Exam Prep Materials

Summary: "The closest you can get to the Family Medicine clerkship shelf exam without actually taking it Family Medicine: PreTest Self-Assessment & Review, Fourth Edition is the perfect way to assess your knowledge of Family Medicine for the USMLE Step 2 CK and clerkship shelf exam. You'll find approximately 500 USMLE-style questions and answers that target the clerkship's core competencies, along with detailed explanations of both correct and incorrect answers. All questions have been reviewed by students who recently passed the boards and completed their clerkship to ensure they match the style and difficulty level of the exam, so you know you are studying the most relevant, high-yield material possible. Approximately 500 USMLE-style questions, just like you will see on the exam. Detailed explanations for right and wrong answers, that zero-in on must-know information. Targets what you really need to know for exam success. Thoroughly reviewed by students who aced their clerkship"-- Provided by publisher. "Family Medicine: PreTest gives you hundreds of review questions and answers, along with high yield rationale to prepare you for your clerkship shelf exam, as well as the USMLE Step 2. Both the scope of content, as well as the format of the questions, parallels what you will see on your actual exams"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Prevention medicine
Doctor-patient issues
Acute complaints
Chronic conditions.

Summary: "If you are studying for the family nurse practitioner certification exam, Maria T. Codina Leik's highly acclaimed Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review is a must-have resource, and with interactive digital prep included with purchase, it is easier than ever to study for the FNP exam. Lauded for its concise, well-organized format, this fourth edition has been significantly revised and updated to feature key information about the new AANPCB and ANCC certification exams, all new end-of-chapter review questions, and new full-color images. Leik's Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review, fourth edition also features four practice tests with hundreds of new questions and rationales -- 800 questions in total. Extensive test-taking techniques and question dissection and analysis chapters help you identify the best clues during the problem-solving process so that you can strategically master the certification exam. Designed to help FNP candidates boost their confidence through intensive review and high-quality questions, the fourth edition continues to provide succinct, precisely targeted “need-to-know” details of diseases and classic presentations you can expect to see in practice in patients across the life span. Organized by body system, chapters are consistently formatted to include Danger Signals, Normal Findings, Lab Findings, Benign Variants, and Disease Review topics. Each chapter features valuable Exam Tips and Clinical Pearls that highlight key considerations and information likely to be encountered on the exam, ideal for a last-minute refresher before test day. Ensure success by making this essential family nurse practitioner resource -- praised by thousands for helping them pass their certification -- a key part of your exam prep study regimen. Note to readers: The new ExamPrepConnect Fourth Edition online course will launch March 2021. In the interim, your book purchase includes access to the current ExamPrepConnect Third Edition online course. Your 6-month digital subscription to the Fourth Edition will begin as soon as that course is live, and we will notify you by email."--Publisher's description.

Contents:
Pediatrics
Internal medicine
Obstetrics and gynecology
Psychiatry
Surgery/emergency care
Geriatrics
General facts.

Summary: Drs. Richard Polin and Alan Spitzer, uses the success formula of the Secrets Series to offer fast answers to the most essential clinical questions in fetal and neonatal medicine. With its user-friendly Q & A format, practical tips from neonatologists and fetal medicine experts, and "Key Points" boxes, this portable and easy-to-read medical reference book provides rapid access to the practical knowledge you need to succeed both in practice and on board and recertification exams. New to this edition: Apply all the latest pediatric advances in clinical fetal neonatology techniques, technology, and pharmacology.

Contents:
Care of the term infant / Alan R. Spitzer
Fetal growth and development / Karin M. Fuchs
Obstetric issues, labor, and delivery / Thomas J. Garite and C. Andrew Combs
Family-centered and developmental care in the neonatal intensive care unit / Karen D. Hendricks-Munoz and Carol C. Prendergast
NICU environment and principles of infection control / Saima Aftab and Jacquelyn R. Evans
Cardiology secrets / Mitchell I. Cohen and Christopher L. Lindblade
Dermatology / Victoria R. Barrio, Kimberly D. Morel, and Lawrence F. Eichenfield
Endocrinology and metabolism / Marisa Censani ... [et al.]
Fluid, electrolyte, acid-base, and renal-developmental phisiology and disorders / John M. Lorenz and Patricia L. Weng
Gastroenterology and nutrition / Sarah A.Taylor and Joel E. Lavine
Genetics / Wendy K. Chung
Hematology and transfusion medicine / Robert D. Christensen
Infection and immunity / Beatriz Larru and Theoklis Zaoutis
Neurology / Courtney J. Wusthoff and Robert Ryan Clancy
Neonatal ophthalmology / Daniel A. Greninger and Michael F. Chiang
Orthopedics / Qusai Hammouri and Joshua E. Hyman
Pain management in the neonate / K.J.S. Anand, Fabio Savorgnan, and R. Whit Hall
Pulmonology / Reese H. Clark
Surgery / Alejandro Garcia and William Middlesworth.

