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NMS Medicine

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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.

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.

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!!

If you want to do well in USMLE step 2/step3 the cardiology section of this book is your best bet,as it x-rays the very silient points you need to answer the exam test. This book is excellent overall, but may be boring to go through. Read the cardiology section and you will love yourself for taking this advise and buying the book.

NMS Medicine is a book which has its own peculiar style that is a reflection of some of the other NMS books as well. The students have tried to master this book over the past few years because it is concise and has alot of MCQ's in the USMLE format.But now it has become very much evident that the book is not very helpful for USMLE because of unnecessary emphasis on low yield subjects and missing out on some of the high yeild material ,moreover many students find it very difficult to memorize the material presented in the book because of the one two three format which breaks the continuity of the text.

As any medical student who is gettting their tuition's worth knows, half of the battle (if not most of it) is knowing what the best first-step is in approaching a patient's problem. This NMS book provides list after list of information about just about every topic in internal medicine, but does little to clarify what information is most appropriate. For example, in approaching a patient with an apparent GI ulcer, the book lists out all the diagnostic options without prioritizing them. Knowing what the best first-step is (or best next-step, as the case may be) is the key to providing rationale medical care - and to answering shelf exam questions. This book provides way too much info without much guidance as to how to use it. Not good for medical students in need of experience-based guidance. The cardiology section is good, however, (each chapter has a different author) so consider borrowing a friend's copy to cover that chapter if possible.

I love this book. I used it in my second year for pathophys and used it again during third year. The book is very concise and easy to read. I went throught his book about a total of four times leading up to my exam and aced it. THe earlier you start using it, 2nd year, the better off you'll be.

This was helpful for me in 3rd year and during my medicine rotation. I like the bullet presentation style format. The clinical cases in it are a must-read.