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Obstetrics and Gynecology [Paperback]

Beckmann (Author), Charles R.B. Beckmann (Editor), Frank W. Ling (Editor), Roger P. Smith (Editor), Barbara M. Barzansky (Editor), William N.P. Herbert (Editor), Douglas W. Laube (Editor)

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Established as a standard core textbook for the OB/GYN clerkship, Beckmann'sObstetrics and Gynecologyis now in its thoroughly updated Fifth Edition. This edition follows the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics' newest Educational Objectives, which are listed at the front of the book and correlated specifically to each chapter.

Over 2,200 up-to-date study questions and answers are included both in the book and on a free bound-in CD-ROM. A new two-color art program makes the illustrations more vivid and effective. Updated coverage includes new material on healthcare for women and medical and surgical conditions of pregnancy.

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Amazon.com: 3.9 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book of OB/GYN. The chapters are short and concise!, Feb 24 2006
By Shayanne Lajud Guerrero "Dr Lajud" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Obstetrics and Gynecology (Paperback)
I just finished my gynecology course and I pretty much didn't have to go anywhere else to look for further information. I aced my class. I love this book and I'd recommend it to anyone interested in learning the basics of Ob/Gyn. The chapters are very easy to read and it's especially designed for us Medical Students(not residents) who have little to study a specific subject, because they are short but have everything YOU as a Medical Student have to know.

I wish I had found it earlier when I took my Obstetrics course.

Buy it with confidence, you won't regret it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Obstetrics and Gynecology by Beckman, Dec 27 2006
By Darrell Wu - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Obstetrics and Gynecology (Paperback)
-easy to read, with short chapters-got through this twice on my rotation

-excellent diagrams and tables

-not sharp enough to pick up on ANY factual errors like yellow leaf

-good conceptual introduction to general OB/GYN

-explanation for answers are sparse, but at this level you should realize that you should read from different sources, you should be able to fill in the blanks, and you should be using other questions books

-supplemented with HY OB/GYN, Case Files, Pre-Test, and Blueprints Q&A to prepare for the shelf

-overall would recommend Beckman, HY, and Pre-test as minimal for shelf. Case Files was ok, but HY covered most of the points and I felt the clincal vignettes in HY was better for teaching you how to think like an OB/GYN. Blueprints was comparable to Pre-Test.

-for those looking for a more rigorous text, I felt NMS was better at explaining things in terms of basic science. And the questions weren't half bad (although I only went through about 1/3 of them). For this reason, those starting out thrid year with OB/GYN should consider using NMS.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Detailed info, but full of typos and errors, Oct 14 2006
By Yellow Leaf - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Obstetrics and Gynecology (Paperback)
Bought this book for my Ob/Gyn rotation, thinking it would be the best resource because it's designed around the APGO learning objectives, which the shelf exam is also supposedly based on.

Strengths:

- coverage of all topics you might see on the exam

- generally good resource for basic intro to ob/gyn

- some useful tables and graphs

- lots of multiple choice questions for testing recall after reading

Weaknesses:

- way too many typos and factual errors. This book has obviously been through multiple revisions over the years, without careful editing. For example, they say that you should get the tetanus booster shot once btw 14-16 yo. Most of us know that you should get this booster once every 10 years. There is way too much sloppiness in this book for it to be a reliable resource.

- questions are mostly pure factual recall; there is very little clinical reasoning. The shelf exam is almost entirely clinical vignettes with long stems, requiring clinical reasoning. So the book's questions are pretty much useless for preparing for the shelf.

- the questions on the CD-ROM are 95% the same as the back-of-chapter questions, but the answer choices are rearranged and there are more typos and incorrect answers marked. There is no reasoning given with the correct answer choice.

- the 5% of other questions are often outdated and seem to be left over from previous editions (e.g. questions on Norplant or other things that are not mentioned at all in the text).

- multiple diagrams seem to be left over from previous editions, not particularly clear; most of these should be redrawn. Some of the things you'd like to see in diagrams are not there.

- multiple tables have duplicate entries, or things have slipped from one column to another. Very sloppy typesetting/layout; poor design makes the book hard to read.

This is an OK resource for general background reading for the shelf. For better exam prep, I would recommend Case Files, which I used and liked very much; much easier read, with much better graphs and tables, organized for learning, understanding and retention.
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