EXCEL ON THE USMLE® STEP 1 WITH HELP FROM THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MEDICAL REVIEW BOOK!
Trust First Aid™ to help you score your highest on this high-stakes exam
Written by students who excelled on the Step 1 exam and reviewed by top faculty for accuracy, this indispensable guide provides you with a blueprint of all the content you’re likely to find on the exam. Packed with insider advice for students from students, First Aid for the USMLE® Step 1 2020 will help maximize your study time.
Features
A complete framework for USMLE Step 1 preparation
1,300+ must-know topics with mnemonics to focus your study
1,000+ color photos and illustrations to help you visualize processes, disorders, and clinical findings
Rapid Review section presents high-yield tables associating diseases with their clinical findings, treatments, and pathophysiology
Updated every year to ensure all content is relevant and high-yield, reflecting the most current USMLE blueprint
Author(s): Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan
Edition: 30th
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 876
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributing Authors......Page 8
Associate Authors......Page 9
Faculty Advisors......Page 10
Thirtieth Anniversary Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Special Acknowledgments......Page 15
General Acknowledgments......Page 16
How to Contribute......Page 18
How to Use This Book......Page 20
Selected USMLE Laboratory Values......Page 21
First Aid Checklist for the USMLE Step 1......Page 23
SECTION I GUIDE TO EFFICIENT EXAM PREPARATION......Page 24
USMLE Step 1—The Basics......Page 25
Defining Your Goal......Page 35
Learning Strategies......Page 36
Timeline for Study......Page 39
Study Materials......Page 43
Test-Taking Strategies......Page 45
Clinical Vignette Strategies......Page 46
Testing Agencies......Page 47
References......Page 48
SECTION I SUPPLEMENT SPECIAL SITUATIONS......Page 52
SECTION II HIGH-YIELD GENERAL PRINCIPLES......Page 73
How to Use the Database......Page 74
Biochemistry......Page 77
Immunology......Page 139
Microbiology......Page 167
Pathology......Page 249
Pharmacology......Page 273
Public Health Sciences......Page 299
SECTION III HIGH-YIELD ORGAN SYSTEMS......Page 319
Approaching the Organ Systems......Page 320
Cardiovascular......Page 323
Endocrine......Page 369
Gastrointestinal......Page 401
Hematology and Oncology......Page 447
Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Connective Tissue......Page 489
Neurology and Special Senses......Page 533
Psychiatry......Page 597
Renal......Page 621
Reproductive......Page 655
Respiratory......Page 703
Rapid Review......Page 733
SECTION IV TOP-RATED REVIEW RESOURCES......Page 755
How to Use the Database......Page 756
Web and Mobile Apps......Page 758
Anatomy, Embryology, and Neuroscience......Page 759
Cell Biology and Histology......Page 760
Pathology......Page 761
Physiology......Page 762
Abbreviations and Symbols......Page 763
Image Acknowledgments......Page 771
Index......Page 793
About the Editors......Page 852
