yorum 1: I thought this is such an excellent study tool especially in companion to Kaplan videos or Kaplan lecture notes. It covers the same tops in the Kaplan text books but it's extremely high yield. Even if you dont have Kaplan its excellent with a supplement book and a great way to review what you know after you just read a particular chapter. It asks you what would be the diagnosis if certain factors would change, and they keep changing one symptom to see what the new diagnosis is. Its a great way to differentiate diseases and be specific in your differentials.
yorum 2:These cards are great for the wards when you have down time even if for 5 minutes. Great for distinguishing differential diagnoses with a single symptom difference. Must have. Combine with cards for Physical findings (great for murmurs and EKG) and Diagnostic tests. Pharmocology cards arent as useful for step 2.
yorum 3:I must admit that I was getting a bit frustrated with the "classical" approach to studying for the boards (i.e. First Aid + qBanks). Although some people have marvelous memory and may not require reading the First Aid ten times before memorizing 60% of it, for most normal normal people, it takes a huge amount of effort to memorize it and to keep the information for very long is even harder (I was feeling like pushing something in and bumping something out). I know, you gotta understand the topics...but it is impossible to understand it until you have memorized the foundations, and just that can be a battle. Furthermore, the boards test the amount of details you can keep as well (unfortunately it seems like it is an easy way to stratify people). That's where these cards (together with the Pharmacology and Treatment cards) contribute the most. The cards contain short (yet complete) clinical cases with simple explanations for the 200 most common cases found on the board. The explanations are just what you need for the boards and, because the cards are so short, one can go over the whole set multiple times over a period of just a few days (with a bit of effort one can review the whole set of 200 cards twice a day). The first time you read it, it is going to be slow (and it should), but after that, it only takes less than a minute per cards That given, one must admit that there are a lot of typos on the cards (Note for Kaplan - Please fix that for the next edition). This can be a little bit annoying but is not enough to make the cards less useful (hence the five stars). The contents are just right and I know that typos just happen (don't expect to find perfect spelling on the medical notes you'll see at the hospital as well).
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USMLE 2-3,Kaplan Medical USMLE Examination Flashcards: The 200 ""Most Likely Diagnosis"" Questions You Will See on the Exam,Conrad Fischer,2008
