Cs Checklists: Portable Review For The Usmle Step 2 Cs, Second Edition: Portable Review for the USMLE Step 2 Cs Clinical Skills Exam (A & L REVIEW) - Softcover

Rooney, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071488235 ISBN 13: 9780071488235

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007

Synopsis

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The essential pocket-sized study tool for the USMLE Step 2-now with 55 frequently tested cases!

You hold in your hands the most compact, efficient guide to the USMLE Step CS (Clinical Skills Exam) available anywhere. With its ultra-handy checklist format that highlights content likely to appear on the exam, CS Checklists is ideal as a self-testing resource, partner quizzing tool, or skill-building diagnostic primer.

Part I of the book delivers a helpful overview of how to take the test, while Part II outlines 55 commonly tested cases related to the CSE core clerkship topics. Designed to simulate what happens when examining a real patient, as well as the actual structure of the CS exam, each case begins with a short clinical scenario, and then goes on to include a patient history checklist, physical examination checklist, differential diagnosis, and follow-up recommendations/diagnostic workup plans.

Features:

• 55 commonly tested cases-10 new to this edition!-remind you what to look for, the right questions to ask, and how to follow up with patients
• Cases derived from major medical specialties encompass a wide range of diseases and disorders
• Advice on the most effective test-taking techniques
• New section for each scenario that details what to discuss with the patient
• Useful section on acceptable abbreviations

About this title

About the Author

Jennifer Rooney, MD is Clinical Tutor at St. George's University in Grenada, West Indies.

From the Back Cover

The essential pocket-sized study tool for the USMLE Step 2-now with 55
frequently tested cases!

You hold in your hands the most compact, efficient guide to the USMLE Step
CS (Clinical Skills Exam) available anywhere. With its ultra-handy
checklist format that highlights content likely to appear on the exam, CS
Checklists is ideal as a self-testing resource, partner quizzing tool, or
skill-building diagnostic primer.

Part I of the book delivers a helpful overview of how to take the test,
while Part II outlines 55 commonly tested cases related to the CSE core
clerkship topics. Designed to simulate what happens when examining a real
patient, as well as the actual structure of the CS exam, each case begins
with a short clinical scenario, and then goes on to include a patient
history checklist, physical examination checklist, differential diagnosis,
and follow-up recommendations/diagnostic workup plans.

Features:

55 commonly tested cases-10 new to this edition!-remind you what to look
for, the right questions to ask, and how to follow up with patients
Cases derived from major medical specialties encompass a wide range of
diseases and disorders
Advice on the most effective test-taking techniques
New section for each scenario that details what to discuss with the patient

Useful section on acceptable abbreviations

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071488235
• ISBN 13: 9780071488235
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360