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Family Practice Examination & Board Review, Second Edition
A Comprehensive Case-Based Review Guide for the Family Practice Boards or Recertification Exam 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
"The book is both broad and comprehensive, with chapters written by family physicians and specialists who contribute informative, easy to follow, and concise discussions. Chapters cover the main systems of the body as well as HIV/AIDS, men's health, women's health, care of the surgical patient, and care of the older patient. In addition, there are chapters not traditionally included in board review books on ethics, end-of-life care, evidence-based medicine, and patient-centered care. Chapters are well written, contain questions consistent with those found on the boards, and provide explanations that will help readers navigate these topics on the exam. The case-based approach provides a comprehensive review of topics commonly encountered in the family physician's office. Each chapter contains clinical pearls, quizzes, and objectives to ensure that the main points have been addressed. The numerous illustrations include quality images of dermatological conditions, EKGs, and x-rays. Tables provide useful charts and are effective teaching tools.
This will be a wonderful resource not only for those preparing for the family medicine boards, but also for family medicine residents, physicians, and anyone else working in a primary care setting." -- Doody's Family Practice Examination & Board Review serves as an ideal study guide for the primary and recertification exam in family medicine and for licensure exams. Containing more than 400 progressive clinical cases that cover all specialty and topic areas tested on the exams, this unique guide features a step-by-step approach that ensures you fully comprehend a subject before moving on to a more advanced one.
"The book is both broad and comprehensive, with chapters written by family physicians and specialists who contribute informative, easy to follow, and concise discussions. Chapters cover the main systems of the body as well as HIV/AIDS, men's health, women's health, care of the surgical patient, and care of the older patient. In addition, there are chapters not traditionally included in board review books on ethics, end-of-life care, evidence-based medicine, and patient-centered care. Chapters are well written, contain questions consistent with those found on the boards, and provide explanations that will help readers navigate these topics on the exam. The case-based approach provides a comprehensive review of topics commonly encountered in the family physician's office. Each chapter contains clinical pearls, quizzes, and objectives to ensure that the main points have been addressed. The numerous illustrations include quality images of dermatological conditions, EKGs, and x-rays. Tables provide useful charts and are effective teaching tools.
This will be a wonderful resource not only for those preparing for the family medicine boards, but also for family medicine residents, physicians, and anyone else working in a primary care setting." -- Doody's Family Practice Examination & Board Review serves as an ideal study guide for the primary and recertification exam in family medicine and for licensure exams. Containing more than 400 progressive clinical cases that cover all specialty and topic areas tested on the exams, this unique guide features a step-by-step approach that ensures you fully comprehend a subject before moving on to a more advanced one.
944 pages, Paperback
First published December 18, 2008
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April 11, 2017
I have to say this was a nice review and update. I can see myself buying and reading a copy every year or two.
Did it help with the Boards? That's a tough one. The Family Practice Boards are inane and this book is practical, so you have a conflict right off the bat. (Example: The book teaches you how to work up a lump, while the Boards ask "In which of these patients is this lump statistically least likely to be a cancer?" No one practices medicine that way; we treat the patient in front of us and work up that one single lump).
I read the book cover to cover and learned a good deal from it. I then took the online practice tests and found the book did hit an awful lot of the practice questions. OTOH, the book focused on many things that the Board Exam skipped over entirely.
Overall, the Boards are a mess written by people who are completely out of touch with the real world of medicine. Studying the book and doing practice tests on line and then going back to the book, or doing the online test questions first and then focusing on the parts of the book you are weak in are excellent approaches to passing the Boards.
Did it help with the Boards? That's a tough one. The Family Practice Boards are inane and this book is practical, so you have a conflict right off the bat. (Example: The book teaches you how to work up a lump, while the Boards ask "In which of these patients is this lump statistically least likely to be a cancer?" No one practices medicine that way; we treat the patient in front of us and work up that one single lump).
I read the book cover to cover and learned a good deal from it. I then took the online practice tests and found the book did hit an awful lot of the practice questions. OTOH, the book focused on many things that the Board Exam skipped over entirely.
Overall, the Boards are a mess written by people who are completely out of touch with the real world of medicine. Studying the book and doing practice tests on line and then going back to the book, or doing the online test questions first and then focusing on the parts of the book you are weak in are excellent approaches to passing the Boards.
September 30, 2017
Learned tons and the fun kept me awake and interested.
After a couple of years away from clinical practice, I used it to prepare my return in clinical practice. Learned tons and the fun kept me awake and interested.
After a couple of years away from clinical practice, I used it to prepare my return in clinical practice. Learned tons and the fun kept me awake and interested.
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