McGraw-Hill Professional to Publish Pearls of Wisdom Medical Review Book Series

McGraw-Hill Professional announced today that it will publish Pearls of Wisdom, a 36-title series of review books for the medical and nursing community. Previously published by Boston Medical Publishing of Lincoln, NE, the series covers a range of subjects including clinical medicine, nursing, and allied health. These study guides prepare medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals for board, recertification, and licensing examinations. McGraw-Hill will publish the series in August 2005. The Pearls of Wisdom books will join acclaimed series such as First Aid, Appleton & Lange Review Books, and PreTest, which have made McGraw-Hill Professional the industry leader in medical exam preparation and review guides.

The Pearls of Wisdom series uses a unique format to distill key facts that are essential for exam success. The texts are written in rapid-fire, question-and-single-answer format to help professionals and students improve their knowledge and skills for their respective exams. Questions often contain a "pearl" -- a concise, medical tip -- reinforced in association with the question. Additional hooks are often attached to the answers in various forms, including mnemonics, evoked visual imagery, repetition and humor to enhance ease of reading and rate of learning.

"The addition of the Pearls of Wisdom titles helps solidify McGraw-Hill's position as the number one publisher of medical review books in the world," says Philip Ruppel, vice president and group publisher, McGraw-Hill Professional. "The aim of our review book program is to publish review products for every style of learning and phase of education," says Ruppel. "These unique Q&A books offer physicians, nurses, and allied-health professionals another option in board preparation. We are pleased to have the Pearls of Wisdom series in our program."

Books published in McGraw-Hill Professional's Pearls of Wisdom series include:

  Clinical Medicine Titles:

   * Anesthesiology Board Review
     Kerri Robertson, David Lubarsky, Jayanthi Ranasinghe $59.95MD

   * Cardiology Board Review 2nd Edition
     Michael Zevitz   $59.95MD

   * Critical Care Review, 2nd Edition
     Michael Zevitz, Scott H. Plantz $65.00MD

   * Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review 4th Edition
     William Gossman, Scott H. Plantz  $59.95MD

   * Emergency Medicine Q&A Review 6th Edition
     Joseph Lex, Scott H. Plantz, Lance Kreplick  $59.95MD

   * Emergency Medicine Written Board Review
     Scott H. Plantz   $59.95MD

   * Family Practice Board Review 3rd Edition
     Scott H. Plantz   $59.95MD

   * Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review 2nd Edition
     John DiBaise   $65.00MD

   * General Surgery Board Review 3rd Edition
     Matthew Blecha, Andrew Brown   $65.00MD

   * Internal Medicine Board Review 3rd Edition
     Michael Zevitz, Scott H. Plantz   $59.95MD

   * Neurology Board Review 3rd Edition
     Michael Labanowski   $59.95MD

   * Obstetrics and Gynecology Board Review 2nd Edition
     Stephen Somkuti   $59.95MD

   * Occupational and Environmental Medicine Review
     Michael Greenberg   $65.00MD

   * Ophthalmology Board Review 2nd Edition
     Richard Tamesis   $65.00MD

   * Otolaryngology Board Review 2nd Edition
     Mary Bowden    $65.00MD

   * Pathology Board Review 3rd Edition
     Cory Roberts   $65.00MD

   * Pediatric Emergency Medicine Board Review
     Scott H. Plantz,   $59.95MD

   * Pediatrics Board Review 3rd Edition
     Peter Emblad, Scott H. Plantz   $59.95MD

   * Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Review 2nd Edition
     Robert Kaplan    $65.00MD

   * Plastic Surgery Board Review 2nd Edition
     Sam Lin, John Hijjawi   $65.00MD

   * Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Part II National Board Review 2nd
      Edition
     Donald Kushner   $44.95MD

   * Psychiatry Board Review 2nd Edition
     Rebecca Schmidt   $59.95MD

   * Pulmonary Medicine Review 2nd Edition
     Michael Zevitz    $65.00MD

   * Sports Medicine Board Review 2nd Edition
     Mary Cataletto, Bernard Griesemer, Richard Birrer    $65.00MD

   * Toxicology 2nd Edition
     Michael Greenberg    $59.95MD

   * Urology Board Review 2nd Edition
     Stephen Leslie   $65.00MD

   * USMLE Step 2 and Step 3 Review
     Scott H. Plantz, Peter Emblad, Gillian Emblad   $34.95MD

  Nursing Titles:

   * ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) Review, 2nd Edition
     Michael Zevitz, Scott H. Plantz  $19.95IB

   * PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Review 2nd Edition
     Guy Haskell   $19.95IB

   * Emergency Medicine Nursing Review 2nd Edition
     William Gossman, Scott H. Plantz   $34.95IB

   * LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) Review 2nd Edition
     William Gossman, Scott H. Plantz   $29.95MD

   * NCLEX-RN Review 2nd Edition
     William Gossman, Scott H. Plantz   $34.95IB

   * Critical Care Nursing Review 2nd Edition
     William Gossman, Scott H. Plantz  $29.95IB

   * Nurse Anesthetist Exam Review
     Kerri Robertson, David Lubarsky, Jayanthi Ranasinghe, Lisa Thiemann
     $39.95IB

  Allied Health:

   * The Poison Quiz Book 2nd Edition
     John Trestrail   $29.95MD

   * Physician Assistant Exam Review 3rd Edition
     Gillian Emblad, Scott H. Plantz   $39.95MD

  About McGraw-Hill Professional:

McGraw-Hill Professional is a leading global provider of print and electronic content and services for consumers and the business, scientific, technical, and medical communities. Its offerings include consumer, business, and technical reference books and online solutions on medical and health, engineering, and scientific topics. Headquartered in New York, the company has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Camden, Maine. McGraw-Hill Professional's many imprints and brands include: Schaum, Appleton & Lange, International Marine, and Osborne. For more information, visit http://www.books.mcgraw-hill.com/

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