OMT Review 3rd Edition [Paperback]

Robert G. Savarese (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 406 pages
• Publisher: Omt Review; 3 edition (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967009014
• ISBN-13: 978-0967009018
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good News Bad News, September 30, 2007

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Kadee A. Brown "thesparrowhawk" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OMT Review 3rd Edition (Paperback)

This book has useful information for learning material that you will need to know in the classroom on on your boards.

That said, this book is riddled with errors. You have to be careful what you read, because there are typos on nearly every page.

The questions at the end of each chapter are moderately useful in asking about what you just read. However, the question blocks at the end of the book are atrociously bad. Many of the questions test your knowledge of concepts not presented in the book, so I suppose you can approach them as another learning opportunity, but as a question format they're not very helpful.

One example:
Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias that have been associated with hypersympathetic activity are most likely to arise from:
A. Right sided sympathetic fibers originating from T1-T4
B. Left sided sympathetic fibers originating from T2-T5
C. Left vagus nerve
(D and E are obviously wrong)

If you committed to memory the chart on page 104 (as you are supposed to for boards, see below) you will remember that the spinal cord level associated with the heart is T1-T5. There are 2 answer choices that fit that answer, and choice C is wrong because the vagus does parasympathetics. So you may be inclined to put B since the heart is, after all, on the left side. Well, you would be wrong, according to Savarese, as he explains in the answer explanation:

"Fibers originating on the right innervate the right heart and sinoatrial (SA) node...Left sided sympathetic fibers innervate the AV node." So the answer is A.

Very cute, but why didn't he include that information in the original text? He doesn't. Many of the questions end up this way, making for a frustrating exercise.

The one most important thing in this book, as regards to the board exams, is the chart on page 104 showing segmental sympathetic innervations. Since this chart is easily obtained from somewhere else, the value of buying this book is questionable at best. I suppose, looking back, that it might be worth it to get the book, if only just.

One thing going for this book is that it is a quick read; you can go through the whole thing at an easy pace in less than a week. Just heed my warnings about typos, errors, and the question blocks at the end are of dubious relevance.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best OMM Review Book I've Seen, September 30, 2011

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Marc M. Ponzio - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OMT Review 3rd Edition (Paperback)

This book is the perfect OMM review book. It takes the most important concepts from OMM and organizes them in a neat and easy to digest package. And the best part is that if you need to review for COMLEX I or II you can breeze through this book in 1 weekend. The text is large and approachable, the images are simple and effective (though not colored or very artistically drawn), and the chapters are short and well organized. If I had bought this book during medical school I would have used it for classes instead of the suggested readings.

Each chapter is well organized. The chapters start with useful information, contain mnemonics in the margins, and include separate boxes for key points and concepts. Each chapter ends with 10-20 multiple choice questions to test your comprehension from the material you just read.

The book is organized the same way that OMM should be taught (in my opinion). It follows the musculoskeletal system. You learn about cervical spine, then thoracic, then lumber and so on. It all flows very nicely and it an easy read.

I would highly suggest you buy this book if you plan on reviewing for the COMLEX, you need a quick easy guide to OMM, or you want a great overview book for your OMM class.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good review book for the MD to learn a little more about OMT, December 29, 2010

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Brian Buschman (Clarksburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: OMT Review 3rd Edition (Paperback)

I am an MD and I appreciated this book during my residency as it was a simple and quick read to help me learn a little more about the OMT that I saw my DO counterparts doing on patients.