Family Practice Examination and Board Review

by Mark A. Graber, Ladi Kukoyi, Oladipo Kukoyi

The Best Cases, The Best Questions, The Best Review for Family Medicine Examinations and Boards Family Practice Examination and Board Review is the best resource for preparing for examinations and boards. It employs a step-by-step approach to case-based learning that assures more thorough absorption of material, and reinforces your understanding of even the most difficult topics. What’s more, coverage reflects all recent advances of clinical importance, so you can assimilate the critical new information easily into your examination preparation activities and daily practice. It’s the ultimate tool to prepare for certification and recertification/ maintenance of certification, or for use as a clinical refresher!
*Over 200 comprehensive clinical cases plus more than 1500 board-style questions with detailed explanations
*Cases are progressive, with additional clinical information revealed after the initial question-sets for the most effective learning experience possible
*Explanations for correct/incorrect answers are concise but thorough, and invaluable for your exam preparation efforts
*Friendly writing style keeps you engaged and makes exam prep efforts more efficient and enjoyable
*Covers all areas addressed by the board and recertifying examinations, across all the clinical specialties
*Includes complete coverage of timely content areas such as multicultural medicine, biostatistics, ethics, and professionalism
*The best pedagogical aids of any FP review book reinforce exam preparation and Helpful Tips/Clinical Pearls; Quick Quizzes; Learning Objectives; Web resources/bibliography, and more
*Full-color photographs illustrate dermatologic & ophthalmic conditions
*Perfect for USMLE 3 preparation as well

864 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 2008

About the author

Mark A. Graber is the University System of Maryland Regents Professor at the University of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law. He authored many books and articles focusing on American constitutional law, development, theory, and politics. He has been the section chair of the Public Law Section of the American Political Science Association and the Constitutional Law Section of the American Association of Law Schools.

Reviews

[Hal Brodsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Reto Auer · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Hawraa]

Good