Blueprints Surgery by Seth J. Karp, Stanley Zaslau, James Pg Morris

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Synopsis

Part of the Blueprints series, Blueprints Surgery provides a concise review of what students need to know in their surgery rotations or the Boards. Each chapter is brief and includes pedagogical features such as bolded key words, tables, figures, and key points boxes. This edition has been thoroughly updated and significantly expanded, with more detail and depth of coverage, additional tables and figures, and case studies. A question-and-answer section at the end of the book includes 100 board-format questions with complete rationales for each answer choice.

A companion Website includes a question bank and fully searchable text.

Annotation

More than a Board review for USMLE Steps 2 and 3, Blueprints Surgery, Fourth Edition can help you during clerkship rotations and subinternship. This popular Blueprints book has been refined and updated while keeping its concise, organized style and clinical high-yield content. Features include USMLE-style questions and answers with full explanations; Key Points in every section; and a color-enhanced design that increases the usefulness of figures and tables. This edition has more questions and answers, new chapters, and a new appendix on commonly used operation notes. Each chapter ends with evidence-based references (journals) for students to do additional reading/research.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Carol Scott-Conner, MD, PhD (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics)
Description:This is a compact book of 60 surgical cases, organized by presenting symptom (e.g. "obesity" or "vomiting blood") with accompanying questions for self-study and discussion. It replaces a 2002 edition.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide readers (medical students or junior residents) with material to supplement their clinical experience. The cases are chosen to be representative of the spectrum of clinical problems encountered by trainees. The book achieves this worthy goal.
Audience:Written for medical students and junior residents, the book appears admirably suited to this audience. It will appeal to a secondary audience of surgical educators seeking to refresh their approach to case-based learning, and to surgeons studying for their board exams. The three authors span the gamut from general surgery through vascular surgery and obstetrics/gynecology.
Features:The organization by presenting complaint is unique. Although each case eventually ends in a specific diagnosis, the whole range of diagnostic possibilities is discussed. The writing is extremely lucid and the cases are quite real. The book would benefit from inclusion of more images (radiographs, ultrasounds, etc.) .
Assessment:This is an excellent and extremely readable book that will be of value to trainees at various stages of development. Attending surgeons might find it useful as a model for Socratic teaching. The rapid progress in the field justifies the new edition.