Surgery: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review: 10th Edition5 reviews Norman Snow McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange, 2003 Look for new interactive palm version + pretest surgery Pretest now has standalone programs of the books (not the cumbersome pdf files). It is interactive in that it lets you choose your answer and gives you immediate feedback with right and wrong choices (no need flipping through pages), allows you to review missed answers, randomize questions and ...             Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers3 reviews C.V. Mosby, 2002 Essential pocket reference + Great buy + Any physician in a pediatric field needs this book! This book is so often seen on the pediatric ward that it hardly needs a review. I've been instructing residents for 20 years and can't think of one who hasn't used this book from time to time. Indeed, we joke that you can tell how old a pediatrician is by the color of his (her) Harriet Lane. I must ...             Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry (3rd Edition)1 review Nancy C. Andreasen, Donald W. Black American Psychiatric Publishing, 2001 Introductory textbook of psychiatry I have practiced primary care medicine for nearly 30 years and this is, by far, the best textbook of pyschiatry that I have come across. It is clearly organized and gives the practitioner the basics of what he needs to organize mental health care in his mind. It is clearly written and easy to ...             First Aid for the Pediatrics Clerkship3 reviews Latha Stead, S. Matthew Stead, ... McGraw-Hill Medical, 2003 A must have! + First Aid Peds I am a third year medical student and just finished my Pediatrics rotation. I felt like this book hit the highlights of what was covered on the shelf exam. I wish that I would have started reading it sooner, but due to a rerouting problem I didn't get the book until about 2 weeks before the shelf ...             Medicine: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review (PreTest Series)3 reviews Steven L. Berk McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange, 2003 Good book for self-assessment. I found this book useful. It contains around 400 MCQs (choose-the-best-answer format), including matching questions. At the end of each chapter is corresponding answers, a reference to the text where you can find the background of the answer, and a short discussion of various issues raised by the ...             Blueprints Q&A Step 2 Surgery (Blueprints Q&A Series)4 reviews Edward W. Nelson, MD (Editor) Michael Clement Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004 Just what I wanted! + Great review for the Surgery shelf + Good question book for Surgery shelf exam I am a non-surgical medical student, and this was just what I needed and wanted! I thought it was a great question review. I actually got through it, unlike the other reviewer's suggested question books... If you like the blueprints series, I am sure you will like this accompanying question book, ...             The Blueprints Medicine: Make It Your Own (Blueprints Series)16 reviews Vincent B Young, William A Kormos, ... Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003 great book!! + Blueprints-medicine + A good source + MUST HAVE FOR IM ROTATION             NMS Surgery Casebook (National Medical Series for Independent Study)6 reviews Bruce E Jarrell Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002 Excellent book for shelf exam and surgery rotation. + NMS surgery casebook + Good for telling your what your 1st step of action should be. + The best review there is! + Nms Surgery Casebook             First Aid for the Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship7 reviews Latha Stead, S. Matthew Stead, ... McGraw-Hill Medical, 2001 Excellent book... + review from MSIV + A must on OB Rotation. + First Aid for the OB/Gyn clerkship             Case Files: Obstetrics & Gynecology9 reviews Eugene C. Toy McGraw-Hill Medical, 2002 Most Efficient Resource for Shelf Exam + great book. + Great Book + A must-have for 3rd year OB/GYN rotation + Awesome book for the OB/GYN shelf!             Psychiatry Pretest (Pretest Series)2 reviews Debra Klamen, Phil Pan McGraw-Hill Medical, 2006 Test passer + Pretty good ... This is an excellent test preparation book. The questions are well worded and make sense, the answers are very instructive. I found that the answers were very comprehensive and reading them was reviewing for the test. Each subject was covered with 50+ questions that hit all the high spots for the ...             Mksap for Students: Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (Mksap 13)6 reviews Patrick Alguire American College of Physicians, 2003 Best for IM shelf (NBME) + Best Practice for Internal Med Shelf + Great for the Shelf Exam + Another question book...             First Aid for the Wards: Insider Advice for the Clinical Years11 reviews Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, ... McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange, 2002 Excellent intro for clinical years + Must have review for step 2 and rotations! + immensely helpful What I liked best about this book was the sample SOAP/Admit/Orders that they give, plus all the crazy acronyms that they expect you to know. I found it really made me look like a superstar because I would write a "sample note" on an index card and carry it in my white coat. So when it came time ...             Case Files: Surgery (Lange Case Files)7 reviews Eugene C. Toy, Terrence H. Liu, ... McGraw-Hill Medical, 2006 Great for shelf review + good surgery review book + must have for surgery rotation + Good, but not up to par with the rest of the series.             DSM-IV-TR Casebook: A Learning Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth ...9 reviews Robert L. Spitzer American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2002 Great teaching aid for clinical psychology students + Great companion, but room for improvement. + Great review + DSM-IV-TR             Pediatrics for Medical Students1 review Daniel Bernstein, Steven P Shelov Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002 Nicely done! Very Detailed, good reference! This is the 2nd Edition of this book, released in 2003, by Drs Bernstein and Shelov which tries to make a case to become your primary Pediatrics text for both core clerkships and subIs. Also makes a good reference text for the USMLE exams, or shelf tests. ...             Rudolph's Fundamentals of Pediatrics4 reviews Abraham Rudolph, Robert Kamei, ... McGraw-Hill Medical, 2002 great at-home reference for peds resident + useful + Good peds text + Rudolph's Fundamentals of Pediatrics             Essentials of General Surgery14 reviews Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005 always room for improvement + Good Book + Good, not excellent buy! great introductory level surgical text. Would prefer to have purchased surgical text by Schwartz.             Obstetrics & Gynecology: PreTest Self-Assessment & Review (Pretest Series)2 reviews Karen M. Schneider, Stephen K. Patrick McGraw-Hill Medical, 2006 Very helpful! I was surprised, the PreTest series is very good for shelf review and USMLE Step 2 CK. Both questions and answers are detailed and explanatory. It's like a Qbook, but small enough that you can take with you on travels (like when doing rotations or if ur trying to do Step 2 while interviewing) to ...             Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (Pocket Notebook)54 reviews Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004 Must have for medical students + Reliable information when you need it + A must for Medicine rotation! + Great resource + An internship MUST