دانلود کتاب MedStudy 2014 Internal Medicine Board-Style Questions

The questions, answers, and explanations in this learning activity are developed by specialty and subspecialty
experts who are additionally physician educators.
The questions in this book are reflective of the questions on the Board exams. As a result, you will find that the
percentage of questions by topic in this activity mirrors the Board template. You will find questions of varying
length here. The very short ones are designed to nail home an important point you need to know and remember for
your Boards. The lengthier questions help you integrate content on a subject with additional clinical information
to better simulate a real-life patient scenario. This helps you recognize disease states and associated treatment,
which is a skill heavily tested on Board exams. Some selected patient case scenarios may appear more than once
with only slight variations, with the associated questions addressing different diagnoses and treatment aspects
of the case. This is in keeping with the approach Board questions take in limiting patient case assessments to one
key testing point.
In short, this Q&A material is designed to impart not only relevant knowledge for IM Board exams but also
challenge your skills in interpretation and intervention, which is what Board exams attempt to assess. This is why
we call these, appropriately, “Board-style” questions and answers.
There is a popular misconception that members of organizations perceived to be associated with medical boards
write Board exam questions; e.g., ACP/MKSAP with the American Board of Internal Medicine or AAP/PREP
with the American Board of Pediatrics. Not only is this not true, it is actually forbidden for anyone to write formal
Board exam questions if they work for a company or organization in the business of producing Board preparation
materials. This would compromise the integrity of the examining process.
MedStudy is proud to be able to bring you Board-style questions and answers of the highest quality—to offer you
education that is relevant in a format that reinforces your knowledge to prepare you well for whatever challenge
the ABIM Board exam presents to you. One final note: Even the best question-and-answer exercise by itself is not
an adequate preparation for a Board exam. These Q&As should be used as an adjunct to a comprehensive Board
review course—such as MedStudy’s Internal Medicine Review Core Curriculum. The Boards cover a vast realm
of information that Board simulation Q&As alone cannot encompass.