Pharmacology: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review (Paperback)

by Arnold Stern (Author) "Pharmacology is best learned by comparing drugs within a particular class or by their specific use..." (more)
Key Phrases: one lettered option, lettered options, following agents, High-Yield Facts, The K-sparing (more...)

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"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 )

Product Description
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.

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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.com Sales Rank: #950,919 in Books (See Bestsellers 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

By	Khalid Alnaqbi (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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).

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

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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

By	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