Editorial Review:

Established as a standard core textbook for the OB/GYN clerkship, Beckmann's Obstetrics and Gynecology is now in its thoroughly updated Fifth Edition. This edition follows the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics' newest Educational Objectives, which are listed at the front of the book and correlated specifically to each chapter. Over 2,200 up-to-date study questions and answers are included both in the book and on a free bound-in CD-ROM. A new two-color art program makes the illustrations more vivid and effective. Updated coverage includes new material on healthcare for women and medical and surgical conditions of pregnancy.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Okay, but at times frustrating:

I bought this book because it was a known fact that our attending pimped students according to the material covered in each of its chapters.
However, I soon learned that Beckman's is one of those medical books that tries to incorporate every fact into its chapters, but it does so by simply stating the fact. That is, the book would mention a procedure or disease process, but would not expand on it, it would simply list the process or procedure and move on. The book also tends to cover alternative... more info

great book for PA students:

I found this book to be a wonderful supplement to everything I learned on my ob/gyn rotation. Everything I needed was in this book for my end of rotation exam on which I scored very well. I would highly recommend it.

Obstetrics and Gynecology by Beckman:

-easy to read, with short chapters-got through this twice on my rotation
-excellent diagrams and tables
-not sharp enough to pick up on ANY factual errors like yellow leaf
-good conceptual introduction to general OB/GYN
-explanation for answers are sparse, but at this level you should realize that you should read from different sources, you should be able to fill in the blanks, and you should be using other questions books
-supplemented with HY OB/GYN, Case Files, Pre-Test, and... more info

Detailed info, but full of typos and errors:

Bought this book for my Ob/Gyn rotation, thinking it would be the best resource because it's designed around the APGO learning objectives, which the shelf exam is also supposedly based on.
Strengths:
- coverage of all topics you might see on the exam
- generally good resource for basic intro to ob/gyn
- some useful tables and graphs
- lots of multiple choice questions for testing recall after reading
Weaknesses:
- way too many typos and factual errors. This book has... more info

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