First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 1, Second Edition (First Aid USMLE) [Paperback]

Tao Le (Author), Seth Bechis (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071597948 | ISBN-13: 978-0071597944 | Publication Date: January 23, 2009 | Edition: 2

1000 questions and answers prepare you for the USMLE Step 1!

The only comprehensive Q&A review for the USMLE Step directly linked to high-yield facts from Dr. Le's First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, this essential study guide offers 1000 board-style questions and answers, easy-to-navigate, high yield explanations for correct and incorrect answers, and more than 350 accompanying images.

Features:

• 1000 board-style questions and answers -- reviewed and approved -- by students who just aced the exam
• Detailed explanations for both right and wrong answers - with letter options in boldface for at-a-glance review
• Chapters keyed to Dr. Le's First Aid for the USMLE Step1 so you can simultaneously review questions and high-yield facts
• 350+ high-yield images, diagrams, and tables
• One complete practice exam consisting of 7 blocks of 50 questions simulates the exam experience

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About the Author

Tao Le, MD, MHS is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Chief, Section of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville.

Seth K. Bechis, MS is a medical student at The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.

Junior Authors and contributors are students at Yale University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 676 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2 edition (January 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071597948
• ISBN-13: 978-0071597944
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Its ok but if you buy the First Aid Rx question bank then you get the same questions, April 18, 2009

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Alvaro E. Galvis (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 1, Second Edition (First Aid USMLE) (Paperback)

The bottom line with this book is that it contains one block of 50 questions per organ system. So if you are doing an organ systme approach to studying for the Board then this could be helpful. However, if you are studying in a subject based format, this would be a completely waste of your money. Furthemore the questions in this book are selected from the First Aid Rx question bank, which means why buy the book if the 1 month subscription for the question bank is worth the same. besides the question bank has much better explanations than the book- as they correlate with the current version of the First Aid Step i book.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars typos galore, March 7, 2009

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This review is from: First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 1, Second Edition (First Aid USMLE) (Paperback)

The questions are well-written and thought provoking, but there are so many errors in the answers & explanations that I had to stop using it for my step 1 preparations-- I was simply spending too much time double checking answers that turned out to be incorrect.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars too easy, June 21, 2011

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Seyi Akintorin "Seyi" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 1, Second Edition (First Aid USMLE) (Paperback)

questions are wayyyyy too easy and not an accurate reflection of the difficulty of the questions on the step one. by the end of my studies I was getting like 95-100% of these questions right which I feel like should never happen. Good for early on, but don't do what I did and study it the day before the exam and wonder why the step one questions are 3x as difficult for the first 2 sections. Questions are the way to go though so it is useful for that purpose. I'd recommend during coursework/after studying a section to test completion of understanding.