Surgery PreTest Self-Assessment and Review, Fourteenth Edition / Edition 14

by Tammy Lee, Lillian Kao

Overview

A perfect and portable way to succeed on your surgery rotation and the shelf exam

Surgery: PreTest Self-Assessment & Review is a targeted way to prepare for the surgery clerkship. You’ll find hundreds of questions that cover the content you’ll encounter on the actual shelf exam. The range of question topics covers the clerkship's core competencies and each question includes high yield explanations of both correct and incorrect answers. All questions have been reviewed by students who successfully completed their clerkship to ensure that topics and questions align directly with today’s surgery clerkships.

• Hundreds of questions just like you’ll see on the shelf exam
• High yield explanations for right and wrong answers
• Targets what you really need to know for clerkship success
• Updated to include all relevant advances in the surgery field
• Student tested and reviewed

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781260143614
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	01/10/2020
Edition description:	14th ed.
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	713,375
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 12.00(h) x 3.60(d)

About the Author

Lilian S. Kao, MD, is a professor in the Department of Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.


Ethan A. Taub, DO, is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.


Casey B. Duncan, MD, MS, is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Carol Scott-Conner, MD, PhD, MBA, MFA (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)
Description: This is the fourteenth edition of a compendium of over 450 questions similar to those encountered during the surgery part of Step 2 or Step 3 of the USMLE exams. The previous edition was published in 2012 and this new edition is definitely warranted by the rapid pace of knowledge in the field.
Purpose: It is "intended to provide medical students, as well as house officers and physicians, with a convenient tool for assessing and improving their knowledge of surgery." These are worthy goals, as there is a nearly insatiable market for such books. There is always room for one more, particularly one that is as clear and instructive as this one. The book fully meets its authors' stated objectives.
Audience: This review will be useful for anyone — medical students, residents, surgeons — preparing to take a multiple-choice exam on the clinical aspects of surgery. Although aimed at Step 2 of the USMLE, the book would be equally valuable for residents or trained surgeons preparing for the boards. The authors are highly credible authorities.
Features: The 14 sections span the gamut from preoperative and postoperative care through various organ systems into the subspecialties such as pediatric surgery. Each section includes a generous number of clearly written multiple choice questions. These are presented in the classic format of a short clinical vignette (sometimes with an image) and then five choices (one best answer). After the questions, each section includes a clear answer key with short text explaining (and teaching) why the answer is correct.
Assessment: This is a high-quality offering in a field where there are many such books. I found the questions and explanations to be exceptionally clear and well written. The questions are challenging enough to be useful to trained surgeons who seek a Q&A review. It will be of value not only to its intended audience, but also to older surgeons facing a multiple-choice examination as part of maintenance of certification. The new edition is fully justified.

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