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First Aid for the® Medicine Clerkship: Second Edition (First Aid Series) |  | Authors: Latha Stead, S. Matthew Stead, Matthew Kaufman, Samy McFarlane
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 70947
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0071448756
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.711
EAN: 9780071448758
ASIN: 0071448756
Publication Date: September 15, 2005
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Product Description
An Insider's Guide that Provides the Information You Need to Impress on the Wards and Succeed in the Clerkship! - The only student-to-student, step-by-step guide to clerkship success
- Hundreds of recently tested high-yield topics from shelf exams and the USMLE Step 2
- Exam, Wards, and Typical Scenario boxes for last-minute review
- Insider tips for outstanding performance on the wards and exams
- "Classifieds" do the research for you, featuring high-yield websites and top extracurricular opportunities and scholarships
- Bonus: Pocket-sized tear-out cards with essential wards information!
Online Reviews of the First Edition: ***** [five stars] "All my attendings and residents during my medicine clerkship commented that my fund of knowledge was excellent. Everyone gave me honors, and it was literally all because of this book ... GET THIS BOOK!" **** [four stars] "... Highly distilled, has quick easy-to-read facts/pearls, and leaves out the crud. I lost mine but I am constantly wanting to go back and review it. I may just buy it again, even though I am done with my Medicine rotation and I am pursuing Surgery." ***** [five stars] "Gives you the key facts about many diseases ... information that will help you answer questions during rounds and on exams ... It's easy to get through, which is important since there's so much to learn during the Internal Medicine rotation (and not enough time!)" ***** [five stars] "Perfect for MSIIIs starting their IM Clerkship; it is also great for Step 2 review and the Medicine Shelf."
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Excellent resource June 11, 2007
Dr. Thomas A. Graziano
This is an excellent resource for your needs in Internal Medicine rotation. It delivers pertinent and well organized information. It also provides "pearls" relating to each subject area that bring the information down to practical application. It should not be your only source but definitely will complement the others.
 Whats going on. April 1, 2007
J. ledford (madison, wi United States)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Well, I have to say errors. I dont know who fact checked this book but I hope it wasn't a doctor. How many errors can one book have? I am only half way through and I have found at least 10. These are not small spelling or grammer errors. They are errors that could get someone killed. How about coagulation factors all being increased in DIC? or TIBC being decreased in iron def. anemia? The book should be returned to the publisher. My words of advice, read something else if you want to learn something correctly.
 decent outline - many factual mistakes December 13, 2006
A.L. (Stanford, CA)
This book follows the standard first aid format, serving as a decent outline of the material you'll need to know for the medicine clerkship and shelf. It's a great review tool if you already have a grasp of the material. However, it completely skims over underlying concepts focusing on teaching buzzwords and quick associations, so not a great text to use as your primary teaching tool if you want to learn the material in any greater depth than cramming.
Additionally, the second edition has a lot of errors, both typos and factual. Some winners include stating that Plasmodium ovale is the cause of Tinea Versicolor (it causes maleria), and telling you to use cefixime for Pseudomonas coverage (use ceftazidime or a 4th generation cephalosporin)
Great for overview November 5, 2006
G C
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would recommend this book for a good review but not as the primary source of information.
 Not the best choice for medicine clerkship and for USMLE step 2 CK. October 11, 2006
Apoptosis
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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
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