Last Minute Pediatrics : A Concise Review for the Specialty Boards

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Summary: A Must Have - Comprehensive Yet Concise
Review: I am a Chief Resident in Pediatrics and personally used this book to prepare for my board exam. Those that are looking for high-yield subject reviews will be thrilled by this excellent guide. The book is written mostly by fellows, who are: (1) actively studying the material about which they contribute, and (2) recent veterans of the examination process. They are also busy people who realize that real-world board preparation requires a well organized interface which is, among other things, cheap and easy to carry around. Chapters are specialty-specific and data are organized in clear, bulleted summaries with many tables & charts, all of which incorporate the key associations that the ABP insists you know. There are few figures & no clinical photographs; but that's what Zitelli's is for. Supplement your PREP self-assessment questions with this user-friendly review, and you're good to go. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Dry, riddled with typos, endless lists
Review: I did pass the boards (first time taker) but did not find this book helpful. It was full of errors. It was also very dry and did not suit my style of learning at all. This book is not horrible and I'm sure is useful for many people but it was painful to get through (even more painful than studying for the boards has to be). I used Laughing your way to passing the pediatric boards and absolutely loved it.