Books Crush Step 3: The Ultimate USMLE Step 3 Review (Secrets)
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Rating: - Great source if you want to pass the USMLE step 3
I highly recommend this book if you want to pass the USMLE step 3 exam. I used it with great success. I highly recommend 2 particular books for the USMLE 3 review: 1)CRUSH THE STEP 3, by Brochert and, 2) SWANSON'S FAMILY PRACTICE REVIEW, 4th Ed. by Tallia, Cardone, Howarth and Ibsen. The Blueprint series for the USMLE 2 and 3 did help me enlighten and strenghten my foundation on the topics I needed to learn more about. If you have time, I would read the Blueprint series as well. In addition, I would highly recommend using Kaplan's QBanks for the USMLE 3 review. Go to www.....com to access Kaplan's QBanks for a reasonable fee that's surely worth it. These sources have greatly helped me pass the USMLE 3 with little time to spare. If you want to further focus on particular topics while reviewing for the USMLE 3, I would suggest the following books as good concise references: 1) PROFESSIONAL GUIDE TO DISEASES, 7th Ed., by Springhouse, 2) CECIL ESSENTIALS OF MEDICINE, 5th Ed., By Carpenter, Griggs and Loscalzo and, 3) CURRENT MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT 2002/2003, By Tierney, McPhee and Papadakis. All the books I mentioned can be bought from Amazon.com. I read that the book BOARDS AND WARDS by Ayala and Spellberg is good, but I personally did not use it. Finally, I strongly believe that prayers do help in the review and passing for the USMLE.

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Rating: - The best for Step 2, a must ...
I took step 2 recently and this book was my primary review book, it was recommended by a friend and I really appreciated the advice. This book was written for step 3 but I can't tell with words how useful it was for me in step 2 along with the platinum notes 2002 from the same author, I highly recommend this book, specially chapters like surgery and peds are really high yield.

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Rating: - Yeah, crush it baby!
You can definitely crush the exam with this book. Very high-yield, well written, packed full of info (how did it all fit in 200 pages?). I did much better on step 3 compared to step 2 with this book, though I studied less. Powerful stuff...

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Rating: - excellent board prep
I used only this book and Swanson's to prepare for step 3 and not only felt confident while taking the boards--but aced them! The book even gives hints throughout about what sort of questions you will see on the boards. Since step 3 is quite different from steps 1 and 2 I found this quite helpful.