Preventive Medicine and Public Health: Pretest Self-Assessment and Review (Pretest Series) by Sylvie Ratelle, Pretest

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PreTest® is the medical student's most dynamic weapon for mastering the USMLE Step 2.*Designed to simulate the USMLE Step 2 *Reviewed by recently tested students *Mimics the real exam, question by question PreTest is the closest you can get to seeing the test before you take it. This one-of-a-kind test prep guide helps you: *Get to know material on the actual exam *Practice with 500 multiple-choice questions, many with clinical vignettes *Build confidence, skills, and knowledge *Learn key facts *Find references with every answer There are plenty of answers out there. But only PreTest® delivers USMLE-type questions, in USMLE format. Open this PreTest for: *Format that simulates the exam *500 board-type questions *Referenced answers *Best prep there is for preventive medicine and public health questions on the USMLE Step 2 Great for course review and clinical rotations, too! Preventive Medicine and Public Health PreTest asks the right questions so you'll know the right answers. Open it and start learning what's on the test. "The annotated answers are a strength of this book…The types of questions in the manuscript parallel the format of those on the USMLE Step 2." —a medical student who recently passed the USMLE Step 2

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Reviewer:Sara Jane Gainor, MBA, LSW, NCAC (West Virginia University)
Description:This book provides questions for self-assessment and information for review for the public health and epidemiology sections of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam. This is the 9th edition; the original publication came out in 1976. It contains 500 questions with answers and an extensive bibliography.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide medical students and physicians with a comprehensive and convenient instrument for self-assessment and review in the field of epidemiology and public health. The format of the questions parallels the questions contained in the USMLE. The information places an emphasis on the importance of the knowledge to the practice of clinical medicine. This is especially important because these topics don't always receive the attention they deserve in the undergraduate medical school curriculum.
Audience:The book is written specifically for the use of medical students and physicians, but the information can be useful to other health science disciplines as well. The author appears to be eminently qualified to complete such as work as she is an MD and MPH and currently works in the field of prevention.
Features:The book is broken down into sections related to epidemiology, prevention, and issues of public health including biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, provision of health services, and legal and ethical issues. Each section contains a series of questions followed by the answers accompanied by explanations. References are included to encourage further exploration of the topic and verification of theinformation. These features allow the user to take the tests, review the answers, and identify gaps in knowledge. This is better than the usual presentation of information.
Assessment:I find this book to be an excellent study guide and would recommend it to any student preparing for the USMLE as well as to practitioners who want to update their knowledge in the areas of preventive medicine, epidemiology, and public health.

Biography

Director, STD Prevention Training Center of New England.

Medical Consultant, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention,

Massachusetts Department of Public Health,

Boston, Massachusetts.

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine;

Associate Director of Preventive Medicine Residency Program,

University of Massachusetts School of Medicine,

Worcester, Massachusetts.