NMS Medicine [Paperback]

Allen R. Myers (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 078172144X | ISBN-13: 978-0781721448 | Publication Date: November 28, 2000 | Edition: Fourth

Organized by body system, this book reviews the essentials of diagnosis and management of major conditions in an outline format. Reviewers have indicated consistently that it covers "everything you need to know" for the internal medicine rotation. Includes end-of-chapter USMLE-style questions with explanations as well as a comprehensive exam and case studies in clinical decision-making at the end of the book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 776 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth edition (November 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078172144X
• ISBN-13: 978-0781721448
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,881,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Need to know how to use this book, July 16, 2005

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Creso Bulcao (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NMS Medicine (Paperback)

This book, like many other books that apparently provide "too much information " should be used with wisdom. First of all the reader must know what exam he is studying or preparing for. For example, for a Step 2 exam you will naturally discard certain types of overly detailed information and try to focus on what is given in the book that could help you identify in a clinical case.At least at this book the reader can discard information, the big problem is when you buy a book that you look for information and you don't find it and you are left short in info and that will hurt your performance in any exam.What I see frequently are books in which after you finish reading a topic you really feel that it is so short and summarized that you are not confident that it is enough and this is a bad feeling. I would NOT advise reading everything from the chapters because would take too long and you'd spend energy on low yield info for a step 2 exam.Plus , after each chapter there is some STUDY QUESTIONS that simply reinforce basic info. A suggestion, if you are wanting to save time(what makes sense), go straight to these Study Question if you get them right , you just know the material, if not,please be humble, go back and read the text, that is how one learns,reading and reasoning through a topic. At this point of your student's life,you should know how to screen info based on your needs.You can read ALL section of this book concentrating yourself on the CORE INFO, like Clinical signs,Pathophysiology, Complication, Medical treatment and skip OVERLY DETAILED INFO.Like I said in the title: YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO USE A BOOK FOR YOUR PURPOSE.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for third year clinical then follow up for USMLE 2, November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Medicine (Paperback)

I found this book a valuable tool for my core and electives in Medicine. Once prepareing for the USMLE step 2 it was easy to read the book for the second and somtimes in certain sections a third time. I found it valuable and am now purchasing a copy for my girlfriend who is entering her third year as well.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as other books of NMS series!, May 3, 2001

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Khaled AalAli "AalAli" (Halifax, NS, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NMS Medicine (Paperback)

After reading NMS surgery , i really trusted NMS series as review book for boards and end of clinical rotation exam. During my pediatrics rotaion i bought NMS pediatrics and start to notice the differences between the books of this series. But when i read NMS Medicine, i felt like reading newspaper about medicine! it is very boring and dry. It is not usfull (at all!!) for your medicine rotation since it doesn't give you management plan. The heamatolgy and neurology chapters are the worse, but i should say that it contains good respiratory diseases chapter. At the beginning of each chapter, there is introduction about history taking and clinical examination, which i used to skip when i satart to read any chapter! because it is wasting of time, it does not inculde the important points. For board review i suggest you to search for another book!

What i understand after i read this book is that the author is very talkative and boring!!