Customer Reviews

Case Files: Internal Medicine

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Case Files is well made and good at what it covers. The format is very readable, giving you a scenario and making you think of a diagnosis and plan. It's much better than skimming a heavy albeit more complete text. That said, while 60 case scenarios are a lot, it can't hit everything, and it's important to have a wide base of knowledge for the Internal Med Clerkship. I read this after reading First Aid for Internal Med a few times, and while I picked up a couple of things that I had little clue about, it mainly reinforced what was in that book. I would recommend Case Files for people who 1) like the scenario format and can't stand outlines/bullets/texts 2) are close to taking the shelf exam and want an indication as to how questions might be constructed. MKSAP, however, is probably the closest to the exam you can get. Once again, this is a great supplement, but I would not use this as a primary / singular source.

I started using Case Files halfway through my 3rd year as it was gaining popularity. My shelf grades soared with this light reading. Unfortunately, I had internal medicine before I learned about the Case Files series. So, for Step 2, I needed a good review source. I read this in 2 days and easily reviewed the vast subject of internal medicine. It felt like several questions came straight from the book. I can't stress enough how the layout of this series lends to a high yield review that doesn't take extreme concentration. This series is almost all you need for third year!

Great book! Really covered the minute details one needs to have a handle of at the hand of the IM clerkship. Very useful for boards and easy to read format. Only drawback is that sometimes the title of the case doesn't really explain all the info that will be packed into the case. I definitely recommend reading it early in the rotation and reading it well!

Very easy to understand, more information in it than you get in Blueprints type books, has many differential diagnoses for common symptoms, and is fun to read.

I used this book and did quite well on the shelf exam. I recommend it to anyone who wants to do well on an internal medicine test. It's very complete and the cases allow you to integrate a lot of knowledge in one scenario.

Great book for medicine. This book helps you to apply medicine. It takes you through cases and not only questions you on what the diag. is, approiate treatment / test / medication regimen etc. but explains why the answer is what it is.

I bought all kinds of books for medicine, but this one is really the best. It's easy to read and contains all the pertinent info