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Blueprints Computer-Based Case Simulation Review: USMLE Step 3 (Blueprints Series)
by: Carter E. Wahl |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 616.0076 EAN: 9781405104456 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1405104457 Label: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: July 08, 2004 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Studio: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
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  - worthless purchaseThis book did not help with any preparation to attempting the CCS cases, your best option would be to print out the read out material provided by [...] and follow each each thoroughly in order to grasp the general gist and order of managment. I didn't find this book helpful at all. It was overpriced where I could have used that money to just extend the bank for the CCS cases. Rating: - ridiculously overpriced for the contentThe book is a pamphlet with less than 70 pages of actual content- waaaay overpriced at 30 dollars. The actual pages dealing with strategy and the test are about 25. the rest are 15 practice cases. The so called method of approaching a CCS patient that reviewers here are finding revolutionary is the same thing they teach you on your first rotations- the H&P and orders needed for various types of patients. for heaven's sake, don't waste your money on this thing, what a joke. If you have any sense at all go do Usmle World's CCS cases. I have also heard of some people doing USMLE consult cases. Kaplan only has a MCQ bank[1,140 Q], no CCS cases practice. Other than that, I've reviewed the Conrad Fischer: Kaplan's Master the boards book and First Aid Step 3. Every time I take a USMLE Step some reviewer here says not to bother with First Aid, they were completely off, but every time I come home after the exam I review my material and find that First Aid has the best picture of the exam. I am hoping that holds true here as well. Rating:  - Ok!This book was ok to give you a guideline on the algorithm of this test, if you can wing it from there and doing an IM residency you'll be fine, but if you are in path or derm or psych, anesthesia etc. and out of the bread and butter of internal medicine then subscribe to an interactive bank.. Even though I did a hundred cases, I was so ill prepared for the exam day CCS, they were just horrid.. you can order the million dollar workup and still not have a diagnosis, I had a patient who kept complaining of sx completely unrelated to her other findings and I have wracked my brain tying to see a correlation between the two, and the case ended before I could complete her care or figure out the diagnosis even if you start with a few differentials and the tests won't confirm your suspicions.. I don't know about other people's experience with step III but I walked out feeling like crap.. this book was an easy introduction and I recommend it for that just as an outline before you really hit the hard cases, as well trying the USMLE CD that they send out or is on the website just to get a feel of the software.. I can't say that I have found anything as realistic by way of practice to the actual test but a few Question banks out there offer a broad range that might better prepare you..good to know just the basic workup for most pts. that come in but my experience is that they weren't helpful on a few cases and after introducing invasive procedures to the mix I wonder if it actually subtracts points and nullifies any previous positive effort.. good luck Rating:  - "Perfect" quick reviewThis small book was the best review for just before Step 3. Other Case reviews are inaccurate on format or included sections... this one is "perfect" for your line of thinking for the exam. Rating: - Must HaveWhat a great addition to the Blue Prints series. This tiny book teaches you step by step how to "play the game" of the Sim section of Step 3. If you can master this, the sim section will be a breeze...I had no surprises the day of the exam, and I thank this book for giving me the tools to crush it. |
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