CITATION

Le, Tao; Bhushan, Vikas; Sochat, Matthew; Chavda, Yash; Zureick, Andrew; Kalani, Mehboob; and Kallianos, Kimberly. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2018. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2017.

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2018

Published:  December 2017 Pages: 816

eISBN: 9781260116137 | ISBN: 9781260116120

Book description:

SCORE YOUR HIGHEST ON THE USMLE® STEP 1 WITH HELP FROM THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MEDICAL REVIEW BOOK

An unmatched collection of more than 1,300 must-know facts and mnemonics provide a complete framework for your USMLE® preparation and coursework!

This annually updated review delivers a comprehensive collection of high-yield facts and mnemonics that pinpoint exactly what you need to know to pass the exam. Co-authored by medical students who recently took the boards, it provides a complete framework to help you prepare for the most stressful exam of your career.

Here's why this is the ultimate USMLE Step 1 review:

• A complete framework for USMLE® Step 1 preparation, annually updated with crowdsourced contributions from thousands of students

• Written by students who excelled on their Step 1 exam and reviewed by top faculty for accuracy

• 1,300 must-know topics with mnemonics to focus your study

• 1,000+ color photos and illustrations – 100 new or revised -- help you visualize processes, disorders, and clinical findings

• Student-proven study and exam prep tips backed by learning science

• Reorganized Rapid Review section for efficient, last-minute preparation

• Revised and expanded recommendations for high-yield print and digital study resources

• Bonus material and real-time updates exclusively at FirstAidTeam.com

Tao Le, MD, MHS (Louisville, KY) is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Louisville.

Vikas Bhushan, MD (Los Angeles, CA) is a practicing diagnostic radiologist.

Matthew Sochat, MD is a first-year hematology/oncology fellow at St.Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Yash Chavda, DO is an emergency medicine resident at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx.

Andrew Zureick (Ann Arbor, MI) is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Michigan who hopes to pursue residency training in radiation oncology.

Mehboob Kalani, MD is a third-year internal medicine resident at Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium in Pittsburgh.

Kimberly Kallianos, MD is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology at UCSF.