Series: PreTest Basic Science
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 6 edition (March 23, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071471804
ISBN-13: 978-0071471800
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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As a first year medical student, my school requires the NBME Shelf exams be taken as the final exam in our Neuroanatomy class. Our professor is new and does not prepare us well for this exam (last year's class averaged the 12th percentile). A friend of mine recommended this book to be and I read it twice 5 days before the shelf exam and I scored in the 94th percentile. I can honestly say that this book was key in my preparation and if you can learn this book and learn it well, you have a great understanding of medical neuroscience and will do well on the shelf exam.The book itself is in a great format: 500 questions with answers and explanations. The best part is, the explanations are grouped together if questions are related to one another so the explanations almost read like a textbook. Even if you have had bad experiences with the Pre-test series, I believe that this one is unbeatable and much MUCH better review than the BRS, at least for the shelf exam.
I purchased this text to prepare for the NBME shelf exam in neuroscience. While the text does a great job emphasizing the different aspect of CNS neuroscience, it is week on the PNS which is extensively tested on the shelf exam. Also, there is no psychopathology or neuropathology, two topics which are also tested on the NBME shelf. Therefore, you will need additional study material for those topics. Otherwise, a great text. It might prove more useful for the step 1.
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