Overview
Main description
THE WORLD'S BESTSELLING MEDICAL REVIEW BOOK--WITH MORE THAN 1,200 FREQUENTLY TESTED FACTS AND MNEMONICS
- Conveniently organized by organ system and general principles
- 125+ color clinical photographs integrated throughout the text
- Hundreds of full-color illustrations clarify essential concepts and improve retention
- Rapid-review section for last-minute cramming
- Detailed test-taking strategies to help you maximize your study time
- Hundreds of student-recommended USMLE Step 1 review resources
- Advice from students who aced the 2012 exam
- 1200+ frequently tested facts and mnemonics
- Hundreds of high-yield color images and diagrams throughout
- Student ratings of more than 300 review products
Table of contents
Section I. Guide to Efficient Exam Preparation
Section I Supplement. Special Situations
Section II. High-Yield General Principles
How to Use the Database
Behavioral Sciences
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Immunology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Section III. High-Yield Organ Systems
Cardiovascular
Endocrine
Gastrointestinal
Hematology and Oncology
Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Connective Tissue
Neurology
Psychiatry
Renal
Reproductive
Respiratory
Rapid Review
Section IV: Top-Rated Review Resources
How to Use the Database
Question Banks
Question Books
Internet Sites
Comprehensive
Anatomy, Embryology, and Neuroscience
Behavioral Science
Biochemistry
Cell Biology and Histology
Microbiology and Immunology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Commercial Review Courses
Publisher Contacts
Abbreviations and Symbols
Photo Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index
Author comments
Tao Le, MD, MHS (Louisville, KY) is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Chief, Section of Allergy and Immunology at University of Louisville. He is also affiliated with the Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Vikas Bhushan, MD (Los Angeles, CA) is a practicing diagnostic radiologist.
Junior Editors and contributors are students at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
