Brochert's Crush Step 3

This best-selling resource is completely updated, and still the most easy-to-use and effective high-yield review for USMLE Step 3. Covering all specialties and subspecialties included on the exam, it’s perfect for the busy house officer who needs a review that hits all the important and commonly tested concepts in a concise format. Over 100 high-yield figures illustrate important concepts, conditions, and imaging modalities. Get tips, insights, and guidance on how best to prepare and what to expect with the reader-friendly, succinct, and engaging writing style of best-selling author Adam Brochert, MD. New to this edition Presents updated case scenarios mirroring those on the Step 3 exam to keep you abreast of changes to the exam. Includes additional high-yield figures to be more relevant to recent administrations of the exam. Addresses current practice with updated diagnosis and treatment guidelines. Author Info By Mayur Movalia, MD, Hematopathologist, Dahl-Chase Pathology Associates; Medical Director, Flow Cytometry Laboratory, Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services; Medical Director, Affiliated Laboratories, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine; Medical Director, Cancer Care of Maine Laboratory, Brewer, Maine; Medical Director, Mount Desert Island Hospital Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine; Faculty, University of Maine, Orono, Maine and Theodore X. O'Connell, MD, Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills, Woodland Hills, California; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Partner Physician, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Woodland Hills, California Table of Contents: Introduction 1. Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics Adult Screening Guidelines Adult Immunizations Vitamins and Minerals Epidemiology Biostatistics 2. Pediatrics and Pediatric Subspecialties General Pediatrics Genetics Pediatric Subspecialties 3. Internal Medicine and Medical Subspecialties General Internal Medicine Cardiology Dermatology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Hematology Immunology and Infectious Disease Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pulmonology Rheumatology 4. Gynecology and Obstetrics Gynecology Obstetrics 5. Psychiatry and Ethics Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Somatoform Disorders Personality Disorders Miscellaneous Drugs of Abuse Ethics 6. Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties Trauma General Surgery Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery Neurosurgery Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Urology Transplant Medicine Vascular Surgery 7. Radiology, Laboratory Medicine, and Pharmacology Radiology Laboratory Medicine Pharmacology 8. Images Appendix: Abbreviations