I just used USMLE world's CSS cases and those were more than sufficient and inclusive.
Unfortunately, this is probably still the best review book out there for step 3, if nothing else than for the familiar format.
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