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Dewey Decimal Number: 610 EAN: 9780838503980 Edition: 3 ISBN: 0838503985 Label: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 350 Publication Date: July 16, 2001 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange Studio: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Don't BotherDon't even bother with this book as a review for Step 3. The format and layout is not conducive to learning the important details of step 3. The important thing with step 3 is knowing what the best diagnostic test or the best treatment should be. This book lists 3-4 different tests that can be done, but the important thing is knowing which one is the best one. Rating:  - You don't need this abuseA&L do publish individual question books that have pretty good questions. But THESE are dreadful. They are not at all representative of the style, distribution, or difficulty of the questions on the actual test. So why bother? You don't need to be this desperate: the test isn't that hard. Have you ever heard of the "rule of twos"? . . for Step I, two weeks; for Step II, two days; and for Step III, a number 2 pencil! I did something like that (2 months, 2 weeks, and 2 days) and I did particularly ... Read More Rating:  - Not bad.I purchased this book to review for the Step 3. I am a resident in IM. I found the book useful overall, but it lacks many subjects that I thought were important. Its Surgery and Peds sections are especially poor. It does come with 400 review questions but these are mediocre too. Plus, the explanations of the answers are sometimes poor, for example, "This is the correct answer." -- I'm not kidding. Unfortunately, there isn't much competition for Step 3 review. You might try the Pre-test series ... Read More Rating:  - Useful Practice for Step III MCQ'sAlthough not representative of Step III's degree of difficulty, this book is a good way to practice for the exam especially for the lack of better sample tests for Step III. I used the 1997 edition, watch for the 2000 edition for updates. 
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