Ace your board exams with almost 4000 practice questions and enhance your pathology practice with compentency-based training tools

Prepare for licensing exams offered by the American Board of Pathology and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

The most comprehensive review guide on the market will ensure you’re confident and ready when you sit down to write your certification exam. With protocols from the College of American Pathologists for examining and reporting tumors, and “competency by design” principles from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, this guide is also a powerful tool for improving your practice as a pathologist. Pathology Review and Practice Guide is an essential resource both before and after your exam.

Here’s what you’ll find in the new and revised third edition of this bestselling guide:

• 3900 multiple choice and short answer questions—almost 800 new questions for the third edition
• 1900 color images
• 10 new sets of mock exam questions available online for self-evaluation
• 10 specimen grossing videos available online that support the book’s content
• A comprehensive image index
• Question formats that present case scenarios, differential diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, classification of tumors, hallmark features of pathological entities, and pathogenesis
• Tumor staging information from the 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging manual
• Comprehensive answers that build your knowledge while you study
• Tips for maximizing your success, both on the exam and in your practice
• New “must know, must see, must do” sections that incorporate Canadian Royal College’s “competency by design” principles into each chapter

Zu-hua Gao (MD, PhD, FRCPC) is the chair of the Department of Pathology at McGill University and the chief of the McGill University Health Centre. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Calgary and the division head of anatomical pathology and cytopathology at Calgary Laboratory Services. He is the author of the bestselling clinical encounter learning resource OSCE and LMCC II.

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5 Stars, 98/100 "This book remains a great tool for board preparation, both for U.S. and Canadian pathology residents. The "Must know, Must see, Must do" sections are a great addition, as they serve as a focus during board preparation. Additionally, the book incorporates many useful tables into the questions. Another excellent feature of is the well-chosen and instructive images, both gross and microscopic... Overall, this book is a must-have for pathology board preparation and I would strongly recommend it."

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