First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS, Fourth Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, Feb 16, 2012 - Medical - 459 pages

Trust the #1 selling USMLE Step 2 CS review book for the most thorough, score-boosting exam preparation possible!

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The best USMLE Step 2 CS review got just got even better! The third edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS has been updated based on feedback from US and international medical student test takers. This student-to-student guide thoroughly prepares you for frequently tested cases, including telephone exams, to ensure CS success.

  • 40 full-length practice cases that simulate the real exam – including all new pediatric and telephone interviews as well as suggested closing statements for each case
  • A revised and expanded set of minicases representing common complaints designed to help you rapidly develop a set of differential diagnoses
  • Time management advice to maximize your clinical encounters
  • Step-by-step strategies for interacting with standardized patients, including “difficult patients”
  • Detailed descriptions of high-yield physical exam maneuvers that will win you points without costing time
  • Proven study and exam strategies from students who passed

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Contents

Section 1 Guide to the Usmle Step 2 CS
1
Section 2 The Patient Encounter
37
Section 3 Minicases
79
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First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS, Fourth Edition
Tao Le,Vikas Bhushan,Mae Sheikh-Ali,Fadi Abu Shahin
Limited preview - 2012
First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS
Tao Le
No preview available - 2004
First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS
Tao Le
No preview available - 2004

Common terms and phrases

Abdominal exam abdominal pain allergies asked the SP Auscultation blood Building the Doctor-Patient cancer Checklist/SP Sheet Patient Chief complaint Colonoscopy cough diabetes Diagnostic Workup diarrhea Differential Diagnosis discussed initial diagnostic discussed initial management DISCUSSION Differential Diagnosis disease Doctor-Patient Relationship Entrance DOORWAY INFORMATION Opening electrolytes elicited data efficiently Examinee Checklist Building Examinee discussed initial Examinee elicited data Examinee identified his/her Examinee introduced Examinee recognized Examinee summarized Explain your clinical F presents fever Gram stain headache hematuria hepatosplenomegaly Hypothyroidism identified his/her role Illicit drug impression and workup infection INFORMATION Opening Scenario list his/her concerns MINICASES note after leaving palpation Pap smear Past surgical history PATIENT ENCOUNTER Patient Note Patient Note History Patient Response PRACTICE CASES PRACTICE pregnancy recognized the SP's Rectal exam responded with PEARLS Sample Closure sexual Sheet Patient Description SP to list SP's concerns SP's emotions SP's own words stool symptoms urine USMLE STEP vaginal Vital signs workup plan

About the author (2012)

Tao Le, MD, MHS, is Editor-in-Chief of the USMLE First Aid series. He earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco in 1996 and completed his residency training in internal medicine at Yale University and his allergy and immunology fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University. At Yale, he was a regular guest lecturer on USMLE review and an advisor to the Yale School of Medicine curriculum committee. Vikas Bhushan, MD practices diagnostic radiology from his home-base in Los Angeles, California.

Bibliographic information

TitleFirst Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS, Fourth Edition
First Aid USMLE
AuthorsTao Le, Vikas Bhushan, Mae Sheikh-Ali, Fadi Abu Shahin
Edition4, illustrated
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2012
ISBN0071760504, 9780071760508
Length459 pages
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