DO's: Savarese vs. Comlex review (Shah, Modi)

[Taus]

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I know Savarese has been pretty much the gold-standard for OMT on the Comlex, but has anyone been using this relatively new book called "Comlex Review: Clinical Anatomy And Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine" by Shah and Modi (nycom fellows)? Any thoughts on this book for OMT class and Comlex review?

 

[DOctorJay]

don't you guys get Boards Boot Camp? Dolinski is awesome and her OMT book is simple and precise. Check that out with the second years before adding another text to your bookshelf.

-J

 

[luckystar]

I thought Savarese was perfect for the COMLEX. There will still be some questions that are ambiguous and weird, but the practice questions in Savarese really helped me through the OMM parts. Good luck!

 

[Hernandez]

Savarese is gold, especially chapter 10, tables 10.1, 10.2, figure 10.4. Know that chapter cold.........

 

[polynikesdb]

I've been using the Shah/Modi text for my review so far. It does lack questions like Savarese, but it also lacks technique descriptions, which is something that I definitely don't need. I also enjoy learning anatomy at the same time (by regions), and their integrated anatomical diagrams are one reason why I bought this book. The tailoring of this book specifically for all three steps of the COMLEX is another interesting feature (I don't recall S. having this?). The question and answer format is helpful for a conceptual review, but many times the answers are short and superficial--a text for those already proficient in OMM. Though it is not as thorough as the resourceful Savarese, it seems like it will get most of the job done, so far in my experience.

 

[TheEleventhReel]

don't you guys get Boards Boot Camp? Dolinski is awesome and her OMT book is simple and precise. Check that out with the second years before adding another text to your bookshelf.

-J

Agreed. Taus, if you know an upperclassman that will let you borrow this book, I'd use it instead of Savarese.

 

[WestcoastMedicine]

People who haven taken the COMLEX said savarese is good? Our OMT professors keep telling us "it is crap and extremely simplified". That "Savarese wrote it while he was a third year med student and it only covers the basics, nothing clinical like the questions on COMLEX."

We just had our OMT comprehensive final that covered MSI and II and our instructors were mad at our scores apparently(we haven't gotten them back yet) and assumed we did bad because we used savarese, which, like I said before they say is not typical of the questions on comlex.

I am wondering if it is just them ranting or if it really is not a decent resource? I would love to hear people's opinion on how savarese was for COMLEX...thanks

 

[JonnyG]

People who haven taken the COMLEX said savarese is good? Our OMT professors keep telling us "it is crap and extremely simplified". That "Savarese wrote it while he was a third year med student and it only covers the basics, nothing clinical like the questions on COMLEX."

We just had our OMT comprehensive final that covered MSI and II and our instructors were mad at our scores apparently(we haven't gotten them back yet) and assumed we did bad because we used savarese, which, like I said before they say is not typical of the questions on comlex.

I am wondering if it is just them ranting or if it really is not a decent resource? I would love to hear people's opinion on how savarese was for COMLEX...thanks

They were so wrong on some many points with their arguements. First, Saverese doesn't write saverese anymore. John Copobianoco did the bulk of this edition. Who interestingly enough has been recommended by some people on staff as the person to study. Plus when throughout the book they reference one of our omm professors by name it is hard to bash the book. The third years say it works great for omm on the comlex. Oh yeh the test was too long. The step 1 doesn't have a 100 omm questions on the whole test and you never have them all at once so it ate up way too much time.


You can buy the boards book camp book online. You can get that and her pharm book.

 

[Taus]

People who haven taken the COMLEX said savarese is good? Our OMT professors keep telling us "it is crap and extremely simplified". That "Savarese wrote it while he was a third year med student and it only covers the basics, nothing clinical like the questions on COMLEX."

We just had our OMT comprehensive final that covered MSI and II and our instructors were mad at our scores apparently(we haven't gotten them back yet) and assumed we did bad because we used savarese, which, like I said before they say is not typical of the questions on comlex.

I am wondering if it is just them ranting or if it really is not a decent resource? I would love to hear people's opinion on how savarese was for COMLEX...thanks

how many people in our class do you think actually read that book in depth/studied hard for that test.......

Except for the questions that were basically prof. specific trivia and the poorly written ones....just about everything was straight out of Savarese

 

[WestcoastMedicine]

Probably not many. I read it front to back and also the Boot Camp Book, so hopefully this week I will reap the rewards......

 

[JonnyG]

how many people in our class do you think actually read that book in depth/studied hard for that test.......

Except for the questions that were basically prof. specific trivia and the poorly written ones....just about everything was straight out of Savarese

They were idiots if they didnt, OMM was the only board studying i was able to do while i was studying for all those little things we had at the end of the year that took away from actual board studying. Now I dont have to bother too much with OMM before i take the boards because I learned it for the test.

 

[DragonWell]

Anybody using First Aid for the COMLEX?

* The only step-by-step guide written by OMT fellows who aced the boards
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* End-of-chapter questions and answers reinforce topic mastery and for exam-day practice
* Crystal-clear illustrations clarify OMM concepts and anatomy
* Primer on what to expect on the COMLEX PE exam, Part 1, and Part 2
* Use with First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 and First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK for the ultimate board review!

 

[Taus]

Anybody using First Aid for the COMLEX?

Haven't tried it mainly b/c I don't want to be the guinea (sp?) pig.....until I hear some legit feedback I'm gonna go w/ whats tried and true for the boards..ie Savarese

 

[Dr JPH]

You want to know the review book the COMLEX OMM question writers refer to?

Osteopathic Principles and Practices Review Book: For Levels One, Two and Three Comlex - USA Exam by Wm Thomas Crow

Couple of other things...

1. Savarese is full of mistakes and the questions are too easy
2. Shah & Modi isnt bad
3. The OMM exam you took was written by people who actually write COMLEX questions

 

[beastmaster]

You want to know the review book the COMLEX OMM question writers refer to?

Why would they refer to a review book, or any book at all?

 

[Hernandez]

Why would they refer to a review book, or any book at all?

I know, looking at the questions you'd get the impression that they make them up, huh?🙄

 

[Taus]

You want to know the review book the COMLEX OMM question writers refer to?

Osteopathic Principles and Practices Review Book: For Levels One, Two and Three Comlex - USA Exam by Wm Thomas Crow

Couple of other things...

1. Savarese is full of mistakes and the questions are too easy
2. Shah & Modi isnt bad
3. The OMM exam you took was written by people who actually write COMLEX questions

Savarese + the fundamentals we've learned over the past 2 years made the OMM q's on that final relatively easy. What wasn't easy were the questions that were professor-specific "trivia" or questions that were so poorly written that you couldn't tell what the hell they were even asking....though I've heard theres a good amt of q's like that on the COMLEX too....

 

[polynikesdb]

You want to know the review book the COMLEX OMM question writers refer to?

Osteopathic Principles and Practices Review Book: For Levels One, Two and Three Comlex - USA Exam by Wm Thomas Crow

Just wondering, how do you know this?

Anyways, thanks for the recommendation. I saw this book in our library and was wondering about its usefulness.

 

[Dr JPH]

Why would they refer to a review book, or any book at all?

It acts as a means of standardization when you have profs from 20+ DO schools writing questions for the entire country. It allows a test writer to see what the NBOME & AOA recommend as far as terminology. Do they need to use it to "Get the right answer", no. But if they want to make sure the way they are describing it is the most common way it is described in the literature, then you need some sort of reference. They also use Foundations.

 

[Dr JPH]

Just wondering, how do you know this?

Anyways, thanks for the recommendation. I saw this book in our library and was wondering about its usefulness.

I know lots of stuff. 👍

Its a good book.