Clinical Pathology Board Review

Highly recommend

Good overall. I looked for a list of errors online and didn't see one, so I'm listing the errors here as they come up.Ch 10. Q33b. D is more correct or at least should be as correct. Pyruvate kinase deficiency causes more burr cells more reliably than uremia.Ch 19. Q77. The answer 4122 is not listed. I used 1 IU/kg raises f8 by 2% and calculated 4122. This is further confirmed by EMPR online medical calculator. All board review materials list the conversion factor listed here and used by EMPR calculator.

Great question source, but traveling between questions/answers is bulky. The online version is no better (if not worse)... if you want to study "Hematology and Coag" for instance, there are 325 questions. When you choose any subject, you always have to go through the questions in the same order... ie you will look at the same 10, 20, 50, 324 questions first, and there is no way to select for 'unanswered' or 'random order'.When contacting Elsevier for assistance, I got this email in response:Thank you for contacting Elsevier.To better assist you, I will need the following information:• ISBN of the product• Please attach a Copy of Bill Receipt/Proof of Purchase• Picture Image of the book's Front and Back Cover• Picture Image of the Inside Cover showing the PIN/Redeem Code• Web Address/URL/Website from where this product is to be accessed• Registered account/E-mail address associated with the website• Where you obtained the product (Name of Book Store, Website, etc.)I am surprised they did not ask for a notarized birth certificate, SSN, and blood sample.Good book, but clumsy/bulky/poorly designed online portion with little to no assistance.

Great book for board review. I'm about 1/2 way through it, and impressed with the quality of the questions so far.

The content of this review question book is adequate. The associated website with the online question bank is just awful, though. I'm a US AP/CP resident studying for boards, and like many others, I've found online medical test prep question banks to be an an excellent study tool in the past: UWORLD served me well for steps I, II, and II, so I was looking for something similar to study for AP/CP boards. Well, unfortunately, the Elservier website associated with this book does not compare well to UWORLD.My main issue with the website design is that several of the features don't even work: you are shown the option of creating tests from your previously 'missed' questions, or from 'flagged' questions, but these options don't actually work (I've tried with Windows and Mac, and with multiple browsers). In the the main "create test" mode, you aren't shown the correct answer annotations when you get a question wrong: you can often infer it from a separately presented explanation, but some explanations are awful and you aren't able to figure out the right answer without going back and finding the same question in "study mode". Images are of horrible quality, or a question will sometimes refer to an image that simply does not exist.I could go on, but suffice to say, it feels as though they just collect the $100+ price of the book/online access, and say 'screw you' when it comes to lack of functionality of the website. We as pathology residents are a captive audience because there aren't many other options out there for question banks, but for the price of this book and website access, the abysmal quality of this website feels like a racket. I wish I had an alternative to recommend.....I did contact their customer service, but have not heard back yet (and doubt they will fix the website regardless).EDIT: I emailed the customer service email address listed on the website: I emailed three times, over the course of about three weeks. I provided screen shots of the issues I was having. No response! I'd suggest finding an alternative study resource.