First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, 2010

✍ Scribed by Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, Neil Vasan

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 681
• Series: First Aid USMLE
• Edition: 20
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The 20th edition of the world’s #1 selling medical review book!

Trust two decades of experience for the most effective USMLE Step 1 preparation possible

• 1100+ must-know facts and mnemonics organized by organ system and general principles
• Hundreds of high-yield clinical images you need to know before the exam – including 24 pages of full-color photos
• Rapid review section for last minute cramming
• Ratings of 300+ top review products based on the authors’ annual survey of US medical students
• Updated test-taking advice from students who aced the 2009 exam
• Strategies that maximize your study time and deliver real results

INSIDER ADVICE FOR STUDENTS FROM STUDENTS

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 8
Section I: Guide to Efficient Exam Preparation......Page 21
Section I Supplement: Special Situations......Page 45
Section II: High-Yield General Principles......Page 69
Behavioral Science......Page 71
Biochemistry......Page 85
Embryology......Page 137
Microbiology......Page 157
Immunology......Page 217
Pathology......Page 235
Pharmacology......Page 247
Section III: High-Yield Organ Systems......Page 265
Cardiovascular......Page 268
Endocrine......Page 302
Gastrointestinal......Page 320
Hematology and Oncology......Page 354
Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue......Page 384
Neurology......Page 410
Psychiatry......Page 454
Renal......Page 474
Reproductive......Page 494
Respiratory......Page 518
Rapid Review......Page 534
High-Yield Images......Page 544
Key Associactions......Page 574
Equations......Page 579
Section IV: Top-Rated Review Resources......Page 582
Abbreviations & Symbols......Page 632
Index......Page 640