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 - Great study guideI took the Boards in 99 and wish I had had something like this. It is a wonderful review of the elements of Sleep Medicine that we don't use every day but that will likely be on the test. The practice tests are especially helpful. Rating:  - Not sufficient for sleep boards by itself.I just took the Sleep Medicine Boards in Chicago and thought I'd share my opinion. This book is divided into two halves: the first half is text about neuroscience and other sleep topics; the second half is a self-test section. I found the first half to contain useful information for the boards, but the material was poorly written as dense prose and not organized the best way - there were very few diagrams, charts, and pictures. (You would expect more charts, diagrams, etc. for a "Review Book"). I had to pick my way through the dense text and take a lot of notes and make my own diagrams, charts, etc. I also had to get a separate neuroanatomy book. The first half is also skimpy on seizures, artifacts, and pediatric sleep medicine. The self-test actually contained quite a bit of information, if you read all the explanations carefully, and the format was similar to the sleep boards, (rote memorization questions, clinical questions). To study for the sleep boards, I definitely recommend using this in addition to Richard Berry's "Sleep Medicine Pearls." I also borrowed the High-Yield Neuroanatomy from the library and reviewed the pertinent sections, (you don't need to go through this entire book). Hope this helps, as there's not much information out there to help people pass the sleep boards. Rating: - review of sleep medicinean absolute necessity. easy to read format with a density of information. i and others i recommended this book to were overjoyed to have had it for sleep boards part 1 page 1 of 1
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