Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (597 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071RP95P7 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Great book that saved me on the surgery shelf" according to Med_Path. Highly recommend this little book. This was the only guide I used to study for the surgery shelf exam - I read the entire book and did all the questions in the back - and I got a 91% in the nation on the test. I did not use any other study materials. Highly recommended!. Marcus Callister said Excellent rapid review, not primary resource. Do not use this book as your primary study source for the surgery shelf exam, it's too condensed, go for deVirgilio instead. Instead, read/skim this book at the start of your clerkship, and then read it through once or twice near the end of your clerkship and do the questions. It serves as a great refresher, pulls majo. "All you need" according to missy. This is all you need to do well on the shelf exam. I usually averaged around 79 or 80 on shelfs- nothing special. But surgery was my second highest score- I got an 86. All I did was read this book twice (it's short so you better be able to pretty much recite it) and did the 100-150 or so UWorld questions for surgery. A
Pestana's Surgery Notes, by distinguished surgery instructor Dr. But time in the wards is limited, and clerkship covers only a tiny sample of the surgical universe. Carlos Pestana, contains the surgery knowledge you need to excel on the surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK. Surgical clerkship allows senior medical students to develop clinical skills and gain a better understanding of surgical disease while caring for patients. Celebrated by medical students for over a decade and meticulously updated, Dr. Concise high-yield review of core surgery material New audio format for portable review Includes 180 vignettes for self-testing, now even more challenging and exam-like Ten brief essays providing a surgical perspective on selected tools from the diagnostic and therapeutic armamentarium Used and trusted by med students for over a decade Revised and fully up to date . Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes is the highest-yiel