Contents:
Biochemistry
Immunology
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Public health sciences
Cardiovascular
Endocrine
Gastrointestinal
Hematology and oncology
Musculoskeletal, skin, and connective tissue
Neurology and special senses
Psychiatry
Renal
Reproductive
Respiratory.

Contents:
Anatomy and histology
Behavioral science
Biochemistry
Embryology
Microbiology
Immunology
Pathology
General pharmacology.

Contents:
Cardiovascular
Endocrine
Gastrointestinal
Hematology and oncology
Musculoskeletal, skin, and connective tissue
Neurology and special senses
Psychiatry
Renal
Reproductive
Respiratory.

Contents:
Resuscitation
Cardiovascular emergencies
Trauma
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
Toxicology
Endocrine, metabolic, fluid, and electrolyte disorders
Infectious disease
Hematology, oncology, allergy, and immunology
Thoracic and respiratory disorders
Abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies
Obstetrics and gynecology
Environmental emergencies
Head, eyes, ear, nose, and throat (HEENT) and dental emergencies
Neurology
Psychobehavioral disorders
Dermatology
Renal and genitourinary emergencies
Procedures and skills
EMS and disaster medicine
Ethical/legal issues.

Summary: "Real exam strategies to help avoid pitfalls and errors on the Emergency Medicine Oral Boards"-- Provided by publisher

Summary: The insider's guide to excelling on the Family Medicine Boards. Includes: Essential information for certification or recertification preparation; Concise summaries of thousands of board-tested topics; Hundreds of high-yield tables, diagrams, and color illustrations; Resident-tested study strategies and test-taking tips; Mnemonics make learning and memorization fast, fun, and easy; Key facts in the margins reference must-know information; Integrated vignette Q&As prepare you for what you will see on exam day. -- Publisher description

Contents:
Guide to the ABFM examination
Community and preventive medicine
Cardiology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Infectious diseases
Hematology/oncology
Pulmonary
Nephrology
Dermatology
Neurology
Surgery
Child and adolescent medicine
Psychiatry and behavioral science
Geriatric medicine
Reproductive health
Sports medicine and musculoskeletal disorders
Emergency/urgent care.

Summary: The insider's guide to acing the internal medicine boards written by physicians who passed Apply the proven First Aid formula for exam success! Following the traditional First Aid format, this review provides high-yield information residents & physicians need to know to pass the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) licensure examination for certification and/or re-certification. Includes background information (what to expect, how to apply, how to succeed), high-yield facts organized by subject, and a review section of relevant exam review resources.

Contents:
Allergy and immunology
Ambulatory medicine
Cardiovascular disease
Pulmonary and Critical care
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology and hepatology
Geriatric Medicine
Hematology
Hospital medicine
Infectious diseases
Nephrology
Neurology
Oncology
Psychiatry
Rheumatology
Women's health.

Contents:
Guide to the ABPN examination
Neuroanatomy
Neuropharmacology
Neuroimmunology
Neurodegenerative disorders
Headache and pain
Neuro-oncology
Neuro-ophthalmology and neuro-otology
Stroke and neurocritical care
Neurological infections
Neuromuscular disease
Pediatric neurology and neurogenetics
Seizures, epilepsy, and sleep disorders
Substance abuse and dependence
Delirium
Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders
Bipolar disorder
Major depressive disorder
Primary psychotic disorders.

