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 - Excellent summary of internal medicine for USMLEI agree with the previous reviewers. This book was particularly excellent for my steps 2 &3 for a number of reasons, the main one being that everything's beautifully outlined and intuitively laid out. My favorite resource especially for CK & 3. Rating: - Excellent review material for Internal Medicine Boards!A must have for all the internal medicine residents!!! Extraordinarilly structured questions and even better explanation focused on the highlight topics in internal medicine. The questions are well-written, and the answers give you really good feedback. The questions are highly relevant, reflecting what the ABIM wants you to know. Whether you are preparing to take the Internal Medicine boards for the first time or preparing for recertification, this is an excellent resource. It is well-organized, concise, and comprehensive. The questions are challenging and pertinent with clear answers that emphasize the teaching point being made. The outline format highlights important points about each subject. In our program, we are also using this book as a resource for everyday teaching during morning report and other clinical conferences. Overall, I am very satisfied with this book and highly recommend it! Rating:  - just enough--geared for boardsI am currently in nurse practitioner (NP) school and am studying within the acute/critical care track (ACNP). As a NP student, I believe this book to be a valuable 'quick and dirty' reference. I will be using this as a supplement throughout practice, residency and for my certification boards. Rating: - Still the best review bookJust finished taking step 2 & 3...I highly recommend NAIL THE BOARDS, The Ultimate Internal Medicine Review for USMLE STEPS 2 & 3 ... , it is concise and, most importantly, the information in the text is relevant to the actual exam. This book is the most current resource reflecting the new changes to USMLE step 2 and 3. The book is up to date and contains all the major topics needed for step 2 & 3. This book contains a lot of excellent contains and summaries that I could not find in any other review book. It seems to be a great companion while doing review questions. I also found this book to be an outstanding source when I prepared for work rounds to teach the interns and students. I can highly recommend this book to all residents. I wish I had it when I started my residency. Great Book! Rating: - Super Choice for Step 3I initially heard of this book from the 2nd & 3rd year residents in our program. A lot of them used it for their Step 3 and were successful and loved it. I was skeptical at first because this exam was important to me for a number of reasons. In any case, my experience was much the same as theirs, and I did extremely well, as with my predecessors, but I wanted to provide greater detail that I know will help you. I was pleasantly surprised, but at the same time totally relieved, when I sat for the exam because everything I'd studied here was right there on the exam. Specifically, I found the book was incredibly helpful in all of the following areas, which are the key areas required on the exam: ** Associating current complaints with presented history and identifying pertinent factors. ** Interpreting elicited history. ** Interpreting mental status & identifying neuro exam findings ** Interpreting specific physical findings as relates to differential diagnosis ** Knowing appropriate directed physical examination & required technique. ** Recognizing commonly associated pertinent history ** Identifiying risk factors--especially oustanding ** Recognizing signs & symptoms and physical findings I also found the book super useful for all the lab stuff, specifically: ** Knowing when NO diagnostic or lab studies are indicated ** Knowing which studies to select and when ** Interpreting all the key tests ** Basic lab/diagnostic study algorithms ** Identifying which study/procedure will most likely establish the dx or differentiate it from another ** Predicting the most likely lab or diagnostic test result Bottom line: I passed easily and I'm thankful to those who recommended this gem. But I also wanted to take a few minutes to "pass" this on to others as well. I know there's a lot of other favorable reviews below, but they really didn't go into much detail. I'd also give a top recommend to the Frontrunners Q&A book which was another treasure trove and landed me a lot of extra points on the exam. As far as I'm concerned, it was the perfect combination. In association with Amazon.com | |