Kaplan Medical USMLE Master the Boards Step 3 (Kaplan USMLE)
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Edition: 1
- Author: Conrad Fischer, Sonia Reichert
- Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
- Release Date: February 2009
- ISBN-10: 1427798338
- ISBN-13: 9781427798336
- List Price: $44.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryKaplan’s Step 3 book, with vibrant full-color medical illustrations, will be the first book that covers the content of the exam in a logical and methodical fashion, emphasizing the following for several categories of residency:
*a logical step-by-step approach to management *an assessment of severity, prognosis, and next course of action for specific conditions *how to prioritize while managing, especially in emergency or acute cases *an outline of signs/symptoms and diagnostic or lab tests that signify the need for change in management approaches *an outlined follow-up schedule and necessary monitoring approach for specific patient circumstances
This book will also review how to approach Clinical Case Scenarios, which make up 20% of a students' final score.
The USMLE Step 3 exam evaluates a resident's ability to practice unsupervised medicine. It is a 2 day exam. Day 1 features 336 multiple-choice questions; day 2 features 144 multiple-choice questions and 9 Clinical Case Scenarios. |
Customer Reviews
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Spelling mistakes
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This is excellent review book but lots of mispellings, some are of vital importance. e.g Under "Hematology Chapter", Under folate & B-12 deficiency. It referes as " microcytic" which is not true. It is mAcrocytic.
There are few more. Needs proof reading.
Ali Shaikh
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I bought USMLE STEP 3 MASTER THE BOARD book.
book is new with unbeatable price.
Full of mistakes
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If I had more time I would tell you about all the mistakes I've found, but I need to study for the Boards! The book is filled with mistakes, so many, in fact, that I can't trust a word it says. For example, for colonoscopy screening, it says if you have HNPCC begin screening at age 25, then every 1-2 years. However, go to the next chapter, and it will give you a table that says you should screen at age 25, then every 10 years. Well, which is it? (I believe it's every 1-2 years)
Another example: When talking about renal tubular acidosis, it refers to Type I as "proximal" and type II as "distal." However, the chart on the SAME PAGE lists Type I as "distal" and type II as "proximal." (Type I is distal)
A third example: It says any head trauma with loss of consciousness should lead to head CT. Fine. But right afterwards is a box with the following: "Loss of consciousness [does not equal] CT scan." I thought you just said you SHOULD get a CT with LOC?!?!?!
Not to mention that instead of explaining what a disease IS, it just list words associated with a disease. For example, talking about Wegner's, it says that "Upper respiratory problems such as sinusitis and otitis are the key to diagnosis. Lung problems (cough, hemoptysis, abnormal CXR) are present as well."
Maybe this book is meant to be more of an list of free-association of words to diseases (with plenty of mistakes to keep the reader guessing), instead of a concise explanation of important diseases and their management. In that case, five stars!
Poorly written and organized
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I'm a second-year medicine resident who has used many review books in the past to study for all the Steps. This book is, by far, the worst book I have ever used. The information in it is poorly organized, misleading, sometimes incorrect. It does NOT give you any insight into any disease, it just lists random words after every disease. For example for Alport's syndrome, it says "is a congenital problem with eye and ear problems, such as deafness. There is no specific therapy." It doesn't mention anything about the kidney, even though it's in the Nephrology chapter. For lipid management, it doesn't clearly states the guidelines, it only jumbles words together to make the reader even more confused. There are typos in every chapter. Tables are in odd places in the book and do not summarize information in a useful way. They also give you long lists of findings NOT seen with the disease it's talking about. What's the use of that?
Conrad Fischer is a king!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!
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I am preparing for step 3 at the moment and I decided to purchase the PR notes ( I am abbreviating just in case I can't mention the full name). So PR notes I was told is a great source however after spending hundredS of dollars on this home study kit I was greeted with the worst possible layout ever. It's like someone gave them a 'bullet point' machine gun which they went 'happy shooting' with.
The content is good but it's hard to reading with things being this disorganized....which brings me to my review of This book Master the boards.
The info in this book is laid out PERFECTLY and stepwise. If horoscopes are really true then Dr. Fischer must def be a virgo...the book looks like it was written by a perfectionist.
I am a highlight queen and because this book is in color, he pretty much highlighted important points in colored print. My highlighter has taken a well deserved rest from all that highlighting on the boring PR notes which has numerously almost sent me in a coma.
Master the boards is VERY interesting, make me want to read more.
Yes I have noticed a few minor errors like on pages 246 and 247 he states RTA type 1 as proximal defect instead of a distal defect and did the same for type 2 RTA calling it Distal defect, however on the table on page 247 they are categorized correctly so this was somehow a fault during editing and not with his knowledge.
Also on page 251 the table heading should be condition & findings on physical/finding however it states Condition & Medication. I think he was using a general template of condition and medication and forgot to change 'medication' to 'physical findings'.
So far I have only read Renal so those are the 2 errors I have seen ( in case you're reading Dr. Fischer).
This book is so great that despite these minor errors I have to rate it 5 star regardless.
Someone asked another positive reviewer if they drank his kool-aid, lol.... well on that note I definitely drank his kool-aid also.
Anyway people, in summary.... This book is a must have!!!! I will continue to use the PR notes but I really have to remove a lot of those misplaced bullets.
Thank You Dr.Fischer & Dr.Reichert.
(Please excuse any typos here)
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