In fact, some of the diseases seem to have very very similar verbage to the explanations in UWorld, which makes me wonder if the writers got smart and started using UWorld to help organize the information in First Aid.My only complaint would be that the actual text in the book is quite large, and there is not much free space to take notes on the pages. I have been using it along with UWorld and so far it has had most of the information to answer the questions. The format is nice in that for each disease it lists a small explanation of patho/phys, then proceeds with history/presentation, diagnostic tools and treatment/management. ⭐ So far I have been pretty impressed with this book. Overall, I think it is a solid resource to use throughout 3rd year. The book also has a lot of tables that compare and contrast similar disease processes. The book also contains some mnemonics, key facts, and even short questions in the side columns (where you can also write notes). Ya it may not be as perfect as First Aid for Step 1, but as far as the resources out there go, this one is pretty easy to get used to. It’s well organized and goes into a good amount of detail for most of the high yield topics that will be tested on Step CK.
⭐ I’ve spent over a week with this book, and so far I like it. Psychiatry, Surgery, and some major diseases such as AIDS, CAD, DM, prostate cancer, breast cancer … are much better in Yale-G’s. ⭐ Pros: Useful brief summary of common diseases with many figures.Cons: Not covering as many subjects and not as updated, comprehensive, and detailed as Yale-G First Aid: Crush USMLE Step 2CK n 3. There are other books out there that will be worth your money long before you’ll ever need to resort to buying this book. But I would recommend focusing your energy on the Uworld Step 2 CK Question Bank for an idea of what information is need-to-know and what information is just fluff. There are “Key Facts” listed in the margins of each page with high yield factoids, as well as some brief classic case presentations that will make you guess the diagnosis/next step in evaluation, and those are actually pretty good. My point here is that somehow these guys found a way to simultaneously LEAVE OUT some of the most important information and GIVE WAY TOO MUCH of the most useless information.The book is not completely useless, but it’s not great either–especially for being a $50 book. Seriously, you will see single boxes of text with multiple paragraphs inside them. Also, lots of unappetizing tables with way too much text that will just make your eyes glaze over when you try to read them. It’s almost like they were just trying to meet a word count in some sections there’s so much unnecessary information. This issue occurs in other subheadings as well. It’s just not very readable.Also, many of the treatments they list for specific conditions are far too inclusive–at times they give 4 or 5 medications that could possibly treat an illness when it is clear you only need to know the one “classic” treatment, or possibly the 2nd-line option. There’s practically no use of bold or underlined words to help point out key terms or buzzwords to know, and many of paragraph-long explanations could easily be turned into bullet points or a short list.
Many of the subheadings are written in long paragraph form and are a pain to read through, especially since they contain a lot of unnecessary information. Each disease is explained in a generic format like this:-Pathophysiology-History/PE Findings-How to make the diagnosis-Treatment-ComplicationsThis would make for a great layout–only they don’t explain things very well within each subheading. And for the conditions they do list, some of the most important information to know with that condition is often missing.The book’s organization is poor-to-average, depending on which chapter you’re in. More specifically, there are a number of medical conditions that you need to know for shelf exams and Step 2 that are simply not covered in this book. I found the content under each disease listing to be surprisingly inadequate. ⭐ If you’re looking for a First Aid similar to the go-to Step 1 source you used in 2nd year of med school, this is not the book. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content: Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. From the Publisher Tao Le, MD, MHS is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Louisville.Vikas Bhushan, MD is a practicing diagnostic radiologist.
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