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| Crush Step 3: The Ultimate USMLE Step 3 Review (Secrets) | 
 enlarge | Author: Adam Brochert
Publisher: Saunders
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Pages: 270
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ISBN: 1416053557
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Publication Date: June 11, 2008
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Product Description
This best-selling resource is completely updated, and still the most easy-to-use and effective high-yield review for USMLE Step 3. Covering all specialties and subspecialties included on the exam, its perfect for the busy house officer who needs a review that hits all the important and commonly tested concepts in a concise format. Over 100 high-yield figures illustrate important concepts, conditions, and imaging modalities. Get tips, insights, and guidance on how best to prepare and what to expect with the reader-friendly, succinct, and engaging writing style of best-selling author Adam Brochert, MD.
- Features tips on the computer-based case simulations to prepare you for essential elements of the exam.
- Draws upon the personal experience of the best-selling author of USMLE reviews, Adam Brochert, MD, for trustworthy tips on how to study for the exam.
- Organizes material logically and allows quick spot review using bulleted and numbered lists, as well as many tables throughout the text.
- Presents updated case scenarios mirroring those on the Step 3 exam to keep you abreast of changes to the exam.
- Includes additional high-yield figures to be more relevant to recent administrations of the exam.
- Addresses current practice with updated diagnosis and treatment guidelines.
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 Hate the Boards but Love this Book December 5, 2005
214 out of 240 found this review helpful
I don't like saying this, because I'm not a hater. But I hate the boards. I hate the people who write these awful questions, the people who justify the existence of these money-grubbing tests, and the self-perpetuating system of medical education, which somehow convinces people that test-taking skills correlate with good patient care. But it is the people who do well on these tests that end up in medicine, and so, naturally, they are all too ready to believe that the tests must reflect real intelligence or knowledge.
I'm okay with the concept of testing, but lets not delude ourselves into believing these tests reflect anything more than they do. The MCAT's a good test though. It probable effectively measures who is willing to choose their careers over their families, friends, and mental health. Perhaps Step One of the USMLE measures how much of the basic science people have absorbed, but it is a better instrument for measuring test taking skill. By Step Three, it is really just an endurance test. Each question is a paragraph long, and the test lasts up to eight hours on each of two consecutive days. Success on Step Three has to do with how quickly you can read, or how long you can stay focused, and, of course, how well you do on standardized tests.
By the way, what does it say about the earlier screening exams that a certain percentage of test items on Step Three are testing whether or not you can phrase things in a polite way to patients? These are the best questions for those of us who've managed to maintain half a life. When you see five answers with quotation marks around them you can skip the question stem and just eliminate the four choices that only a jerk would actually say to a patient. But these questions keep showing up so somebody must be getting them wrong. It seems surprising, but then again if you've had any experience dealing with doctors from a patient's point of view, it really isn't too shocking.
Crush Step Three is the best review book if you are going to study from just one. I used the First Aid for the Boards books for the first two tests, but this time I checked out different books and found the Crush Step 3 book to be the most straightforward and concise, with an emphasis on those trigger words that help you when you have to resort to robot mode. The First Aid book has the benefit of a section at the end that goes through common scenarios that you might see on the second day in the simulated cases, and it is helpful to get a sense of the kinds of orders you can write. But working through the practice cases is really the most important preparation for the simulated cases, and overall Crush does the best job of reviewing the information.
This may well be my last review. You see, I've discovered sudoku last Friday. I finally sat down and attempted one and I ended up solving two in three hours. The rush I feel right now is indescribable. I suspect I can crush people's bones to dust just with the mathematical powers of my mind. But I will not abuse this, I will use my gifts for solving sudoku puzzles. This will leave me no time to read or write, possibly not even time to eat and drink or other bodily functions. This is okay, because the perfection of each row, column, and 3x3 box will sustain me from now on. Thank you for listening, and bye bye.
