- ISBN13: 9780781771535
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Product Description
This book is a primary review tool to prepare students for both the internal medicine clerkship and the end-rotation NBME shelf examination. This logical alternative to several limited-focus books blends a bullet-outline format students prefer in a review book with comprehensive paragraphs, as needed, for optimal preparation. Illustrations, charts, tables, graphs, mnemonics, and “Quick Hits” pearls for the clerkship speed and supplement learning. Ample content witho… More >>
I paid overnight shipping and was sent a book that was in extremely poor condition. It was clear the book was damaged before being shipped and not damaged in transit. This was very annoying because I paid overnight shipping and really needed the book. Originally they sent me a replacement and said I didn’t need to send back the damaged book. It took multiple e-mails to get the overnight shipping credited. Recently I received an e-mail that said I hadn’t returned the original book and was going to be charged for it. The costumer service has been horrible, it is almost like they don’t even read my e-mails before replying to them. I have never had problems with amazon in the past and have bought lots of items here, but this transaction will make me reconsider them in the future.
Step-up to medicine is a great book. I would recommend it to any 3rd year medical student on IM. It covers the entire subject matter better than any other sources. I used step up, case files, and did lots of questions, and preformed pretty well on the shelf. I would highly recommend this book, but would probably buy it through Barnes and Noble or your med schools book store. It is just not worth the hassle I dealt with with amazon to save a couple bucks.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was in time crunch studying for my exam and i chose to buy the book because of good reviews. Was i wrong! I found it hard to read, it’s just too bulleted for my taste, some diseases are just mentioned and other are described in detail, the book is intended for US students with no mention of its unsuitability for international students- only non-SI units are used which is a major faux pas for a medical book and there are some typos which should not have occured.
I also didn’t like the organization of the book; for instance when i studied pulmonary system i didn’t find chapters on pneumonia or TB in it, but then i found that pneumonia is covered at the end of the book in chapter on infectious diseases. Okay, maybe it makes sense, but i want everything pertinent to pulmonary system to be in one place and so on for other organ systems. And while on the subject of pneumonia;there is a large table in the book describing the PSI but not a word on a much simpler diagnostic tool of CURB-65. All-in-all it was a waste of money and time. I switched to better organized book from the Crash course series UK edition General Medicine. Better written, concise but with form, SI-units. The only good thing of the step up are the quick hits and that’s it.
Rating: 1 / 5
Great source of information for any medical student to learn from,
Rating: 5 / 5
I am a lazy writter. I just want say that you have to mantein this book in your personal Library
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a great book if you can not read and retain information from paragraphs. It breaks things down into bullets and minimal sentences. It has many charets and tables to help even further.
Rating: 5 / 5