Pharmacology: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review [Paperback]

Arnold Stern (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071367047 | ISBN-13: 978-0071367042 | Publication Date: August 6, 2001 | Edition: 10

Gives medical students 500 questions, answers, and explanations to prepare for the pharmacology section of the USMLE Step 1. The new edition includes many new questions in the two-step clinical format to simulate the USMLE Step 1.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The question/answer format is a very good way to provide a review and the clinical vignettes make it similar to the national board questions. Providing an explanation with references is also very helpful. " (Doody's )

From the Back Cover

* 500 USMLE-type questions, answers & explanations
* High-yield facts reinforce key concepts
* Targets what you really need to know
* Student-tested and reviewed

PreTest® is the medical student's most dynamic weapon for mastering the USMLE Step 1.
* Designed to simulate the exam
* Reviewed by recent examinees
* Mimics the real exam, question by question

PreTest® is the closest you can get to seeing the test before you take it.

This one-of-a-kind test prep guide helps you:
* Get to know material on course exams and the USMLE Step 1
* Practice with 500 clinically oriented multiple-choice questions
* Review key facts for exam success o Build confidence, skills, and knowledge

There are plenty of answers out there. But only PreTest® delivers USMLE-type questions, in USMLE format.

Open this PreTest® for:
* 500 board-type questions
* High-yield facts for board and course review
* Referenced answers with concise explanations

Great for pharmacology course review and exams, too! This Pharmacology PreTest® asks the right questions so you'll know the right answers. Open it and start learning what's on the test.

"When I saw Step 1, I knew the PreTest® had been the right choice for review."
--a medical student who recently passed the USMLE Step 1

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange; 10 edition (August 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071367047
• ISBN-13: 978-0071367042
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,093,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for self-assessment & revision, July 18, 2003

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Khalid Alnaqbi (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pharmacology, 9/e (Paperback)

This is a fairly good book for self-assessment in Pharmacology.

Features:

1. Before each chapter, a list of key terms or classification of drugs or both is included to aid review.

2. The types of questions used are: Single-best-answer and matching.

3. It has many tables, graphs, diagrams, and structures of many drugs.

4. Some of the questions include the (EXCEPT) type in the stem.

5. Informative explanations of answers at the end of each chapter referenced to texts and journal articles.

6. Contents include:
General Principles, Antiinfectives, Cancer chemotherapy & immunology, CVS & pulmonary systems, CNS, Autonomic nervous system, Local control substances, Renal system, GI system & nutrition, Toxicology, High-yield factrs, List of abbreviations & acronyms, Bibliography.

7. This book comes in 259 pages, published by McGraw-Hill; 9th ed (1998).

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful service and delivery, October 1, 2005

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Anthony W. Burgess - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pharmacology: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review (Paperback)

thanks for the swift response in the order time to the delivery time. impressed with the quality of the product ordered and the price. my pleasure doing business with you. only wish that all merchants could be like you. i will continue to look for you in all future dealings. thanks again

1 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Dad Is A Hell Of An Author, August 10, 2000

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ray j. stern (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pharmacology, 9/e (Paperback)

My father, Dr. Arnold Stern, is very well versed in this field of medicine as he proves in this book. A truely great individual and an incredibly intellegent doctor, this book will prove usefull for all of you students in the field of BioChem or Pharmacology.

Ray J. Stern, Son of Dr. Arnold Stern