Case Files: Neurology

Case Files

by Eugene C. Toy, Ericka Simpson, Pedro Mancias

The innovative case-based way to learn neurology – completely revised for today’s shelf exam

Medical students need exposure to cases to pass the USMLE® and shelf exams, and this is exactly what Case Files: Neurology, Third Edition offers. Written by experienced educators, it teaches students how to think through diagnosis and management when confronting neurological clinical problems. Sixty high-yield clinical cases focus on the core competencies for the neurology clerkship. Each case includes extended discussion, definition of key terms, clinical pearls, and USMLE-style review questions. This interactive learning system helps students learn instead of memorize. The Third Edition has been completely revised with new questions, enhanced discussions, and better alignment with the challenging shelf exam to give students an unmatched review and learning tool.

• Clinical pearls highlight key points

• Reflects the most recent clerkship guidelines and core curriculum

• Helps students learn in the context of real patients

Genres: Medicine, Medical

513 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 18, 2007

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

خود کتاب خوب بود ولی برا بخش ما زیادی توضیح داشت.

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my humble opinion, the neurology shelf exam is the hardest one out there. (Of course, I'm biased because 1. Neuro was my least favorite clerkship and 2. It was the first clerkship shelf exam I took.) But regardless, I think that this book did a somewhat decent job of explaining basic neurology cases, how to work them up, how to treat them, etc. Don't rely on the questions at the end of each case to test your knowledge, though - they are NOTHING like the shelf exam questions in terms of format, difficulty, etc. I would definitely supplement with another question bank.

[SlickJim22 · Rating 4 out of 5]

June - 2025

It’s a very great resource for neuro if you like a cased based approach. It’s very “board style exam” specific so it tends to neglect the act of thinking on a differential or looking at atypical presentations, other (equally valid) answers with the given info, etc. but would probably recommend for common neuro classic presentations.

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a fan of all the Case Files series. They’re always thorough, pretty fun to read, and accessible on my kindle. They’ve always helped me pass my shelves.

This one is especially good because, man, Neuro is tough.

How is it different from other Case Files? Well usually as I’m reading through a case in the other Case Files - let’s say Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, I can usually think of the most likely diagnosis and maybe some differentials. But for Neurology Case Files, there were sooooo many times I was scratching my head, struggling to figure out a diagnosis. For that, I think this particular Case Files is super useful because it goes into details about some Neurology diagnoses that I’m not thinking of a lot. It made me aware of some of my blind spots.

Update: I received my Neuro Shelf grade and happy to report I not only passed but honored the exam. Besides a practice NBME and some neurology notes / practice questions put together by students, this book was my main source of study material.

[Terra Weston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty clear, great pacing, I felt like I learned a lot from it.