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You will learn how to:

* Spot the buzz words in the questions that reveal the correct answers.

* Use Mnemonics that work

* Use proven strategies that make study and review time more efficient

* Implement the successful exam preparation strategies that have worked for thousands of Board candidates.

Our 5th Edition offers our acclaimed feature: Clinical Case Scenarios.

The clinical case scenarios help you understand how you can be diverted away from the correct answer and even fall prey because you know too much. This can often be the difference between passing and failing the exam.

Within our 5th Edition, we will help you identify the:

Case Study: Here we will present you with the case study or summarize how they might present a given vignette

The Diversion: Here we explain how you might be diverted from the correct answer. The diversion can come in many forms.

The Answer Revealed: Here we reveal the correct answer and show you how the correct answer can be deduced by carefully teasing out the important information and filtering out the diversionary material.

With more Anatomical Illustrations and a new Treatment Icon to facilitate your review, the 5th Edition of Laughing Your Way to Passing the Pediatric Boards is a must have for your Pediatric Certification review.

The 5th edition contains new icons that include:

Definition- This points to a definition

Perils- This alerts you to possible big mistakes and traps that can be laid down for you on the exam

Mnemonic Device- This indicated a mnemonic that will help you memorize difficult but important information

Hot tip- "This draws attention to a "Board Pearl," to help you on potential trouble areas in the exam

Myth- This signifies a popularly held myth that isn't true. This is a classic trap laid by Board Examiners

Buzz Words- This describes buzzwords or key phrases that are typical for a given disorder. By learning this, you will often be able to recognize the answer in the wording of the question itself.

Down to two choices- This points out minute differences between similar disorders, which are critical to answering many questions correctly.

Take home message- Important take home points to remember.

Treatment- This points to specific treatments for a given diagnosis or disorder.

Memorizing to remember is often not enough. Learning so it is impossible to forget will let you pass this important exam. This book shows you how.

-Symphonic Mnemonics contains high yield facts in an easy to recall format

-It contains 100 Self Assessment Questions and Answers

-2nd Edition Contains dozens of additional and revised mnemonics

This book is crucial if you are preparing for the:
-Pediatric Board Certification Exam
-Pediatric MOC and Recertification Exam
-Family Practice Boards
-USMLE Step 2
-NCLEX RN Exam
-Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam
-Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam

* Spot the buzz words in the questions which reveal the most likely answers immediately rather than being bogged down on one question for long.

* Use Mnemonics that work because they are funny, related to the material, and sometimes so bizarre that they become impossible to forget!

* Use proven strategies that make study and review time more efficient.

* Clinical scenarios are presented throughout the text to help you approach the Computer Case Simulations in a systematic and efficient fashion.

Memorizing to remember is often not enough. Learning so it is impossible to forget is what is required to pass this important exam -- this guide will show you how!

Passing the exam is a specialized skill that requires you to know the material in a specific way that is outlined in our series. Part of this process is knowing intricate details of the material and being able to recall it.

Like other titles in our “Laughing Your Way” series, the material is presented not only in a way that is easy to remember…but in a way that's impossible to forget!

Memorizing to remember is often not enough. Learning so it is impossible to forget will let you pass this important exam. -- this guide shows you how!

Our Self Assessment Q&A will provide you with:

* 250 NEW, REVISED AND UPDATED Question and Answers, divided by specialty, allowing you to focus on the areas that need the most work.

* Our popular margin icons alert you to important material including warnings of areas where you can easily be tricked, and important definitions.

* High-yield questions based after actual board questions.

Like other titles in our “Laughing Your Way” series, the material is presented not only in a way that is easy to remember…but in a way that's impossible to forget!

Memorizing to remember is often not enough. Learning so it is impossible to forget will let you pass this important exam. -- this guide shows you how!

Among the many features are:

* Over 125 detailed Clinical Case Scenarios with 2-3 questions each as they would likely appear on your exam!

* We provide you with a proven system to break down each vignette systematically to avoid the diversions inherent within.

* Our Answer section contains several icon signposts indicating the significance of the highlighted material as follows:

1. Pert Neg. – Pertinent negatives which rule out possibilities in the differential diagnosis
2. The Diversion – Diversions and tricks which might divert you from the correct answers.
3. Putting numbers into words – Putting data and other lab values into descriptive adjectives which would be helpful in jogging your memory.
4. Answers revealed – Indicates text which reveals the answer and is critical to answering the series of questions correctly.
5. Insider tips – Important tips from those who have been there before.
6. Perils – Indicates areas that are notorious for tricking and tripping up exam takers.
7. Either Or – Indicates similar diagnoses with minute differences and how to distinguish them
8. Buzz Words – Indicate classic phrases and descriptions which are pathognomonic for a given diagnosis.
9. Mnemonic – A mnemonic device for locking specific information into memory.

Our Self Assessment Q&A Volume 3 is the perfect companion to our other pediatric board review texts, each focusing on what needs to be reviewed and what needs to be strengthened. Whether you are preparing for the Pediatric Board Exam, the Pediatric Recertification Exam, an in-service exam, or are just looking to sharpen your clinical diagnostic skills, this book will help you approach diagnostic workups in a focused fashion with confidence.

Passing the exam is a specialized skill that requires you to know the material in a specific way that is outlined in our series. Part of this process is knowing intricate details of the material and being able to recall it.

* 400 NEW, REVISED, AND UPDATED Question and Answers, divided by specialty, allowing you to focus on the areas that need the most work.

* Questions that Focus on High Yield Material

* Includes the most frequently tested and emphasized concepts for your examination.

* Spot the keywords used on the exam to help you determine the most likely answers quickly and efficiently, leaving more time for those trouble areas which can bog you down.

* 800 total questions when combined with our Self Assessment Questions & Answers Volume 2, 2nd Edition!

Passing the exam is a specialized skill that requires you to know the material in a specific way that is outlined in our series. Part of this process is knowing intricate details of the material and being able to recall it.

* 400 NEW, REVISED, AND UPDATED Question and Answers, divided by specialty, allowing you to focus on the areas that need the most work.

* Includes the most frequently tested and emphasized concepts for your examination.

* Questions focused on high yield concepts

* Spot the keywords used on the exam to help you determine the most likely answers quickly and efficiently, leaving more time for those trouble areas which can bog you down.

* 800 total questions when combined with our Self Assessment Questions & Answers Volume 1, 2nd Edition!

Passing the exam is a specialized skill that requires you to know the material in a specific way that is outlined in our series. Part of this process is knowing intricate details of the material and being able to recall it.