Summary: "Each of the chapters in this book contain the major topics central to the practice of obstetrics and gynecology and closely parallel the medical student learning objectives of the American Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics and this book also targets the obstetrics and gynecology content on the USMLE Step 2 examination"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
1. How to succeed in the pediatrics clerkship
2. Gestation and birth
3. Prematurity
4. Growth and development
5. Nutrition
6. Health supervision and prevention of illness and injury in children and adolescents
7. Congenital malformations and chromosomal anomalies
8. Metabolic disease
9. Immunologic disease
10. Infectious disease
11. Gastrointestinal disease
12. Respiratory disease
13. Cardiovascular disease
14. Renal , gynecologic, and urinary disease
15. Hematologic disease
16. Endocrine disease
17. Neurologic disease
18. Special organs: eye, ear, nose
19. Musculoskeletal disease
20. Dermatologic disease
21. Psychiatric disease
22. Pediatric life support
Index.

Summary: "The goals of this book are to assist students in success on the clerkship exam and also to help guide them in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of many of the problems seen by pediatricians"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Examination and diagnosis
Psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Anxiety and adjustment disorders
Personality disorders
Substance-related disorders
Cognitive disorders
Geriatric psychiatry
Psychiatric disorders in children
Dissociative disorders
Somatoform and factitious disorders
Impulse control disorders
Eating disorders
Sleep disorders
Sexual disorders
Psychotherapies
Psychopharmacology
Forensic psychiatry.

Summary: "Completely updated to reflect current psychiatry practice. Filled with mnemonics, ward tips, and exam tips, this best-selling guide to the psychiatry clerkship covers everything you need to know to excel"-- Provided by publisher.

Summary: "Each of the chapters in this book contains the major topics central to the practice of psychiatry and has been specifically designed for the medical student learning level, to excel in the clerkship (shelf exams), as well as the USMLE Step 2 and 3 exams"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
How to succeed in the psychiatry clerkship
Examination and diagnosis
Psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, trauma, and stressor-related disorders
Personality disorders
Substance-related and addictive disorders
Neurocognitive disorders
Geriatric psychiatry
Psychiatric disorders in children
Dissociative disorders
Somatic symptom and factitious disorders
Impulse control disorders
Eating disorders
Sleep-wake disorders
Sexual dysfunctions and paraphilic disorders
Psychotherapies
Psychopharmacology
Forensic psychiatry.

Contents:
Section 1: Guide to efficient exam preparation
Introduction
USMLE Step 1: the basics
Defining your goal
Learning strategies
Timeline for study
Study materials
Test-taking strategies
Clinical Vignette Strategies
If you think you failed
Testing agencies
References
Section I Supplement: Special situations
Secion II: High-yield general principles
How to use the database
Biochemistry
Immunology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Public health sciences
Section III: High-yield organ systems
Approaching the organ systems
Cardiovascular
Endocrine
Gastrointestinal
Hematology and oncology
Musculoskeletal, skin, and connective tissue
Neurology and special senses
Psychiatry
Renal
Reproductive
Respiratory
Rapid review
Section IV: Top-rated review resources
How to use the database
Question banks
Question books
Web and mobile apps
Comprehensive
Anatomy, embryology, and neuroscience
Behavioral science
Biochemistry
Cell biology and histology
Microbiology and immunology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Abbreviations and symbols
Image Acknowledgments.

Summary: "First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 began over 30 years ago as a resource to prepare aspiring physicians for their first medical board exam. Since then, it has become one of the most well-known textbooks used by medical students worldwide. Features include : a complete framework for USMLE Step 1 preparation, annually updated with crowdsourced contributions from thousands of students ; updated exam preparation advice for USMLE Step 1 pass / fail and Step 1 blueprint changes ; new section on communication skills reflects the latest Step 1 content ; new focus on diversity, equity and inclusion incorporates race and ethnic considerations, as well as gender neutral terminology ; nearly 1,400 must-know topics to focus your study ; 1,200+ color photos and illustrations help you visualize processes, disorders, and clinical findings ; and a Rapid Review section for efficient last-minute preparation."--adapted from Foreword, page xi and back cover.

Summary: "First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 began over 30 years ago as a resource to prepare aspiring physicians for their first medical board exam. Since then, it has become one of the most well-known textbooks used by medical students worldwide. Features include : a complete framework for USMLE Step 1 preparation, annually updated with crowdsourced contributions from thousands of students ; updated exam preparation advice for USMLE Step 1 pass / fail and Step 1 blueprint changes ; new section on communication skills reflects the latest Step 1 content ; new focus on diversity, equity and inclusion incorporates race and ethnic considerations, as well as gender neutral terminology ; nearly 1,400 must-know topics to focus your study ; 1,200+ color photos and illustrations help you visualize processes, disorders, and clinical findings ; and a Rapid Review section for efficient last-minute preparation."

