Blueprints in Medicine
Posted by admin | Posted in Geriatrics | Posted on 23-08-2010
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Product Description
Just 1 of 5 successful titles in this USMLE Step 2 & 3 Review Series.The goal of Blueprints in Medicine is to enable the reader to review the core material quickly and efficiently.The topics within this review book were chosen after analyzing over 2,000 review questions representative of the Internal Medicine questions on the USMLE Steps 2 & 3.Rather than comprehensive coverage of Medicine, this book is composed of the “high-yield” topics that consistently appear on the exams.All material in this book is presented either as the work-up of a symptom, or as a discussion of a particular disease, to better prepare you for the new “Clinical Vignette” format of the USMLE Board Exams.
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You can read my comparative amazon review of 3 titles – ‘Blueprints Medicine’, ‘First Aid for the Medicine Clerkship’, and ‘Step-Up to Medicine’ – at ‘Step-Up to Medicine’, ISBN:0781747872
Rating: 1 / 5
If you’re a librarian serving first year med students who need to create case histories for hypothetical patients, you’ll love this book. Blueprints in Medicine contains the information the students need, usually at a level they can comprehend (with the aid of a dictionary), and contains very little “excess” information.
Rating: 5 / 5
I found this book to be completely useless for Step 3. The book lacks the details needed for the exam. Subjects such as neurology, hematology and oncology are covered poorly. This book in no way should be your only source.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is a fairly decent book to read during medical school medicine rotations. It is comprehensive but I found that it did not include enough detail on many topics. You will without a doubt need some other sources during your rotation. “Washington Manual” and Ferri’s “Practical Guide to The Care of the Medical Patient” are both excellent. I found Ferri’s book to be more helpful in terms of the organization, readability, and information. I was not at LSU, but came across the “LSU Notes.” If you can find the “LSU Notes” in internal medicine, they are an excellent resource as well. The medicine “Pre-Test” book was helpful when studying for the shelf exam, although not all medical schools use those.
For USMLE Step 2, I used the blueprints books in conjunction with the “First Aid” book and the “Prescription for the Boards” book.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is absolutely rife with grammatical and spelling errors. If poor editing (or, more likely in this case, NO editing) bothers you, do NOT buy this book, as you will be too distracted by the numerous errors to concentrate on the content. Here are some of the more blatant examples from chapter 70: Paraneoplastic’s Disorders; Endocrine’s Disorders; Neurologic’s Disorders; Hematologic’s Disorders; Dermatologic’s Disorders. Please, people — it’s called spell check, or use your half of a brain and hire a real editor.
Rating: 2 / 5