Preventive Medicine & Public Health: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review [Paperback]

Sylvie Ratelle (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071359621 | ISBN-13: 978-0071359627 | Publication Date: October 31, 2000 | Edition: 9

Now updated to reflect the USMLE Step 2 exam, with greater emphasis on case presentations and diagnostic skills. Approximately 400 new clinical vignettes with accompanying questions (500 questions in all)--now featuring expanded answers referenced to leading textbooks or journal articles. Reviewed by McGraw-Hill's Medical Student Advisory Committee to ensure simulation of the USMLE test-taking experience.

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From the Back Cover

PreTest® is the medical student's most dynamic weapon for mastering the USMLE Step 2. *Designed to simulate the USMLE Step 2 *Reviewed by recently tested students *Mimics the real exam, question by question PreTest is the closest you can get to seeing the test before you take it. This one-of-a-kind test prep guide helps you: *Get to know material on the actual exam *Practice with 500 multiple-choice questions, many with clinical vignettes *Build confidence, skills, and knowledge *Learn key facts *Find references with every answer There are plenty of answers out there. But only PreTest® delivers USMLE-type questions, in USMLE format. Open this PreTest for: *Format that simulates the exam *500 board-type questions *Referenced answers *Best prep there is for preventive medicine and public health questions on the USMLE Step 2 Great for course review and clinical rotations, too! Preventive Medicine and Public Health PreTest asks the right questions so you'll know the right answers. Open it and start learning what's on the test. "The annotated answers are a strength of this book…The types of questions in the manuscript parallel the format of those on the USMLE Step 2." --a medical student who recently passed the USMLE Step 2

About the Author

Director, STD Prevention Training Center of New England. Medical Consultant, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Associate Director of Preventive Medicine Residency Program, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 9 edition (October 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071359621
• ISBN-13: 978-0071359627
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Well written but not the best solution for the USMLE step 2, June 27, 2000

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Antigone (Athens, Greece.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Preventive Medicine and Public Health: Pretest Self-Assessment and Review (Pretest - Self-Assessment and Review Clinical Science Series) (Paperback)

This book will help medical students to test their knowledge on major topics of biostatistics, epidemiology, preventive medicine and public health. The explanations are of appropriate length and content. As an international medical graduate, I found the parts on the provision of health services and legal and ethical issues very useful. However, in my opinion, this book lacks an organized approach of each subject tested. Questions appear rather at random making it hard to perform a systematic review. In addition, I would not recommend this book for the preparation of the USMLE step 2 examination as preventive medicine is a low-yield topic in this examination and reviewing from this source is time-consuming and not that efficient. I also think most of the questions contained in this book and especially those on biostatistics do not reflect the style of the USMLE step 2 examination. There are few clinical vignettes whereas almost all questions in the USMLE step 2 examination are now of this type. In conclusion, this is a good book to test one's knowledge on biostatistics, epidemiology and preventive medicine and public health but it is not the best choice one could make while studying for the USMLE step 2 examination.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good source of questions for ABPM exam, October 10, 2008

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Big E "aspiring yogini" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Preventive Medicine & Public Health: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review (Paperback)

Although this book was intended as a review for the USMLE step exams, it's an invaluable source of practice questions for the Preventive Medicine board exam. It's a little dated, so take note of what USPSTF recommendations have taken place in the interim period. It's a good book to use along with Jekel.