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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9780071471886
Edition: 1
ISBN: 007147188X
Label: McGraw-Hill Medical
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Medical
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: December 13, 2006
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Studio: McGraw-Hill Medical



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REAL-LIFE CLINICAL CASES FOR THE BASIC SCIENCES AND USMLE STEP 1

Clinical correlations are increasingly emphasized in the teaching of basic medical science. Students, therefore, need exposure to clinical cases to pass course exams and ace the USMLE Step 1. This book presents 60 real-life clinical cases illustrating essential concepts in family medicine. Each case includes an easy-to-understand discussion correlated to key basic science concepts, definitions of key terms, family medicine pearls, and USMLE-style review questions. This interactive learning system helps you to learn instead of memorize.

  • 60 clinical cases correlated to high-yield family medicine concepts
  • Family Medicine Pearls highlight key points USMLE-style comprehension questions with each case
  • Primer on how to approach the basic sciences
  • Proven learning system improves exam scores




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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Case Files Family Medicine
The book is good to read if you have 1 day left until a family medicine exam- however the book is too basic and doesn't go indepth as far as pathophysiology is concerned.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Only book I found helpful
I took family medicine in the 5th block of third year, having done everything but surgery already and tried to read other books but found them cumbersome and redundant for what I already knew. I picked up this book in the last week before the NBME and loved it, it filled in a lot of the holes in my knowledge that are only taught in FM and not in the other rotations. The family board is not just an IM board, there is a ton of preventative medicine you have to know that is not on the IM board. I ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Not good for the shelf
I used this book extensively for the Family Medicine Shelf--and that was a bad idea. It's very basic and covers good cases that family medicine people might see on a daily basis, but for the shelf, this book is not even close to being enough. The Family Medicine shelf is an Internal Medicine test, essentially, so using this book did not help for it at all. Use 1st AID for Medicine or 1st Aid for the Step One (yes, that's right) for the Family Shelf and you will be fine (even if Family is your first ... Read More






 






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