Reviews and Notes: Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review 1994-95

Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review 1994-95

UBS Prakash; ed. 894 pages. Rochester, MN: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 1994. $89.95. ISBN 0-9627865-1-9. Order phone 800-759-0190.

From its humble but commendable dedication to the Mayo residents and fellows to its understated purpose and its dynamic ending with answers to questions, this book was obviously meant to be widely read and used. Its philosophical and academic strength is that it uses a well-integrated, multidisciplinary approach in its format; this approach is similar to the way in which Mayo residents and fellows are taught, with the goal of making them well-rounded clinicians.

The text's 29 chapters were prepared by 30 specialists; they are organized in a nonprejudicial alphabetical order from “Allergy” to “Vascular Diseases.” In his preface, the editor-in-chief states that he assumes that candidates have studied at length …