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USMLE Road Map: Genetics (LANGE USMLE Road Maps)

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I've used every Road Map book as a map for each core course. Most of them follow a similar format and teaching style. This book was a lot different. Whereas the questions at the end of the chapter usually related to the content and are used to test one's knowledge, the questions here seem to try and teach something new and test a lot of information not in the book that one is expected to know.

The knowledge gotten across is decent but I also feel a lot of the particular genetic disorders given were not talked about in my class and a lot of the disorders talked about in class were not in here. In the other Road Map books, there has been a lot more overlap between lecture and review book.

All in all, I got more out of the genetic sections in the other Road Map books than the official USMLE Road Map Genetics book. This book does have great illustrations for pedigrees and decent summaries. It will give you the majority of info you need. But I'd also argue it gives you too much information for a review book.