Contents

Contributing Authors

Associate Authors

Faculty Advisors

Preface

Special Acknowledgments

General Acknowledgments

How to Contribute

How to Use This Book

Selected USMLE Laboratory Values

First Aid Checklist for the USMLE Step 1

  SECTION I    GUIDE TO EFFICIENT EXAM PREPARATION

Introduction

USMLE Step 1—The Basics

Defining Your Goal

Learning Strategies

Timeline for Study

Study Materials

Test-Taking Strategies

Clinical Vignette Strategies

If You Think You Failed

Testing Agencies

References

  SECTION I SUPPLEMENT    SPECIAL SITUATIONS

  SECTION II    HIGH-YIELD GENERAL PRINCIPLES

How to Use the Database

Biochemistry

Immunology

Microbiology

Pathology

Pharmacology

Public Health Sciences

  SECTION III    HIGH-YIELD ORGAN SYSTEMS

Approaching the Organ Systems

Cardiovascular

Endocrine

Gastrointestinal

Hematology and Oncology

Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Connective Tissue

Neurology and Special Senses

Psychiatry

Renal

Reproductive

Respiratory

Rapid Review

  SECTION IV    TOP-RATED REVIEW RESOURCES

How to Use the Database

Question Banks

Question Books

Web and Mobile Apps

Comprehensive

Anatomy, Embryology, and Neuroscience

Behavioral Science

Biochemistry

Cell Biology and Histology

Microbiology and Immunology

Pathology

Pharmacology

Physiology

Abbreviations and Symbols

Image Acknowledgments

Index

About the Editors