First Aid for the Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship

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Succeed in the Clerkship, Impress on the Wards
* High-Yield Topics
* Student-Recommended Resources, Opportunities, Scholarships

REAL ANSWERS TO CLERKSHIP QUESTIONS
* The only student-to-student, step-by-step guide to clerkship success
* Detailed how-to-succeed and what-to-study guidance from ob/gyn clerkship vets
* Hundreds of recently tested high-yield topics from shelf exams and the USMLE Step 2
* Insider tips for outstanding performance from students who’ve been there
* "Classifieds" do the research for you, featuring high-yield websites and top extracurricular opportunities and scholarships
* Tear-out cards with essential wards information in pocket-ready format

The Student-to-Student Guide
* Discover med students’ "secret weapon" for the clinical clerkship
* Impress on the wards and succeed in the clerkship
* Get answers to shelf-exam questions from students who passed
* Save time with high-yield topics, mnemonics, and pocket-ready reminders
* Apply the First Aid formula for clerkship success!

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(7 customer reviews)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

poor compared to blueprints, August 7, 2006

Grendle (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Aid for the Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship (Paperback)

I bought this book as well as Blueprints and Case Files because they were all highly rated. Generally I found Blueprints to be far better than First Aid. It is better in preparing you for the shelf and for pimping on the rounds. I found First Aid to be poorly organized and not nearly detailed enough for the shelf. The book is organized into an outline format with lots and lots of lists and bullets with little explanation and few useful mnemonics to actually help you retain the data. There were also lots of "pearls" on the margins that were more distracting than useful. Finally the book suffers from not having a table of common acronyms which made it extremely difficult to read/understand in the first week or two. Though I can imagine this book being a good review once you've already gone through the material (that's what I ended up using it for), in my opinion it is wholly inadequate as your only reading source. Blueprints and Case Files, along with a question book, are what...Read more

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful

A must on OB Rotation., March 25, 2005

M. Shnayder - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Aid for the Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship (Paperback)

Well, I just took the shelf today and can truly tell that reading this book more than once would have been beneficial.

If you have used previous First Aid books, this one is written in the similar format with many useful facts on the sides of the pages.

I read Blueprints and that was useful, however, when it came down to knowing the facts and being able to recollect them easily and quickly than this book does it best. I would recommend going through it twice (once slowly and another time as a refresher)

However, you do also need a Question book for the shelf.

I am definitely keeping this book to study for Step 2.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Excellent book..., February 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: First Aid for the Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship (Paperback)

If you don't want to plow through 600+ pages of Beckmann, or some other text (i.e. you aren't aiming to specialize in OB/Gyn), you'll love this book. Information is well organized and easy to get through if you enjoy the First Aid format. I never liked the texts...I loved the BRS outline style and First Aid books. I haven't taken the shelf exam yet, but as for my last 2 months on the wards, this book has been a great resource.