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 | | Usmle Step 2 Mock Exam by Adam Brochert ISBN-10: 9781560534624 ISBN-10: 1-56053-462-1 ISBN-13: 9781560534624 ISBN-13: 978-1-56053-462-4 Paperback 2001-03-15 Hanley & Belfus Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description (Hanley & Belfus) Medical College of Georgia, Savannah. Presents a realistic idea of the types of questions to expect on the USMLE Step 2 boards exam. Questions adhere to the latest Step 2 clinical vignette formulations and the 15 one-hour test blocks replicate current exam conditions. Softcover. | ||
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Also very good for Australian Medical Council (AMC) MCQ exam First let me say I've sat and passed the AMC MCQ exam. It was a very tough and not to mention a very expensive exam. I've also sat and passed the USMLE 1&2 and the MRCP(UK) part 1 exam. Sorry if I sounded conceited (it was only intended to emphasize the reliability of my review). There is very limited review resources for the AMC MCQ and the recommended review material by the AMC is the AMCQ (annotated multiple choice questions) which barely helped me. I read the USMLE 2 Mock exam by Brochert & the 1st Aid USMLE Step 2CK instead. These 2 review books are really good. Brochert's Mock exam helped me with the classic clinical scenarios and I find it fun (I think that's the appropriate word) to read. The 1st Aid Step 2 reinforced my clinical knowledge and added a great deal of high-yield facts. I would also highly recommend the Pocket Medicine by Sabatine, Deja review step 2 and Pretest Emergency Medicine. The other books I read which I personally don't recommend are: Boards and Wards by Ayala, Pretest Physical Diagnosis, Surgical Recall, High-Yield Neuroanatomy. 'Hope this review helps. Good luck! | ||
good exam simulator a good book that helped me prepare for my test. i liked its format being divided into exam blocks like the real test. i don't think it's the best book available, yet, it's a good pick and investment as exam simulator. | ||
excellent I heard both positives and negatives about this book but I love to have it. It has been pretty much helpful. | ||
More Questions Well, I must say that the best way to place high on Step II is to really build your foundational knowledge of the application of medicine during your 3rd year. That said, I feel that the importance of doing practice questions for several months before the actual exam cannot be overstated. But there is really an art to "doing practice questions." One part of that art is to have a huge bank of questions available. Basically, each question in the entire bank adds one (or sometimes a few) little fact(s) to your fund of knowledge. If you have a limited bank of questions, and that is your primary "test prep" source, then you run the risk of not being adequately prepared for the actual exam. Unfortunately, as we all know, USMLE can be rather nitpicky. So simply knowing a broader base of detailed facts can play in greatly to your advantage on the real exam. I found "USMLE Step 2 Mock Exam" to present a very good variety of facts that were not as well covered in other sources (Kaplan, NMS, other minor sources). Thus, it added to my overall knowledge base in a complimentary way, which is exactly what I hoped for when I purchased the book. I recommend this book as an additional resource while preparing for Step II. If you have the time, it can help to go through this book and your other resources more than one time each. I found that the questions I had seen more than once bought facts to my recall much faster during the exam. Many facts I learned in this book were directly applicable to helping me understand questions on the actual exam. | ||
A question vignette format of his Secrets Book If you read Brochert's Step 2 Secrets book, then you will have no problems navigating through the Mock Exam. The book is good in that it reinforces some key ideas from his Secrets book, and it's another source of questions for your Step 2 prep. As far as teaching you something different from his Secrets or Crush books, you won't get that in this book. The book is most helpful not with its clinical vignette questions, but with its "most common" questions, which showed up a lot on my exam. In short, there are better question books and banks out there, so think twice before buying this book IF you haven't already read Secrets or Crush Step 2. | ||