Rapid Review: Biochemistry [Paperback]

John Pelley (Author), Edward Goljan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0323008356 | ISBN-13: 978-0323008358 | Publication Date: March 1, 2003 | Edition: Bk&CD-Rom

This text offers a comprehensive yet concise review of biochemistry while discussing all of the relevant clinical information. The review chapters in the first section of the text are in a user-friendly outline format with high-yield information located in margin notes and clinical topics discussed within the outline and in clinical boxes. The second section of the book contains two 50-questions exams in USMLE format. A CD-ROM that accompanies the book contains a full-color art program, 500 board-style questions and answers with rationales for correct answers as well as all incorrect choices, and a quizzing function that gives scores at the end of the exams.

• OUTSTANDING FEATURES-BOOK:
  • Information is presented in an easy-to-read outline format, ideal for rapid review prior to taking the Boards.
  • Two 50-question exams, in Board-style format, test readers' mastery of all essential knowledge.
  • Rationales for all answers explain why each response is correct or incorrect.
  • "High yield" margin notes identify need-to-know material.
  • Table of common laboratory values presents the data needed to answer many of the questions.
• OUTSTANDING FEATURES-CD-ROM:
  • 350 multiple-choice questions-many accompanied by clinical vignettes and full-color illustrations-offer users additional test-taking practice.
  • Users can view answers and rationales for these questions.
  • A scoring system helps users pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses.
  • "Test mode" enables users to take timed tests of 50 questions covering either the entire spectrum of biochemistry or just the topics specific to one body system.
  • "Tutorial mode" allows users to customize content review.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

A user-friendly outline format with high-yield information located in margin notes and

About the Author

John W. Pelley, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX; and Edward F. Goljan, MD, Professor and Chairman of Pathology, Oklahoma State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK

Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; Bk&CD-Rom edition (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323008356
• ISBN-13: 978-0323008358
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #832,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John W. Pelley, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX; and Edward F. Goljan, MD, Professor and Chairman of Pathology, Oklahoma State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK.

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gamble paid off!, July 5, 2005

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Traderjohn (Glendale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rapid Review: Biochemistry (Paperback)

Everyone at my medical school endorses BRS and HY so I wasn't too sure about this series, but I took a gamble (same price as HY with content & ??'s like BRS). I'm glad I did!

The book does an excellant job of condensing the relevent information in digestable portions with outstanding diagrams. I read this book over summer before 2nd year, about 5 months after completing my Biochem coursework. I did well in classes but had HMG CoA totally mixed up between ketones and cholesterol (as just one example) but this book put the big picture, comparative information and necessary details together for me.

It's a great confidence builder and even though Biochem isn't considered the highest yield topic for Step 1, I would invest in this book.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is it, October 26, 2010

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This review is from: Rapid Review Biochemistry: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access, 3e (Paperback)

Lippincott's illustrated review is too wordy. This is what I need to prepare for the boards. good charts and short, concise bullet-pointed contents makes review fast and easy.

con: costs too much for a 150 page book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great review, April 6, 2011

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This review is from: Rapid Review Biochemistry: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access, 3e (Paperback)

One thing I have always loved about Goljan's review books is that they are easy to read and stress a good conceptual framework. He uses an outline format but they are mostly complete sentences.



My only criticism is that Rapid Review Biochemistry feels a little rushed and like it doesn't have 100% attention to detail, especially in the tables. To compare, Rapid Review Pathology is a little more of a polished book. For instance, under cobalamin deficiency (Table 4-1), achlorhydria is listed as a sign/symptom. Okay, if you have cobalamin deficiency secondary to pernicious anemia that's definitely true, but it's not quite true as written. Small things like this add up. Still one of the better biochem review books in my opinion.