Boards and Wards: A Review for USMLE Step 2

by Brad Spellberg

This popular review book provides high-yield information in a consistent, no-frills, outline format. A chapter is devoted to every discipline of medicine covered on the USMLE Steps 2 and 3, including dermatology, ophthalmology and radiology. Boards and Wards makes information easy to read, easy to find and easy to memorize.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0632044934
• ISBN13: 9780632044931
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Ward Prep

As a third year medical student, this book offers a lot of hints and tid bits to guide you through your key rotations. I picked this up on the recommendation of one of my classmates in the class ahead of me... It is a very good book with excellent pictures and it is easy to use... I carry it with me at all times!

Great Book

It helps to get in shape for step 2 -3 and also briefly touches almost all things you will see on wards. 3rd Edition has also Pics and bigger letter size. I would consider the book as a must. Comes in also at a decent price.

Excellent Source - Easy Read

I used this book for Step2 CK. I had about a month to study, and read the book once in the first week and again skimmed it in the last few days. It reads relatively easily - though looks quite dense at first sight. Good charts/graphs. Did pretty well in the end, though don't know if it was the result of this book, Secrets, or the usmleworld qbank. But given the price, I think it's a great investment. Plus, I've heard it's great for Step 3 as well.

Cardiology a must to read from this book.

This book is amazing for USMLE Step 2CK. I used help me to get a 220 on the step 2. I love the appendix: Zebras + symdromes, Toxicology, Vit. + nutrition. It does have more information than First Aid, the cardiology part is EXCELLENT , know how to recognize murmurs! I like that they add case-based questions.

useful and high yield

Very good book for step 3, specially when you are cramming for the last minute. The most useful parts were the pictures and charts. They are really few good books in the market for step 3 and i can honestly say that this book and " Crush the boards" by Adam Brochert are the best.