Product Description

If you know all of the concepts in this book, you should do much better than pass USMLET Step 2: You should CRUSH STEP 2! Bestselling author Adam Brochert, MD, who scored in the 99th percentile in Steps 1 and 2 of the USMLE, offers you high-yield coverage of all of the specialty and subspecialty knowledge tested on the most recent administrations of the USMLET Step 2 exam. A well-written, easily accessible approach, with plenty of helpful lists and tables, makes studying easy. You'll also find numerous tips, insights, and guidance on maximizing your score and on getting the most benefit from computer-based simulations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24609 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 341 pages

Book Info
Medical College of Georgia, Savannah. Review text for USMLE Step 2 features high-yield information, tips, guidance from personal experiences, complete coverage, and helpful illustrations and tables. Addresses all subspecialties covered in Step 2. Softcover.

Customer Reviews

Expensive Toilet paper, read 10 min before exam
This, along with the other books by Adam Brochert are very misleading and very low yield. Just reading this wont help you
answer very long, tricky usmle questions. You need to get into the hard stuff : Harrisons Pretest for INternal Medicine is perfect for step 2 as well as Frontrunners Q&A.

The problem with most question sources is that they only require you to identify 1 piece of information to correctly answer the question. On the boards, you have to collect Multiple data then make a determination ; plus, their are distractors that no other question bank has ( eg : Kaplan ). Ditch this easy stuff and press your intellect with the challenging things as that is what you will see on test day. I know, this isnt a question book, but it represents the simple minded thinking that lazy people look for when selecting sources. High Yield INt.Medicine is Superb because it has more clinical info than this book and it can be reviewed over fast.

Good outline/material. Too many errors
While I agree with many posters that this book has just high-yield info and for that it should be applauded, it has way too many errors for my taste. I bought it based on many reviews that I have read, but I am on page 8 and have found an error or misleading oversimplification on every page thus far. For example on page 8 the author states that disulfiram inhibits alcohol dehydrogenase (it inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase, the second enzyme in the metabolism of alcohol - which is important because aldehyde is what makes you sick). On page 7 the author implies that smoking is the biggest controllable risk factor to prevent heart-disease related deaths. Though I don't have a specific fact to refute that claim, it is likely that diabetes is a greater variable. Don't get me wrong, I like the book. However, the errors are incredibly distracting.

Very good book for the days before the exam!
This is a very good book for STEP 2. However, it isn't a comprehensive review book, it just emphasizes some important points easy to miss while reading a more detailed review book.