Contents:
Part one : Guide to the USMLE Step 2 CS. Introduction
USMLE Step 2 CS : the basics
Preparing for the Step 2 CS
Test-day tips
First Aid for the IMG
Supplement : The USMLE Step 2 CS travel guide
Part two : The patient encounter. Introduction
Doorway information
Taking the history
The physical exam
Closure
How to interact with special patients
Challenging questions and situations
Counseling
The patient note
Part three : Minicases
Part four : Practice cases
Part five : Top-rated review resources
Appendix
About the authors.

Summary: The USMLE Step 2 CS review got just got even better! The sixth edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS has been completely updated to reflect the latest exam format, including proven study and exam strategies for clinical encounters based on the patient-centered interview. This book has 44 full-length practice cases that simulate the real exam and test your ability to document the patient's most likely diagnosis and how it is supported by the history and physical findings. It also presents hundreds of minicases representing 39 common presentations to help you rapidly develop a working set of differential diagnoses. In addition, there are expanded guidelines on how to deal with challenging situations, including those that pose ethical and confidentiality issues. -- Publisher description

Contents:
1. Guide to the USMLE Step 2 CS :
Introduction ; USMLE Step 2 CS, the Basics ; Preparing for the Step 2 CS ; Test-Day Tips ; First Aid for the IMG ; USMLE Step 2 CS Test Center information
2. The Patient Encounter :
Introduction ; Doorway Information ; Taking the History ; The Physical Exam ; Closure ; How to Interact with Special Patients ; Challenging Questions and Situations ; Counseling ; The Patient Note.
3. Minicases :
Headache ; Confusion/Memory loss; Loss of vision; Depressed mood; Psychosis; Dizziness; Loss of Consciousness; Numbness/weakness; Fatigue and sleepiness; Night sweats; Insomnia; Sore throat; Cough/shortness of breath; Chest pain; Palpitations; Weight loss; Weight gain; Dysphagia; Neck mass; Nausea/Vomiting; Abdominal pain; Constipation/diarrhea; Upper GI bleeding; Blood in stool; Hematuria; Other urinary symptoms; Erectile dysfunction; Amenorrhea; Vaginal bleeding; Vaginal discharge; Dyspareunia; Abuse; Joint/limb pain; Low back pain; Child with fever; Child with GI symptoms; Child with red eye; Child with short stature; Behavioral problems in childhood ;
Practice Cases.

Contents:
Chapter 1. Guide to the USMLE Step 3 and Supplement: Guide to the CSS
Chapter 2. Ambulatory Medicine
Chapter 3. Cardiovascular
Chapter 4. Emergency medicine
Chapter 5. Endocrinology
Chapter 6. Ethics and statistics
Chapter 7. Gastroenterology
Chapter 8. Hematology
Chapter 9. Oncology
Chapter 10. Infectious disease
Chapter 11. Musculoskeletal
Chapter 12. Nephrology
Chapter 13. Neurology
Chapter 14. Obstetrics
Chapter 15. Gynecology
Chapter 16. Pediatrics
Chapter 17. Psychiatry
Chapter 18. Pulmonary
Chapter 19. High-yield CCS cases.

Summary: Designed as a last-minute gut-check before exam day, this guide is written by primary care nurse practitioners who have your back, providing you with quick, digestible nuggets of the most pertinent topics on the FNP and AGNP certification exams. Use this small but mighty book during the last month of your preparation to strengthen your knowledge and tackle the AANPCB or ANCC exam. Organized by body system, this guide covers the key 120+ conditions on the exam, with essential information on signs and symptoms, differential diagnoses, labs and other diagnostic testing, treatment, patient education, and important lifespan and special population considerations. The pharmacology review provides a succinct recap of the most important drug classes you will need to know. Also included are brief summaries of pediatric growth and development and geriatric topics such as geriatric syndromes, frailty, and polypharmacy. Key Features: Offers a succinct, rapid review of the key 120+ conditions on the exam Includes a separate pharmacology review of select drug classes Summarizes pediatric and geriatric concerns, such as growth and development, immunizations, and frailty Provides important alerts, complications, pearls, and pop quiz questions to highlight extra-important information and test your knowledge Includes essential images, such as need-to-know ECG tracings and photos of skin disorders