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Lange Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Flash Cards, Second Edition (LANGE FlashCards)

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These are the best flashcards. I love that one one side is the case scenario and on the other side detailed information about the infectious agent. The key to infectious diseases is picking up the key words associated with each disease - these flashcards train you to do that. In medical school you need to streamline your study and this helps you use your precious time efficiently.

As a medical student it is important to make studying as efficient as possible, and that was my thinking when i purchased these notecards for medical microbiology. I have two major complaints about these review cards that I feel completely ruined any value they might have had as study materials . First things first, for a subject like microbiology that is very visual I figured that these cards would be in color and include pictures of the different pathogens, however they fall short on both counts, they are black and white and include no photos. To make matters worse the cards do not have index tabs to clearly divide the different groups of microorganisms. This may not seem like a big deal but when you have to sort through 400 cards in order to find 40 bacteria that you want to focus on it seems counterproductive. The layout of the cards is jumbled on the reverse side but it does include an adequate amount of information along with a clinical vignette, however the drawbacks of its poor organization and lack of color photos makes these a grade-A waste of time. Purchase at own risk.