Blueprints in Pediatrics (Paperback)

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"The important details are highlighted, preventing the reader from getting bogged down in boring, unimportant text."

"I thought it was an outstanding overview of difficult material". --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

Just 1 of 5 successful titles in this USMLE Step 2 & 3 Review Series.The goal of "Blueprints in Pediatrics" is to enable the reader to review the core material quickly and efficiently.The topics within this review book were chosen after analyzing over 2,000 review questions representative of the Pediatrics questions on the USMLE Steps 2 & 3.Rather than comprehensive coverage of Pediatrics, this book is composed of the "high-yield" topics that consistently appear on the exams.All material in this book is presented either as the work-up of a symptom, or as a discussion of a particular disease, to better prepare you for the new "Clinical Vignette" format of the USMLE Board Exams.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 258 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865425043
• ISBN-13: 978-0865425040
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,718,252 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick for on-the-wards reference and test review, July 8, 1999

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"Blueprints" is a terrific book for medical student use during a basic or advanced rotation in pediatrics, written by Pediatric residents at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Although it's certainly not exhaustive, the book provides a brief (usually 2-3 pages) discussion of a disease, its presentation, the differential diagnosis, and its treatment. The text is often in easy-to-skim bullet format, with illustrative tables/x-rays accompanying it. I read this book as I went through my rotation, and then when the test came along, it was a nice one-day review--I'm saving it for the USMLE step 2!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for the shelf exam!, June 22, 2002

By	"crunchyinmilk" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blueprints in Pediatrics (Paperback)

I just took the Pediatrics shelf exam having studied this book thoroughly, and I thought it was superb. The authors did an excellent job selecting high-yield topics and covering them without extraneous detail. However, you really do have to know everything in the book, basically everything that made it into this book is pretty critical.

I also found it handy to add any other facts I learned over the course of the rotation into the margins of the book. It leaves you with a reasonably thorough study guide.

Some people insist on reading Nelson's or another mega-text, but I can't imagine anyone remembering 900 (dense) pages with only three weeks or so of studying. I'd go with blueprints any day.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The ONLY book to buy for step 2 peds, September 19, 2003

By	Nilufer R. Goyal "intercityspore" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Blueprints in Pediatrics (Paperback)

this is THE pediatrics book to buy if you are preparing for the step 2. i found the questions asked on the step 2 exam were not as demnading as one may contemplate upon reading this book. Its great if you have the time..(the first reading takes a while)..and some tables (eg baby's milestones table) are very long and boring, sometimes even so detailed that they seem silly for a review book. I had no problems with any pediatrics questions after i read this book.....i got a cool score on the step 2. the other fabulous BluePrints book is the OBG one. DOnt even bother buying any others....