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 : Blueprints Surgery: Principles and Methods (Blueprints Series)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.910076
EAN: 9781405104999
Edition: 4
ISBN: 1405104996
Label: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: June 01, 2006
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Studio: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins




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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
More than a Board review for USMLE Steps 2 and 3, Blueprints Surgery, Fourth Edition can help you during clerkship rotations and subinternship. This popular Blueprints book has been refined and updated while keeping its concise, organized style and clinical high-yield content. Features include USMLE-style questions and answers with full explanations; Key Points in every section; and a color-enhanced design that increases the usefulness of figures and tables. This edition has more questions and answers, new chapters, and a new appendix on commonly used operation notes. Each chapter ends with evidence-based references (journals) for students to do additional reading/research.




Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Just not enough...
You can consider a book in two ways: (1) USMLE/shelf exam prep or (2) clinical rotation/patient exposure prep. This book fails in both respects. It is astonishingly brief, one of the smaller blueprints books in the series. It skims the surface of most surgical concepts and lacks much detail. It lacks the detail and topic coverage to be an effective textbook for exam study. As for rounds and actual surgeries, this may cover some of the topics that you will be pimped on, but you'll likely be ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - don't believe the anti hype
the shelf exam emphasized all the main topics that were indeed covered in blueprints surgery. The shelf exam emphasizes application of concepts, there is no single text or question source out there that is so comprehensive that you will be able to take the shelf and generate the answer on the basis of straight memory recall. You need to be able to answer the questions de novo and apply what you've learned. Blueprints Q&A was a great accompaniment to blueprints surgery and there were actually repeat ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not that good.
I used many of the blueprints books during my clincal rotations in medical school. This one was by far the worst one. The information is more of a cursory overview of several topics. There is just not enough scope or detail in this book for it to be useful. I used this book in conjunction with "Surgical Recall" which is an excellent book. I also referred to the "Essential of General Surgery" book on some specific topics such as fluid and electrolyte management that are not well covered in either book. ... Read More



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Superficial material
This book was far too superficial to use as a review book for shelf exams or to obtain an adequate understanding in general surgery. I would recommend the Lawrence surgery book, which takes longer to read, but at least you are gaining a better grasp of the material.



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Not suitable for USMLE
This book contains not much of details for USMLE. Even you have very little time left and lots of topics to cram, don't think about this one.







 






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