USMLE Step 3 White Coat Pocket Guide (Kaplan Medical USMLE)

Available for the first time, this handy pocket guide is the perfect reference for medical residents preparing to take the USMLE Step 3 exam. Portable and easy to carry in their lab coats, this guide helps residents study the highest-yield topics on the go during their grueling 80-hour work weeks. Using bolded text throughout to emphasize the most-tested material, USMLE STEP 3 White Coat Pocket Guide contains bulleted facts, outlines, lists, charts, tables, and algorithms. A full-color insert contains high-resolution pictures of key images students will need to identify on the exam. In the past, students would have to prepare a small guide of materials themselves. Now, Kaplan has provided this easy-to-use book that contains everything residents need in order to pass this final test before licensure.

Every year, 30 percent of the medical residents taking the USMLE Step 3 test fail. For anyone facing this rigorous exam, USMLE Step 3 White Coast Pocket Guide is the perfect companion to ensure a successful outcome.

Customer Reviews:

White Coat Pocket Guide (Giaccio, McWilliams) vs. Master the Boards (Fischer, Reichert)

By Anil B. Kabrawala - July 24, 2010

I'm sure many of you are wondering which book to choose: White Coat Pocket Guide or Master the Boards. Both are very good books and make great reviews for both Step 3 as well as Step 2. Nevertheless, White Coat Pocket Guide wins! The helpful algorithms and stronger focus on mechanism of action makes this book amazing. This book is also great for Step 2 because it incorporates pathophysiology, diagnosis, and next step in management, whereas Master the Boards only incorporates diagnosis and next step in management. Master the boards is also lacking strength in such things as arrhythmias and hematology/oncology, whereas this book pulls through strongly in both! White Coat Pocket Guide is overall very helpful and I would recommend it to anyone taking Step 2 as well as Step 3. In my opinion, I would choose White Coat Pocket Guide over Master the Boards.

Very concise and useful for quick review or quick reference

By W. Hsu - January 15, 2011

I bought this book recently as I'm going to prepare for step 3. I found this book is full of clear, concise, valuable and latest facts in 439 pages. Many thanks to authors and Kaplan to make such a useful book available. The size of printed words is comfortable to read; not too small like other pocket books. You can also have a few spaces at some pages to write down additional facts if you want to. This pocket guide will be also useful during on call and on duty for quick reference.

must have book

By anewone - May 20, 2011

Amazing book! Must have. I got it accidentally and was so much surprised.
Very well written, easy to read, no "water", just pure facts.
It's not a single book for step 3, one single book just doesn't exist. But it contains so many facts that you cannot find neither in Kaplan Lecture Notes nor in Fischer's "Master the boards".
Excellent algorithms, recent updated in care emphasized. Every word in this book is worthy.
It's half the price of "Crush" or "First Aid" and it's 1000 times better.
I'm sure in no time it'll become as popular as MTB.
Highly recommend.