Blueprints Q&A Step 2 Medicine

by Brenda Shinar, Gregory A. Maynard, Michael S. Clement

Designed as a quick read for both students on a pediatrics rotation and others who want to know more about the specialty, Blueprints Pediatric Infectious Diseases covers the essentials of pediatric infectious diseases that every student will need to know. Pocket-sized and practical, this book will cover the most common conditions students are likely to encounter. It focuses on the essential content students need to know during a rotation allowing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405103892
• ISBN13: 9781405103893
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Blueprints Q & A

This is a good concise way to study different aspects of medicine. I really like that each question has a full explanation of the answer.

Questionable excellent source

Portable! Complete! Pertinent! These are three strengths of this book. This white coat pocket-sized book allows one to complete 200 questions anytime and any place (including during rounds). The questions vary in difficulty from easy to more difficult. Nonetheless, the key facts to be learned are well explained in the answer explanation section, which covers not only the reasons for a correct answer but also outlines reasons that the other answers are incorrect. It is an excellent source of questions and a great starting point. If used to prepare for the actual Medicine shelf, then one can finish the entire book in under 4 hours! Some additional time will be needed to review the answers.

Great book to use for reviewing IM concepts

The new edition of the book now has 200 questions (twice that of the previous edition). The questions are arranged in the same style and length of the current Step 2 format. The questions are broken up into 5 question blocks. Each block has the answers with an explanation of why the correct answer is correct and (most importantly) why the other choices are incorrect. The questions in the book provide a good review of fundamental concepts with the more involved "2-3 step" questions found on Step 2. I think this is a great resource to use for Step 2 as well as a third year medical student on the wards. Many of the same concepts come up with actual patients in the hospital.

Very few questions for the price

Only 100 questions for this price is too little. Questions are good, same format as Kaplan questions. Good help when you are studying specific subject for the shelf or the boards, before you can do integrated subjects tests form other books.