Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Board Review (PRETEST HARRISONS PRIN INTERNAL MED) (Paperback)

by Charles M. Wiener (Author), Dennis L. Kasper (Author), Eugene Braunwald (Author), Stephen Hauser (Author), Dan Longo (Author), J. Larry Jameson (Author), Anthony S. Fauci (Author)

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The best preparation for the internal medicine boards! Covering the entire spectrum of internal medicine, this review features over 1000 board type questions and answers. Questions are referenced and reflect the new content in Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 16/e.

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THE MOST COMPLETE AND AUTHORITATIVE REVIEW GUIDE TO PREPARE FOR CERTIFICATION, RECERTIFICATION/MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION, CME -- OR FOR USE AS A CLINICAL REFRESHER!

*Over 1,000 revised and updated exam-type questions with fully explained answers – now, more case-based and clinically-oriented than ever before!
*Answers are referenced to, and reflect the new content from, the leading text in internal medicine, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16/e. Also includes references to recent journal articles
*Hundreds of new Q&As reflect the new chapters and sections from the new HARRISON’S, 16/e textbook, including hormone replacement therapy, screening and prevention of disease, medical evaluation of the surgical patient, end-of-life care, critical care medicine, bioterrorism, and many others
*Covers the entire spectrum of internal medicine, including cardinal manifestations of disease, hematology and oncology, infectious diseases, rheumatology and clinical immunology, and cardiovascular, kidney/urinary, respiratory, GI, genetic, endocrine, metabolic, and neurological disorders

THE WORLD OF HARRISON'S -- A STEP AHEAD OF EVERYDAY PRACTICE.
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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16/e
Single Volume: ISBN 0-07-140235-7
Two Vol. Set: ISBN 0-07-139140-1

Harrison's, 16/e Manual of Medicine
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Product Details

• Paperback: 359 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 16th edition (August 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071435344
• ISBN-13: 978-0071435345
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #346,418 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This is item 8 in The Harrison's (  ) Series.

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book saved my @ss!, January 7, 2006

By	David F. Kong - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are reading this, you are probably preparing for an ABIM internal medicine exam in addition to all your other duties. There is never enough time, is there? Well, I was preparing for the ABIM recertification exam, and it had been 10 years since I'd finished residency. I had slogged through the Mayo review book over the course of five months, dutifully going over every page. Tres painful. There were three weeks left before the exam, and I figured I'd give this book a try. I quickly discovered how ignorant I was, despite doing the Mayo book. Charlie Wiener taught me a lot of critical care medicine way back when, and this text was a lot like sitting down with Charlie. If you are a former member of the Osler Medical House Staff (or did residency training at some other urban hospital), the case scenarios will give you flashbacks. The questions are well-written, and the answers give you really good feedback. The questions are highly relevant, reflecting what the ABIM wants you to know. There are a handful of errors here and there, where the letter of the answer in the key has a different letter than the same correct answer in the question... perhaps the editors changed the order of some of the answers or some of the distractor answers between editions. Mildly annoying, but not fatal.

I got my pass notice from the ABIM today. I'm convinced that Charlie's book made a crucial difference. Yeah, the book lists for $55, but it's a bargain compared to the $550 it costs to take the recert examination over. :-)

Good luck!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent board review book, March 21, 2008

By	Benjamin G. Williams "bgwilli" (Eagan, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is for preparation for the internal medicine boards, which I am currently studying for. The chapters are divided by specialty for focused review. There are over 1000 questions and they focus on points that would be found in Harrison's text.

The questions tend to be fairly difficult and I suspect they might be harder than actual board questions. However, the majority of questions focus on the key points of the "need to know" diseases of internal medicine. So knowing these questions will likely be good prep for the boards.

The answers provided are quite detailed and it is like reading a summary out of Harrison's. The incorrect answers are reasoned out, which is helpful.

In comparison to MKSAP, the questions are likely more of a "classical" disease presentation sytle and less of a clinical approach style that MKSAP often uses. Difficulty level is roughly equivalent.

I would recommend this book to anyone preparing for the boards. It should be used in addition to other question banks for diversity of preparation.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out questions....., September 2, 2005

By	jwalitm - See all my reviews

The first question I had when I was to purchase this book was whether this book was good for the USMLE Step 2 and 3.

The answer, in my case atleast, is an emphatic 'yes'. From my experience of Step 1, I have come to the conclusion that there is no quick solution to the USMLE exams - books like First Aid and some other 100 pg 'high yeild' review books can help you pass and score above average but getting great scores requires more than just that. The questions on the exam [step 1] were very varied and I don't expect the questions on step 2 to stick to what Kaplan and other review books call 'high yeild'. Being a little over-prepared is definitely worth the effort. And that's where this book is an absolute ace!

About this book - about 1000 Qs - well researched - fantastically up-to-date - it "is" the 2005 edition!. They are well arranged - meaning if you are in a chapter on rheumatology, the questions on Rheumatoid arthritis are clustered together. While solving them and while reading the solutions, one gets a wholesome idea about that disease. This also means that you don't have to read another 'review' book to get to know the subject matter. The explanations are detailed enough to make using a short review book superfluous. That the answers are referenced to the corresponding pages of the Harrison's Textbook is an added benefit.

About the questions, more impressive than the difficulty level is their construction. All choices are well thought out and there are hardly any sitters. The questions stay away from tiny details and do a great job at testing basic concepts in a somewhat difficult fashion - ideal for USMLE step 2 preparation in my opinion.

Guess that'll be it.