NMS Review for the USMLE Step 3 (Book with CD-ROM) 
asked by literary on November 29, 2006 7:36 AM
An awaited component to NMS review books, NMS Review for the USMLE Step 3 keeps the gold standard. The question-and-answer format correlates with the revised USMLE format. There are 600 multiple-choice items contained in four separate 150-question examinations, designed to cover important clinical encounter frames and physician tasks, and to consider each clinical setting found on the actual USMLE Step 3 exam: office-based, hospital-based, emergency department-based and satellite clinic-based. Answers are followed by detailed discussions. This thorough review and preparation book also features clinical encounter levels from USMLE Step 3, namely, the initial visit setting, continued care and emergency care.
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Just do qbank or qbook. Don't buy, don't borrow, don't waste your time.
reviewed by advisor on November 29, 2006 3:08 PM
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This question book is an okay review of subjects if you perfer a Q/A format way of learning. However, the question format and style of questions are not similar to the USMLE Step 3. There are few Negative questions (eg. all of the following except) in the USMLE Step 3 and at the most, there are 3 questions following a passage (In NMS, there can be up to 6-7 questions following a passage). I found the NMS review to be too detailed (like questions we see in Step 1 and 2- eg) indirect inguinal hernias are medial to what structure.....)
I found the Kaplan Q book the most similar to the style and content of USMLE Step 3 (However, the passages in Kaplan tend to be very long and detailed). A good review book is Crush Step 3 as well. Good Luck!
I found the Kaplan Q book the most similar to the style and content of USMLE Step 3 (However, the passages in Kaplan tend to be very long and detailed). A good review book is Crush Step 3 as well. Good Luck!
reviewed by steelers on November 29, 2006 6:44 PM
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I'll admit, I made a mistake. I decided to hold off taking Step 3 until two months before my pediatric residency was finished. Back then, it wasn't required to maintain your residency in this state. So you can imagine, after nearly 3 years of pediatric medicine, how far removed I was from a lot of adult medical issues. I used two books, this one and "Crush step 3." Both were definitely helpful, but I felt this one by far helped me the most. Sure the question formats are not exactly like the real test. But Q and A style studying tends to make me retain the information much better than just passive reading. The explanations are quite thorough and the difficulty of the questions were just about the same for the real test. NMS has always been good to me when taking the previous two steps of the USMLE, and they didn't let me down with step 3.
reviewed by noreason on November 29, 2006 7:05 PM