First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2020, 30th Anniversary Edition

Book Name: First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2020, 30th Anniversary Edition
Author: Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN-10, 13: 9781260462050
Year: 2020
Pages: 876
Language: English
File size: 69 MB
File format: PDF,EPUB

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2020, 30th Anniversary Edition Pdf Book Description:

With the 30th edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, we continue our commitment to providing students with the most useful and up-to-date preparation guide for the USMLE Step 1. This edition represents an outstanding revision in many ways, including:
# 50 entirely new or heavily revised high-yield topics reflecting evolving trends in the USMLE Step 1.
# Reorganization of high-yield topics in Pharmacology, Endocrine, and Reproductive chapters for improved study.
# Extensive text revisions, new mnemonics, clarifications, and corrections curated by a team of more than 30 medical student and resident physician authors who excelled on their Step 1 examinations and verified by a team of expert faculty advisors and nationally recognized USMLE instructors.
# Updated with 178 new and revised diagrams and illustrations as part of our ongoing collaboration with USMLE-Rx and ScholarRx (MedIQ Learning, LLC).
# Updated with 75 new and revised photos to help visualize various disorders, descriptive findings, and basic science concepts. Additionally, revised imaging photos have been labeled and optimized to show both normal
anatomy and pathologic findings.
# Updated study tips on the opening page of each chapter.
# Improved integration of clinical images and illustrations to better reinforce and learn key anatomic concepts.
# Improved organization and integration of text, illustrations, clinical images, and tables throughout for focused
review of high-yield topics.
# Revised and expanded ratings of current, high-yield review resources, with clear explanations of their relevance
to USMLE review.

This has been a collaborative project from the start. We gratefully acknowledge the thousands of thoughtful comments, corrections, and advice of the many medical students, international medical graduates, and faculty who have supported the authors in our continuing development of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1. For support and encouragement throughout the process, we are grateful to Thao Pham, Jinky Flang, and Jonathan Kirsch, Esq. Thanks to Louise Petersen for organizing and supporting the project. Thanks to our publisher, McGrawHill, for the valuable assistance of its staff, including Bob Boehringer, Jeffrey Herzich, and Christina Thomas. We are also very grateful to Dr. Fred Howell and Dr. Robert Cannon of Textensor Ltd for providing us extensive customization and support for their powerful Annotate.co collaborative editing platform (www.annotate.co), which allows us to efficiently manage thousands of contributions. Thanks to Dr. Richard Usatine and Dr. Kristine Krafts for their outstanding image contributions. Thanks also to Jean-Christophe Fournet (www.humpath.com), Dr. Ed Uthman, and Dr. Frank Gaillard (www.radiopaedia.org) for generously allowing us to access some of their striking photographs.