Step-Up to Medicine (Step-Up Series)

This book is great for 3rd and 4th year rotations! Covers the important info about the most important diseases, without getting bogged down with too much extraneous info. There is also a great section that deals with how to work up common complaints such as chest pain or change in mental status, that is REALLY helpful on rotations. Also a great section on how to interpret EKG, xray and some physical exam pearls. I haven't taken step 2 yet so I can't say how helpful it is for that, but it definitely helps to fill in some knowledge gaps and is a great quick and informative reference. I would recommend it to any 3rd year student!

I used this for both family med and internal med clerkships. It is amazing. Everything you need is in this book. Read it, know it, and you'll ace the shelf exams.

I used this book during my MS3 internal medicine rotation. For a review book, it is quite thorough! Don't be fooled by its fairly slender size --- the pages are so information-dense that you'll likely need several weeks to get through the whole book. The chapters are divided into short sub-chapters, which makes the book easier to tackle when you have a few spare minutes on the wards. Most of the diagrams and flowcharts are very helpful --- in fact, I sometimes referred to them when my team wanted me to give presentations on specific topics. Combine this book with a good question source (like MKSAP 3) and you should be well-prepared for the internal medicine shelf. :)

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Step-up to medicine is a great book. I would recommend it to any 3rd year medical student on IM. It covers the entire subject matter better than any other sources. I used step up, case files, and did lots of questions, and preformed pretty well on the shelf. I would highly recommend this book, but would probably buy it through Barnes and Noble or your med schools book store. It is just not worth the hassle I dealt with with amazon to save a couple bucks.

Good high yield review, It lays out the basic knowledge base you should before encountering the problem in a clinical situation, but it by no means inclusive.
I would recommend pacing your reading throughout the entire rotation, it is not a good text to use to cram/quick review before the Step/Shelf.