The closest a student can get to the wards without seeing patients! This reference is designed to teach students general surgery through exposure to 60 clinical cases. Each self-contained case asks students to provide diagnosis and the next step in treatment, followed by a concise case discussion, clinical pearls, and USMLE-style questions and answers.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
The BEST book I've read in medical school:
This book is FABULOUS! It's well-organized, has the right amount of detail, and is extremely high yield in terms of learning & for the shelf. I bought 5 over-priced, yet useless surgery books before I found this one. After reading the reviews here, I decided to get it. I never write reviews, but let me tell you, after using this book, I had to come in here & comment...it was that good!!!!
The Case Files Series should become the new standard for clinical rotation texts! Incredible!:
For the new third year students out there, you'll be inundated with study materials to help you prepare for wards and shelf exams. But the way you learn and the way you are tested is totally different now. You are expected to learn independently and apply that knowledge on wards and on tests (shelf exams will ask what to do to manage patients or the next step in treatment) This is where Case Files comes in. For the first half of the year, I used other texts that presented the information in a standard... more info
Absolutely the best book to read for the surgery shelf exam.:
This is a new book in Dr. Toy's case files series. It is the best book I read to help me prepare for the surgery shelf exam (better than NMS, Surgical Recall, First Aid, etc.) It contains 55 cases that cover the most commonly encountered problems students will see on the surgery shelf exam and in clinical practice. It covers definitions, diagnosis, and management of disease. Most importantly, this book teaches students how to think about and answer correctly questions on the exam, especially the many... more info
