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2.0 out of 5 stars
Great questions for microbiology but need topic-specific organization, October 9, 2010
This review is from: Review of Medical Microbiology, 1e (Paperback)
The best way I've found to learn material is to do problems. Hence I purchased this book to complement the course lecture / notes offering at my school. The questions are very good, many are vignette-based which is similar to the way our exams are written. In terms of the material covered and the difficulty of the questions, I would give this a 4 or a 5.
However the book has only four chapters - Bacteriology, Virology, Mycology and Parasitology. My school teaches material based on modules - Cardiovascular, Pulmonoary, GI, etc. Hence, trying to find the appropriate questions to to in the book is a nightmare. For instance, if I want to review my pulmonary learning, I first go to the Bacteriology question, read the intro to EACH question, and determine if it's something I'm supposed to know about (ie is it an URTI, LRTI, pneumonia, typical/atypical tuberculosis, etc). I have to do this for each of the four sections (well, for Pulmonary at least Parasitology is not applicable). As you can imagine this can be a painstaking process, especially since I, like most medical students, am already pressed for time.
This would not be such a problem if there was a list somewhere - either in the book or on the web - listing questions based on topic. For instance, with Pulmonary - Bacteriology q4, 9, 20, 28, 34, 41, 49, 55, 121; Virology - 54, 76, 100; Mycology - 17, 21, 22, 25.
Alas, such a list does not exist, But, as far as I know, this is the best / only question book available, so it will have to suffice. Again, if material were organized better or if question numbers were listed somewhere based on topic, I would give this book a 4 if not 5. But because of the difficulty in finding appropriate questions, I'm giving it a 3-.
MS-II
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REVIEW OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, January 18, 2011
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I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THIS BOOK. I ORDERED ON DEC 17 WITH ANOTHER BOOK. I HAVE THE OTHER (WRITER ) BUT THIS ONE NOT. COUL YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO HAVE IT SOON OR SENT ME ANOTHER ONE. THANKS IN ADVANCE. CPT BARRERA.
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Overall good transaction., April 15, 2009
This review is from: Review of Medical Microbiology, 1e (Paperback)
The book was received in a timely manner and my friend, whom I purchased it for, found it very helpful in her study and thought that the overall physical quality of the book was great as well.
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