Family Practice Examination and Board Review, Third Edition Author: Mark Graber Jason Wilbur | Language: English | ISBN:
0071781854 | Format: EPUB
Family Practice Examination and Board Review, Third Edition Description
An engagingly written case-based review for the Family Medicine Board Examination and the USMLE Step 3
Family Practice Examination and Board Review, Third Edition is the ideal study guide for the primary and recertification exam in family medicine and for licensure exams. The third edition has been completely updated with new cases, new questions, and new study results--and you'll also find new bits of humor that make the book fun to read and your study more enjoyable. This trusted review has been applauded by residents and students for its "building-block approach" to teaching that assures you understand one subject before moving on to the next.
FEATURES
- More than 360 progressive case studies that reflect the realities of clinical practice and prepare you for your exams
- A 149-question final exam with answers referenced to pages in the book
- Detailed answer explanations for most questions that explain not only why an answer is right, but why the other answers are wrong
- Comprehensive coverage of ALL topics on the boards and recertifying exam
- Super-effective learning aids such as Quick Quizzes, learning objectives, clinical pearls, and more
- Color photographs of conditions most easily diagnosed by appearance
- Written not only to help you pass your exams, but to also update your knowledge of family medicine with state-of-the-art information
- An outstanding refresher for primary care physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners
- Series: Family Practice Examination and Board Review
- Paperback: 960 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 3 edition (December 4, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071781854
- ISBN-13: 978-0071781855
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 1.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I bought the kindle version which is a good format for this text. I originally bought Bratton's but tried out the kindle version of this and didn't even touch bratton's after that because the content was so good, and the humor actually helped. The text format includes a case question and the answers immediately following. It then goes over not only the correct answer, but why the other options were incorrect. This is lacking in a lot of review texts (Bratton's, Pretest). I prefer the "one question followed by answer" format compared to Swanson's where you take a short run of questions in one section without immediate answers. Maybe that's just my impatient personality, but it works for the kindle for this book. The Kindle version of Swanson's I tried but you have to flip each page back and forth, it didn't work for me. They also have charts intermixed to review comparisons that would otherwise take forever to describe. This book as of today is surprisingly up to date. I hope they keep this up because a lot of review books will do their first version, then put a new cover on it and reprint it as the "newest edition" without updating the content ("cough-First-Aid").
The humor is definitely a bonus because it keeps me awake, is not too cheesy, and is essentially the same as anyone's inner monologue when they see a particular patient. For instance, the toothless patient asking which of these two new inhalers you prescribed will keep him alive if he can't afford both? I had a patient like that 2 weeks ago, minus the toothless part, (but he was missing a foot).
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