CS Checklists: Portable Review for the USMLE Step 2 CS, Second Edition - Softcover

Rooney, Jennifer K.

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

From the Back Cover:

THE BOOK TO TAKE TO THE CS TEST SITE

Get ready for the Clinical Skills portion of the USMLE 2 with these essential patient checklists. With CS Checklists: Portable Review for the USMLE Step 2 CS, you can hone your physical examination skills and review differential diagnoses for 45 frequently-tested CS cases. Just as if you were working with actual patients, each case reviews essential skills you need in the clinic—and on the exam!

If you want to build or refresh your clinical skills, and ace the USMLE Step 2 CS, here's a portable self-teaching review that's specially designed to reinforce what you need to know in the easiest, most direct way possible. Get ready to—

• Master clinical skills with 45 frequently-tested cases, from AIDS and asthma to schizophrenia and tuberculosis.
• Focus on the most-tested cases in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, ob/gyn, psychiatry, and family medicine
• Build a working knowledge of typical presentations, patient histories, physical exams, differential diagnostic workup, and follow-up recommendations
• Reinforce what you need to remember with checklist formats
• Construct a solid foundation for USMLE Step 2 CS success

Just what you need for the USMLE Step 2 CSE—CS Checklists: Portable Review for the USMLE Step 2 CS proves that studying doesn't have to be boring!

About the Author:

Jennifer K. Rooney, MD is Instructor, Clinical Skills Department, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0071488235
• ISBN 13: 9780071488235
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 252