First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 1
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Contributors
Introduction
1. Biochemistry
2. Immunology
3. Microbiology
4. Pathology
5. Pharmacology
6. Public Health Sciences
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Care Ethics and Law
7. Cardiovascular
8. Endocrinology
9. Gastrointestinal
10. Hematology and Oncology
11. Musculoskeletal, Dermatology, and Connective Tissue
Musculoskeletal Concerns
Dermatology
12. Neurology and Special Senses
Neurology
Ophthalmology
Otolaryngology
13. Psychiatry
14. Renal
Renal Function and Renal Failure
Renal and Urinary Tract Masses
15. Reproductive (OB/GYN and Urology)
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Urology
16. Respiratory
Index
Despite the recent changes to the USMLE Step 1, it remains a very important exam for medical students. In order to navigate the vignette-based questions, students must be able to determine a diagnosis based on the vignette, then understand the science behind the diagnosis—a process called pattern recognition. This innovative guide will help you master pattern recognition—a crucial skill to develop in order to thrive throughout the medical school curriculum.
Organized by symptom to reflect exactly what you’ll see on test day, First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 1 provides overviews for more than 50 symptoms, discussing differential diagnosis and the principles that should inform your thinking about each symptom. Overviews are followed by Step 1-style vignettes for every potential diagnosis that may be included in the Step 1 exam. Then, each vignette is followed by the diagnosis—and competing diagnoses—along with explanations of why the patterns fit for the correct diagnosis.
Guiding principles provide important information (such as which diagnoses are common, which are rare, which are acute, which are chronic, etc.) to enhance the way you think about each symptom. Each vignette contains classic history/physical exam and lab/test findings that would be observed in a typical presentation of the disease.