Product Description

Features:

• Hundreds of exam-style questions in USMLE vignette format
• Comprehensive and detailed explanations of the correct and incorrect answer choices
• Coverage of the most exam-relevant subjects to help students prepare efficiently
• Test-taking and study strategy instruction with expert perspectives on how to prepare for the exams
• More practice questions with detailed answer explanations online

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27650 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 624 pages

About the Author
Kaplan Medical, the health sciences division of Kaplan Inc., is a leading provider of test preparation for medical licensure in the U.S. Kaplan Medical combines an exclusive combination of more than 30 years of experience with their test-expert resources to help thousands of medical students and doctors successfully prepare for the USMLE Steps 1, 2 and 3, and the Clinical Skills (CS) exam each year.

Customer Reviews

Great supplement and preparation tool
This book was a great resource is preparing for Step 3. The questions on Step 3 are different than Steps 1 or 2, requiring a different approach. The explanations are great. I found 4 ridiculous questions that were either way out of date or were so silly that they would never appear on the test. It seemed that about 10% of the questions on Step 3 were almost identical to this book. I only wish there were scenarios similar to the simulated pateints found at the end of the 2nd day.

Great for Qs practice
The famous great Q source for step 3, of course and needless to mention its not a replace to usmleworld , but it is a very good supplement

the Qs are well written in a true exam style with very good explanations , the length if the Qs is optimal , this is not an issue for step 1 or 2, but it is a real issue for step 3, so train yourself for the marathon, yep it is a marathon, i look to step 1 as a 100 meters sprint and step 2 as a 400 meters sprint but step 3 mmmm a marathon, so be train for it as much as you can.

i think it is even better than the on-line Q Bank (Kaplan)

Excellent analytical questions and detailed explanations
This was a great purchase - really tough questions with thorough explanations - in contrast to some other review books with insufficient explanations. My favorite feature was that it explained all the choices in the answer instead of just the correct one, so you could know why your response was wrong or right. I was impressed with Kaplan's book.

To add to this review, I just took Step 3 on May 7 and 8. I thought that this book was really true to the questions on the actual test in length, style, and difficulty level. I also used appleton and lange's question book and would not recommend it since it is way, way, way easier than the actual exam. I hope I pass, and if I had to, God forbid, do it over again, I would study even more kaplan questions and get more resources to prep for CSS.