Ophthalmology Board Review: Pearls Of Wisdom, Second Edition Download Free (EPUB, PDF)

                
              
Ophthalmology Board Review: Pearls Of Wisdom, Second Edition Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the ophthalmology board exam? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need to know on exam day. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam success. Great for certification and re-certification, this high-yield review for the boards is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam.
Series: Pearls of Wisdom
Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical; 2 edition (September 20, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071464395
ISBN-13: 978-0071464390
Product Dimensions:  8.4 x 0.7 x 10.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:  4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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Thousands of straightforward questions followed by a concise answer. When reading this book you very quickly highlight your weaknesses and are prompted to go back to the text and review. I think that this book is most beneficial for knowing your stuff when getting pimped by attendings and fellows who tend to ask pointed questions during surgery or in clinic. This book has every question that they have ever thought to ask and many more. I would like to see some photos in this book with the same type of pointed questions since Ophthalmolgy is so dependant on clinical appearance for diagnosis and treatment. There is no dedicated pathology section, but all other topics including optics and pharmacology are tested.
4 stars instead of 5 because of silly editing errors and some wrong statements. Right off the bat they had the anterior and posterior lacrimal crests backwards and there are some other mis-spellings and grammatical errors.If you used the Step-2 quick review, this is near identical but with bigger font. Rapid fire questions and answers. Ophthoquestions is great, but not organized for initial studying and making comparisons/contrasts between pathology. It's a "quick read" and I still recommend Last Minute Optics for the optics review... this book is a little cumbersome for that.
This review book is a great, rapid fire question book with answers, similar to the Recall series most of us remember in medical school. So high yield I'm certain I bumped up my OKAP and Board scores by at least a few points. Some of the questions are out of date but so are the boards. Best section is the rapid fire optics questions. No pictures but that makes this book easier to review quickly, use it with the basic science books or friedman's open for pictures.
This is by no means a complete review book, but it's rather point by point of high yield facts. Note that rarely on the WQEs are the asking you such simple, factual questions. You're talking cases there--so you have to be able to use these points and apply them (think!)... and of course, it's never that clear cut. Still, if you're looking for a quick review...something to read through before an in-service quiz, the OKAPs, or prior to the WQEs, this might help.It's not as good as any of the First-Aid USMLE review books. There are no handy charts, etc. Heck, in looking through it, there are no pictures even. Two big flaws, IMHO--especially in ophthalmology which is so visually driven. This book could be done much better. In full disclosure, I returned it.There's a new version out of Chern's actual book, Ophthalmology Review Manual that looks good. A lot easier to get through than the BCSC (at least the first version was.) It also, to me, is a much better high yield review than this book. There are pictures, charts, graphs, etc. which I think you would be better off knowing than just bullet point after bullet point. Chern is 560 pages. This is 316 pages.You're going to want a separate Optics review, unless you were a physics major. Last-Minute Optics: A Concise Review of Optics, Refraction, and Contact Lenses is a time-tested favorite.Good luck. If money is an issue (which it is for most residents/fellows), this is not the first book nor the second book you buy. Buy the Chern questions. Your program probably gave you the BCSC, so buy the Chern Ophthalmology Review Manual as well. Then buy Optics, unless you're one of the guys who like/remember optics. Then buy this. If you don't have a good course that you can review/watch, then go for the Osler MP3 version. The Osler in-person Orals is extremely highly rated as well.
I think this book overall is a great resource. I love how it's easy to go from question to question in the way it's laid out.However, I think a lot of the details are too nitpicky and it's difficult to find information once you flipped the page. The organization of the questions are not the best and there are some repetitive questions in the same section.Overall I still would buy it simply because there isn't another resource similar to it.
I bought this book in order to study for my residency exam, it is almost enterely based on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Basic and Clinical Science Course. I love it, gives you key facts that you must know.
This book permits a fast and precise review covering all the issues ofophthalmology.A clear and concise question and answer for subspecialities is the clue for buying this book.
I've spent some time looking for a high yield review for the BCSC series, this book is it...it has a lot of high yield points the chief resident has been reviewing with us.
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