Emergency Medicine: Pearls of Wisdom, Written Board Review [Paperback]

Dwight Collman (Author), Scott H. Plantz (Author), Jonathan Adler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 1584090227 | ISBN-13: 978-1584090229 | Edition: 5th

Review for Written Board Review preparation. Written in a rapid-fire, question-and-answer format. Softcover.

Product Details

• Paperback: 395 pages
• Publisher: Boston Medical Pub Inc; 5th edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584090227
• ISBN-13: 978-1584090229
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,170,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this book, August 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Emergency Medicine: Pearls of Wisdom, Written Board Review (Paperback)

If you're looking for something to help you review emergency medicine in general, or to review for your boards, do no buy this book. I have read through it myself and talked with two colleagues who have also used it- we all agree that it is filled with useless minutia not relevant to the practice of medicine either in real life or as would appear on board exams. There are a lot of other texts on the market today that are better in terms of their focus and relevance.

One other thing that is not reflected in the description: this book contains only questions and answers. The format is text- not multiple choice. There is no general overview in any section so the only information you get is contained within the terse answers that contain almost no explanations.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EM: pearls, the best text available for EM written bords, May 22, 2000

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Euroman (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emergency Medicine: Pearls of Wisdom, Written Board Review (Paperback)

This book has system based chapters, plenty of open ended questions in each chapter. The final chapters are "imaging" and randomised questions which are great for a final review before the exam. You should also look at their oral board review text, which is even better (ISBN 1-58409-021-9). The questions that are there are mainly things that one ought to know when he is about to write the ABEM or CCFP-EM exams. It probably does not have enough esoteric questions for FRCP trainees. I sat down at our university book store when buying this book, and compared it to the others on the market (esp "pre-test") and found it to be superior. The one that I did not see is "PEER-V" put out by ACEP, but I hear that it is excellent.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast comprehensive review, April 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Emergency Medicine: Pearls of Wisdom, Written Board Review (Paperback)

I have read several books in prep for the written boards. I found this book to be the most comprehensive. Questions are short answer so that a great deal of information can be covered quickly. I read it twice in about 20 hours.

They nailed about 1/3 of the questions I saw on boards.