Review of Surgery for ABSITE and Boards, 1e – May 27, 2010

Review of Surgery for ABSITE and Boards, 1e Paperback – May 27, 2010

Author: Christian DeVirgilio MD FAC | Language: English | ISBN: 1416046909 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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Review of Surgery for ABSITE and Boards, 1e – May 27, 2010
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• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1 Pap/Psc edition (May 27, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416046909
• ISBN-13: 978-1416046905
• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.3 x 10 inches
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Background: I'm a general surgery resident who has taken the ABSITE four times.

After going through the Johns Hopkins, Schwartz, and Rush ABSITE reviews before, I would say this book is the best. The questions are reasonable with well explained answers. The chapters cover a variety of subjects. Many are based on clinical scenarios or no-BS quick fire questions on anatomy / physiology.

This book isn't perfect. There are some EXCEPT questions (i.e. all these are true regarding popliteal artery aneurysms EXCEPT...) which use a format that doesn't appear on standardized tests. There's a dearth of the dreaded Basic Science questions; maybe that's why I 'enjoyed' this book more than others. Statistics and Legal/Ethical questions are absent. There are no chapters specifically dealing with gynecology, urology, or ortho. On the real thing, I encountered one version with a LOT of gynecology (i.e. inappropriate amount), and another with a lot of urology. Some of these subspecialties, though, are briefly touched on in other sections like trauma (ureteral injury). Some of the answers are listed incorrectly (i.e. they put A when they meant D), though you'll be able to tell, and the authors err less than Hopkins or Schwartz.

Despite (or perhaps because of) the above, the book is quite doable and makes for a surprisingly quick way to do 1400 questions. I would contrast this to Rush where it takes 1-2 hours to slog through a chapter. Some people say the test is basically in Rush, but the test is also in Greenfield's or Sabiston's. I can read this book and remain sane.

The online version is cumbersome (and I'm a fan of on-line question banks), but it's nice to have it available if you don't want to lug the book everywhere.

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