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MKSAP 18 - 2018
Your go-to source for ABIM exam preparation.
More than 94% of Internal Medicine residents use MKSAP to prepare for the Boards. Whether preparing for the ABIM certification exam or the MOC exam, study confidently with MKSAP!
Tips on how to study with MKSAP 18:
Create custom quizzes based on MCQs you've starred, previously answered incorrectly, or by topic/interest area. Use “Study Mode (untimed)” to review questions or “Exam Mode (timed)” to simulate the big day
Create a practice exam to assess your exam readiness, using randomly selected questions based on the ABIM blueprint
View peer statistics to compare your performance to other physicians
Access “Related Text” links from questions you’ve answered incorrectly to strengthen learning
Clear your answers as many times as you like to master the MKSAP content
Test your interpretive skills and prepare for image-based Boards questions with Virtual Dx
Solidify your comprehension of MKSAP by reviewing Board Basics 1 month before exam day
Since 1967, the Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP) has been the most trusted resource in lifelong learning for internal medicine physicians and residents. The tradition continues with MKSAP 18.
The Best is Always Better!
As a comprehensive learning management system, MKSAP 18 remains the standard in excellence for equipping residents and practicing physicians with the information they need to stay current in medicine and prepare for their board exams.
What makes MKSAP unique?
Regularly updated content.
With “New Info Updates,” MKSAP 18 Digital will be regularly updated to reflect practice-changing information, guidelines, and expert recommendations.
Customized learning.
Physicians can develop a customized learning strategy with custom quizzes or flashcards, or focus learning on high value care or hospitalist-specific content.
Board Prep for ACCGME-accredited osteopathic programs.
MKSAP 18 will help residents in ACGME-accredited osteopathic programs prepare for the ABIM Certification exam.
Dependable MOC resource.
Whether for the ABIM’s traditional 10-year MOC exam or the new Knowledge Check-in, practicing physicians can continue to rely on MKSAP to help them develop an effective study strategy while also earning MOC points.
High-value learning.
MKSAP offers a value-packed learning management system for one subscription price with no renewal fees and unlimited opportunities to clear your answers. With a comprehensive syllabus text, an extensive Q-bank, hundreds of high value care recommendations, specially highlighted hospitalist content, carefully crafted tables, custom quizzes, progress reports, CME certificates, and more, MKSAP offers the most learning for the most value.
Rewritten, not “revised.”
Each new MKSAP edition stands on its own, with 100% of the text and MCQs written from scratch to provide you with the freshest information to inform your learning.
Focused on excellence.
MKSAP content development is a painstaking three-year process involving multiple stages of writing and rigorous review by our 11 committees and peer reviewers, encompassing more than 200 expert subspecialty physicians.
Relevant to your needs.
MKSAP contains clear, evidence-based discussions of core internal medicine concepts to help you deliver the best patient care. Whether you are focused on ambulatory or hospital-based medicine, preparing for your boards, or are a subspecialist trying to keep up-to-date in other subspecialty areas of internal medicine, MKSAP provides a targeted solution for your needs.
Reader-friendly content.
MKSAP 18’s summary key points, blue hospital-focused text, high value care recommendations, incisive summary tables, and dynamic 4-color images accentuate the layout, enhancing readability.
Table of contents :
Cardiovascular Medicine......Page 1
Dermatology......Page 234
Gastroenterology and Hepatology......Page 402
Hematology and Oncology......Page 562
Neurology......Page 812
Committee......Page 815
Acknowledgments......Page 817
Cognitive Impairment......Page 820
Index . . .. .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 165......Page 821
Rheumatology......Page 993
Table of Contents......Page 994
Rheumatology High ValueCare Recommendations......Page 997
The Musculoskeletal Examination......Page 998
Rheumatology Self-Assessment Test......Page 1080
Answer:......Page 1105
On physical examination......Page 1081
Which or the following is the most appropriate management?......Page 1082
Answer:......Page 1106
Answer:......Page 1107
UY POINT......Page 1108
Item 10......Page 1083
Endocrinology and Metabolism......Page 1162
General Internal Medicine......Page 1327
Infectious Disease......Page 1626
Nephrology......Page 1832
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine......Page 2024
COVER......Page 2211
inrtod......Page 0
0.High Value Care Recommendations......Page 2212
1.Disorders of the Esophagus......Page 2213
2.Disorders of the Stomach and Duodenum......Page 2220
3.Disorders of the Pancreas......Page 2230
4.Disorders of the Small and Large Bowel......Page 2236
5.Coloredal Neoplasia......Page 2249
6.Disorders of the Liver......Page 2255
7.Disorders of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts......Page 2267
8.Gastrointestinal Bleeding......Page 2270
9.MCQ Answers and Critiques......Page 2277
