Surgery

This is not one of the better blueprint books. I'd start with a copy of Surgical Recall and the NMS casebook and see if you really want a more structured textbook reading experience after going through those. Surgery blueprints does not provide enough detail to do a formal case presentation / writeup off of or to really do well on the shelf. It does, however, provide a good overview of the key disease and treatments in surgery. If I thought another book did a better job I'd give this a three star rating but for this amount of space to cover this amount of material I can't imaging anyone really doing a great job.

The condition of this book seemed brand new. It is in excellent condition and truly a great buy. I am very happy with my purchase.

the shelf exam emphasized all the main topics that were indeed covered in blueprints surgery. The shelf exam emphasizes application of concepts, there is no single text or question source out there that is so comprehensive that you will be able to take the shelf and generate the answer on the basis of straight memory recall. You need to be able to answer the questions de novo and apply what you've learned. Blueprints Q & A was a great accompaniment to blueprints surgery and there were actually repeat questions on the shelf exam from blueprints q & a. I read blueprints Q & A, and blueprints surgery, half of preTest, most of First Aid, and also Underground clinical vignettes for the shelf, I didn't learn a whole lot on rounds in the clerkship, but when I took the shelf I felt like there wasn't really anything on the shelf that wasn't discussed in blueprints.

I did particularly well on the surgical subcategory of Step 2, and it's owed to this book. Hands down, it's the best, highest-yield 3rd/4th year review for surgical disease - including epidemiology, symptoms, signs, diagnosis, and management. Awesome for review before the big test; also useful for overview of surgical diseases during your clerkship. One small complaint: it costs lots of dollars for about 100 pages.

blue prints surgery is a very good review book for surgery .it is just 113 pages which makes it very easy to study and covers the important topics tested in the usmle. has got very good diagrams and tables.not for indepth study, but good source of reveiw for the boards.i recommend this book for anyone preparing for the boards.