Step-up to Medicine

precise and to the point

It has no scratch code + paper quality is very poor.it is duplicate

The book I received feels like a colored photocopy of the original. The xrays and images are so blurred, it’s practically useless.

Bad

Buen Libro

Great for wards, studying for step 2, and reference in the future. A lot of information, but very thorough. Some friends did not like it as they preferred question based resources, but I loved it.

As advised by a colleague

Libro e contenuti ottimi cosa che già sapevo avendolo letto, molto deluso per la copertina rovinata essendo stato inviato senza pellicola di imballaggio.

This is one of the best review books I have read. Is it a little big? Sure, it's not the smallest review book but medicine is a very broad subject! This book does a great job in capturing the key aspects of the most important pathologies. In the past while reading review books for preclinical exams, I sometimes found material to be lacking in unexpected areas. If I'm following a patient with heart failure, this book discussed the most important aspects of heart failure. This is simply a review book and thus no matter how great it is, the material in this book cannot be used as a primary source and should be supplemented with something else like uptodate or Harrison's imo. For example, the book will discuss the beneficial use of some antibiotics like azithromycin in certain pulmonary patients, but doesn't discuss the anti-inflammatory role of macrolides like azithro. Despite this I really enjoy reading this edition of step up. I have found only a few mistakes in the book, but nothing content related. I am very pleased with this purchase and recommend this book to any student on a medical clerkship or preparing for the shelf!