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By Vikas Bhushan, Tao T. Le, Ali Ozturk, and Deepak Rao, 534 pp, $44.95.
New York, NY, McGraw Hill, 2006.
ISBN-13 978-0-0714-7531-0.

JAMA. 2007;298(9):1065-1066.

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The first component of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE Step 1) tests medical students on "basic science content according to general principles and individual organ systems."¹ First Aid for the USMLE STEP 1 2007: A Student to Student Guide is designed to help medical students "make the most of their limited time, money, and energy" and covers topics ranging from examination registration to a mnemonic for the causes of hypercalcemia. It succeeds in efficiently compiling a great deal of information, but organizational issues prevent it from maximizing its usefulness as a resource for comprehensive and rapid review.

First Aid for the USMLE STEP 1 2007 is organized into 4 major sections: "Guide to Efficient Exam Preparation," "General Principles," "Organ Systems," and "Top-Rated Review Resources." The first and last sections address overarching issues related to the examination and are the book's particular strengths. While students will focus more diligently . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Colin Walsh, BS, Reviewer
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
cgwalsh@uchicago.edu

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