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First Aid for the Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship

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I bought this book as well as Blueprints and Case Files because they were all highly rated. Generally I found Blueprints to be far better than First Aid. It is better in preparing you for the shelf and for pimping on the rounds. I found First Aid to be poorly organized and not nearly detailed enough for the shelf. The book is organized into an outline format with lots and lots of lists and bullets with little explanation and few useful mnemonics to actually help you retain the data. There were also lots of "pearls" on the margins that were more distracting than useful. Finally the book suffers from not having a table of common acronyms which made it extremely difficult to read/understand in the first week or two. Though I can imagine this book being a good review once you've already gone through the material (that's what I ended up using it for), in my opinion it is wholly inadequate as your only reading source. Blueprints and Case Files, along with a question book, are what you really need to do well on the shelf.

Well, I just took the shelf today and can truly tell that reading this book more than once would have been beneficial.

If you have used previous First Aid books, this one is written in the similar format with many useful facts on the sides of the pages.

I read Blueprints and that was useful, however, when it came down to knowing the facts and being able to recollect them easily and quickly than this book does it best. I would recommend going through it twice (once slowly and another time as a refresher)

However, you do also need a Question book for the shelf.

I am definitely keeping this book to study for Step 2.

If you don't want to plow through 600+ pages of Beckmann, or some other text (i.e. you aren't aiming to specialize in OB/Gyn), you'll love this book. Information is well organized and easy to get through if you enjoy the First Aid format. I never liked the texts...I loved the BRS outline style and First Aid books. I haven't taken the shelf exam yet, but as for my last 2 months on the wards, this book has been a great resource.

Great book for all MSIII's or any medical student interested in OB/GYN, doing 4th year electives, etc. Great reveiw, fast read. Highly recommend it for the shelf exam.

This is great for MSIIIs starting their OB/Gyn Clerkship--it covers all of the high points of the field in a very clear format and prepares students well for their Shelf exam at the end of the rotation.

The authors have done an outstanding job. This book manages to simplify what is normally complex. A great tool for students.

I found this book extrememly helpful and informative. All of the information was presented in a logical and easy to follow manner.