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Blueprints Family Medicine (Blueprints Series)

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This book rocks! It covers the most common ailments seen in family medicine and concisely describes the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, differential diagnoses, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment for each one. Studying from this book helps you put everything together before the family medicine shelf exam by giving you all the essential information with 50 sample questions at the end. It's an excellent review and a great reference to have for the clinical years.

I am a 3rd year med student on rotations. This book was extremely helpful during my family med rotation! I will also use it to study for my 2nd series of board exams! Quick, concise, easy read, good reference material!

I thought this book was very good. It covers common topics found in family med, like cough, chest pain, nausea ect. Then it goes over the basics of some commonly found illnesses. I like the way it goes over each topic, it gives a lot of detail with out making each section too long. I really like this book.

this is a nice book to read during your family med rotation. we didn't have an exam at the end, so this was mainly for my own edification. the chapters are brief enough so that one could get through several in an evening. covers a broad spectrum of problems encountered in a family practice setting.

I like the Blueprints series in general. However, it might not be enough info by itself for the national shelf. So, supplementing with the Case Files books is always a good idea. But, the book is a good general overview and a great place to start your studying. This book definitely helped me get a great score on the end of clerkship Family Medicine exam.

Its a great overview, but definitely not detailed enough for the SHELF exam. Read it before you actually begin studying.