Efficient studying October 30, 2004
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
Everyone in my program uses this book to study for Step 3 (I'm a third year pediatric resident so I was worried that I was out of touch with bread and butter medicine). You have to know every single word in the book since it is very high yield. But it is perfect for a quick, efficient review of important topics. My only goal was to pass but I actually did pretty well on the exam. The book needs more on ethics and social issues. But, I used the old edition (neon green and black cover) and maybe the new edition covers that -- not sure though (which is why, if I could, I'd give it 4.5 stars). I paired it with Kaplan's Qbook and felt very well prepared for the exam.
Great source if you want to pass the USMLE step 3 February 5, 2003
34 out of 44 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book if you want to pass the USMLE step 3 exam. I used it with great success. I highly recommend 2 particular books for the USMLE 3 review: 1)CRUSH THE STEP 3, by Brochert and, 2) SWANSON'S FAMILY PRACTICE REVIEW, 4th Ed. by Tallia, Cardone, Howarth and Ibsen. The Blueprint series for the USMLE 2 and 3 did help me enlighten and strenghten my foundation on the topics I needed to learn more about. If you have time, I would read the Blueprint series as well. In addition, I would highly recommend using Kaplan's QBanks for the USMLE 3 review. Go to www.....com to access Kaplan's QBanks for a reasonable fee that's surely worth it. These sources have greatly helped me pass the USMLE 3 with little time to spare. If you want to further focus on particular topics while reviewing for the USMLE 3, I would suggest the following books as good concise references: 1) PROFESSIONAL GUIDE TO DISEASES, 7th Ed., by Springhouse, 2) CECIL ESSENTIALS OF MEDICINE, 5th Ed., By Carpenter, Griggs and Loscalzo and, 3) CURRENT MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT 2002/2003, By Tierney, McPhee and Papadakis. All the books I mentioned can be bought from Amazon.com. I read that the book BOARDS AND WARDS by Ayala and Spellberg is good, but I personally did not use it. Finally, I strongly believe that prayers do help in the review and passing for the USMLE.
pair it with a couple of good question books and you are set June 5, 2005
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
This is a very high yield review book, and light to carry around. I took my step 3 during my medicine intern year, and carried it with me between admissions and nightfloats. If you want to do "spectacularly", then you may want to delve more into other resources. Otherwise, if you have like about 6 months of medicine residency training, look up some of the details that you are rusty in, pair it with one or two question books, like NMS or Qbook (a steal currently with the discount at Amazon), that should be a very nice start for your preparation.
I also used First Aid Step 3 for 1. a different perspective; 2. I like the First Aid series; 3. the CCS section in the back. If you are away from general medicine for a while, it will be nice to go through some of the scenarios. But otherwise, I prefer Crush step 3 by far. CCS is really about patient management. The cases are easy to diagnose. Make sure you work through the practice disk though, with the review book and question books, you are all set for a comfortable pass. The toughest part of the exam for me was going back for the second day. But people usually finished very early on their second day as some CCS cases could take just 10 minutes or less to finish. The thing is, if you forget a test or an order, you cannot go back to put it in. So make sure you take your time and think through your steps. But you should have plenty of time to do so. Granted, the above may not apply to the IMGs, as they have more hurdles to overcome. But regardless, this is still a very good book with very high yield materials to review on. Good luck with your step 3, and the many sleepless nights when you are on call. :)
 not as good as claimed!!! January 23, 2004
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
This book should have been better named as, 'crush step 2'. Step 3 is an entirely different exam. Whatever is written in this book is 'common sense'. I recently took USMLE STEP 3 field trial after reading this book. not effective. the point is that do not be crazy about this book. Blueprint series is much better than this. It has spelling mistakes in it and at times it gives you the wrong information. Step 3 is more management oriented than diagnosis oriented and this book tells you too little about the management. I found NMS review for USMLE STEP 3 closer to the step 3 format.
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