Blueprints Obstetrics and Gynecology (Blueprints Series)

Customer Reviews

• Oustanding Overall Text  Jan 28, 2006 (14 of 14 found this helpful)

  This is best overall text I've seen for 3rd year clerkships in any subject so far. I was not a fan of Blueprints Surgery or Psychiatry, but this book does a lot of things well. It's readable, short enough to digest, summarizes things well, and is pretty thorough. I felt it was effective for both the shelf exam and knowing what was going on in the wards and clinic. It teaches the basics of such essentials like reading fetal heart rate strips, diagnosing UTIs, etc. This book also combines the pathophys of diseases with clinical skills very well.
  
  I would disagree with the other reviewer who said you need more in depth materials. 3rd year is as much about effective studying as depth of knowledge. Busting out resident-level texts or Up-to-date can bog you down. You need simple answers explained in a memorable way. Knowing the level of material in this book *throughly* should be enough to satisfy most of the residents and attendings you'll be working with.
  
  Case Files Ob/Gyn by Toy is the most time effective resource for the shelf, but this book is a more sturdy and lasting foundation for the rotation. The questions in the back are great as well, with effective explanations of answer choices.
  
  I just wish every rotation had something like this...

• The best review to prepare for USMLE Step 2  Apr 1, 2000 (13 of 13 found this helpful)

  This is a "must buy" book for the preparation of USMLE. Since OB/Gyn section in the "First Aid for Step 2" is weak, I have tried multiple review books, but this one is the BEST for USMLE. Although some topics are not described in detail enough (e.g. PCO, pelvic anatomy, etc), most of the high yield topics are very well covered, with lots of nice pictures. Doing many tests with this book aside will help you get a high score on OB/Gyn.

• Great review for a daunting rotation  Mar 20, 2005 (11 of 11 found this helpful)

  This was quite simply the only resource I needed for my ob/gyn rotation and shelf exam. There were very few questions on the exam that were not covered by ob/gyn blueprints, and all of those were ID/medicine-oriented (e.g., organism-specific antibiotic questions). I would recommend reading this book and only this book - read it 2 or 3 times. That is all I did, and it was one of my best shelf scores.

• All you need.  May 20, 2006 (8 of 8 found this helpful)

  This is one of the best of the blueprints series. This is all I read for the ob/gyn rotation. It is fairly comprehensive and will suffice for both the shelf exam at the end of a medical school clnical rotation and for usmle step 2. Unless your particularly interested in ob/gyn (and I was not), I wouldn't buy anything else on this topic.

• Excellent book for third-year medical students.  Dec 6, 1998 (8 of 8 found this helpful)

  This book gives a great overview of OB/GYN. It is helpful for the NBME shelf copies. Not very in-depth, desgined more for review as opposed to reference.