 | First Aid for the USMLE Step 1: 2007 (First Aid for the Usmle Step 1) by Vikas Bhushan
Buy new: $44.95 / Used from: $19.00 Know it off-by-heart. Know it to the point where if you study a page well, you can re-write the page EXACTLY from memory.
Be sure to write notes all over this book. Any extra points, photocopy & stick in nice tables & pictures from texts you own or lecture notes, write in any mnemonics you ever used.
It will be your treasure trove later on the wards
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 | Rapid Review Pathology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Rapid Review) by Edward F. Goljan
Buy new: $35.05 / Used from: $33.48 Requires time, but if used with his lectures (and the slides you get free on studentconsult) it is very worth it.
The best thing about this book is its integrations. It ties the anat/phy/bio/pharm/micro to the path, making you understand why the pathology occurs, & this is where it is worth its weight in gold. You will get that CLICK feeling several times with this book.
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 | BRS Pathology (Board Review Series) by Arthur S Schneider
Buy new: $35.05 / Used from: $19.99 The alternative to Goljan. Very nice layout, but missing a few bits & pieces. Better if not a lot of time (ie less than 2 months of serious study)
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 | High-Yield™ Neuroanatomy: Speech-Language-Hearing (High-Yield™ Series) by James D Fix
Buy new: $26.05 / Used from: $16.98 Must have, will boost your score quite a bit. First Aid is deficient here. You will get neuro pics on your exam
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 | USMLE Road Map: Pharmacology, 2/E (USMLE Road Map Series) by Bertram G. Katzung
Buy new: $24.25 / Used from: $17.41 Try buy this also early. Only good for review as it doesn't offer much by way of explantions. Rumour has it that these guys write the USMLE pharm questions.
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 | BRS Physiology (Board Review Series) by Linda S Costanzo
Buy new: $35.05 / Used from: $25.00 A must, makes understanding the pathophysiology of the high-yield systems easier
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 | Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple (Medmaster) by Mark Gladwin
Buy new: $29.65 / Used from: $24.99 A must have. Buy this early and use thru Med School. Then you will remember the pictures. Photocopy these (shrink them down) and glue into your copy of First Aid. Great, Great, Great!
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 | High-Yield™ Gross Anatomy (High-Yield™ Series) by Ronald W Dudek
Buy new: $25.15 / Used from: $14.00 Must have also. Most people did anatomy a long time before taking Step 1. Great refresher
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 | High-Yield Behavioral Science (High-yield Series) by Barbara Fadem
Buy used from: $0.01 Again only if you have time. Not a very high yield area on the test, First Aid has enough probably. Worth getting if an IMG though.
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 | USMLE Step 1 Recall Audio: Buzzwords for the Boards (Recall Series) by Brent A Reinheimer
Buy new: $37.95 / Used from: $34.15 I didn't know about this but if I did I would have bought it. The Recall Series are a great set of books. You will need a break from reading so go for a 1 hour walk listening to this
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 | Rapid Review Biochemistry: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Rapid Review) by John W. Pelley
Buy new: $35.05 / Used from: $15.00 I think First Aid has enough biochem. But if you dont know it, this may be worth the purchase
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