Boards and Wards: A Review for USMLE Steps 2&3 (Boards and Wards Series) [Paperback]

Carlos Ayala (Author), Brad Spellberg MD FIDSA (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1405105097 | ISBN-13: 978-1405105095 | Publication Date: June 1, 2006 | Edition: Third

This Third Edition of Boards and Wards: A Review for USMLE Steps 2&3 offers the information necessary to conquer the USMLE. This essential review book, written in a succinct, high-yield outline format, features board-formatted questions and answers with detailed explanations, and covers each discipline of medicine appearing on the USMLE Steps 2 and 3, including dermatology, radiology, and ophthalmology. Numerous tables, illustrations, and "buzzwords" aid in retention of facts.

Boards and Wards: A Review for USMLE Steps 2&3, Third Edition is perfect for medical students. Physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and related health professionals will also find Boards and Wards valuable.

Product Details

• Paperback: 546 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405105097
• ISBN-13: 978-1405105095
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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62 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars MANY MISTAKES, don't believe everything you read., August 5, 2006

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usthaiguy "usthaiguy" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boards and Wards: A Review for USMLE Steps 2&3 (Boards and Wards Series) (Paperback)

This edition is OK if you can catch all of the several mistakes. THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS SHOULD BE MADE: 1. Table 1-33, Bart's is an abnormal hemoglobin composed of 4 gamma chains (not 4 Beta). 2. Table 1-37, IVIG is NOT a treatment for TTP but it IS a treatment for ITP. 3. Table 3-13, a benign tumor of the ovary is a cystadenOMA, NOT a cystadenoCARCINOMA. 4. Table 5-13, Dog bites that are "provoked" are LESS likely to be associated with rabies while unprovoked bites are more associated with rabies. 5. Table 1-15, Squamous cell carcinoma (not small cell as the book claims) is associated with hypercalcemia due to secretion of PTHrp. These mistakes are MAJOR. Who knows how many more there are. . .that I missed. If you can't trust SOME of the information, how can you trust ANY of it?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Source - Easy Read, January 4, 2007

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This review is from: Boards and Wards: A Review for USMLE Steps 2&3 (Boards and Wards Series) (Paperback)

I used this book for Step2 CK. I had about a month to study, and read the book once in the first week and again skimmed it in the last few days. It reads relatively easily - though looks quite dense at first sight. Good charts/graphs. Did pretty well in the end, though don't know if it was the result of this book, Secrets, or the usmleworld qbank. But given the price, I think it's a great investment. Plus, I've heard it's great for Step 3 as well.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cardiology a must to read from this book., November 29, 2006

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ANGV "angv" (1076 E. Walthal Cir Memphis, TN 38111) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boards and Wards: A Review for USMLE Steps 2&3 (Boards and Wards Series) (Paperback)

This book is amazing for USMLE Step 2CK. I used help me to get a 220 on the step 2. I love the appendix: Zebras + symdromes, Toxicology, Vit. + nutrition. It does have more information than First Aid, the cardiology part is EXCELLENT , know how to recognize murmurs! I like that they add case-based questions.