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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2012 (First Aid USMLE)

Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, Jeffrey Hofmann

Turn to the world’s bestselling medical review book for the most thorough and up-to-date USMLE preparation possible – now in FULL COLOR

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 delivers exactly what you need to ace the exam: More than 1200 frequently tested facts and mnemonics that provide a complete framework for your USMLE review.

  • Conveniently organized by organ system and general principles
  • 125+ full-color clinical photographs integrated throughout the text
  • Hundreds of full color illustrations complement the text and improve retention
  • Rapid-review section for last-minute cramming
  • Detailed test-taking strategies to help you maximize your study time • Hundreds of student-recommended USMLE Step 1 review resources

First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK, Eighth Edition (First Aid USMLE)

Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan

An indispensable high-yield review for the USMLE Step 2 CK!

The eighth edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK is written by medical students who successfully passed the exam and reviewed by top faculty. The result is proven information and strategies that maximize your study time and deliver the results you want!

Features:

  • Thousands of must-know facts that summarize frequently tested topics
  • Completely updated based on feedback from students who passed
  • 120+ photographs similar to those on the exam
  • Full-color design includes numerous clinical images
  • Rapid Review section for last-minute cramming
  • Updated ratings of Step 2 CK review resources

Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (Pocket Notebook Series)

Marc S. Sabatine

Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this pocket-sized looseleaf is one of the best-selling references for medical students, interns, and residents on the wards and candidates reviewing for internal medicine board exams. In bulleted lists, tables, and algorithms, Pocket Medicine provides key clinical information about common problems in internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and rheumatology.The six-ring binder resembles the familiar "pocket brain" notebook that most students and interns carry and allows users to add notes. This Fourth Edition is fully updated and includes an eight-page color insert with key and classic abnormal images.

Kaplan PCAT 2012-2013

Kaplan

The most thorough review pharmacy students can get that covers all of the subjects tested on the PCAT!

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) endorses the PCAT as the official preferred admissions test for entrance into Pharmacy College, and 65 percent of pharmacy colleges require their prospective students to take the exam as part of their admissions package. Administered in January, June, August, and October, the PCAT tests a student’s verbal ability, reading comprehension, and knowledge of basic principles and concepts of biology and general and elementary organic chemistry.

Now fully revised and updated, the Kaplan PCAT 2012–2013 guide provides future pharmacy students with the best test-taking strategies to help them get the scores they need to get into the pharmacy school of their choice.

With Kaplan PCAT 2012–2013, students can take advantage of the guide’s many invaluable benefits, including:

  • A full-length practice test with detailed answer explanations
  • A complete diagnostic test that helps assess students’ skill level
  • Complete math and science review and practice
  • Proven methods for acing the difficult writing sections
  • Effective score-raising strategies and tips for dealing with test-day stress

Kaplan PCAT 2012–2013 provides students with everything they need to improve their scores?guaranteed. Kaplan’s Higher Score guarantee provides security that no other test preparation guide on the market can match. Kaplan has helped more than three million students prepare for standardized tests. We invest more than $4.5 million annually in research and support for our products. We know that our test-taking techniques and strategies work and our materials are completely up-to-date. Kaplan PCAT 2012–2013 is the must-have preparation tool for every student looking to score higher!

 

Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 10th Edition

Lynn S. Bickley MD

The Tenth Edition of this classic text provides the best foundation for performing physical examinations and taking patient history. The book features a beautiful full-color art program and a clear, simple two-column format, with highly visual step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right.

This edition's health promotion sections have been extensively updated and expanded in all chapters, with new and revised national guidelines, pertinent screening tools, and more information about ways to help patients prevent disease and optimize their health across all settings and age groups. Detailed information on pain assessment is now included in the general survey, vital signs, and pain chapter. A new chapter presents assessment of mental health status and behavior to encompass the psychosocial dimensions of care. Evidence-based content has been increased, with pertinent findings, avenues for research, and references/suggested readings added across the entire book. More than 50 new line drawings and photos have been added.

A bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website include 5 Approach to Patient videos, 15 Head-to-Toe Examination videos, 25 Assessment videos, heart and breath sounds, the Center for Disease Control's pediatric growth chart, journal articles, Nursing Professional Roles and Responsibilities, and the fully searchable text. An Instructor's Resource DVD-ROM and online instructor resources are also available.

Step-Up to USMLE Step 2 (Step-Up Series)

Jonathan P. Van Kleunen MD

This Step-Up Series volume is a high-yield, systems-based, outline-format review of commonly tested USMLE Step 2 material, including internal medicine subspecialties, required clerkship specialties, and important topics in medical practice. The user-friendly format, with numerous tables, illustrations, and flow charts, allows quick review of a vast body of facts. "Quick Hit" marginalia highlight facts likely to be tested. "Next Step" marginalia indicate what the clinician must do next after making a diagnosis. A full-color section illustrates classic presentations of dermatologic and other disorders. This edition includes additional Quick Hits, mnemonics, new illustrations, expanded coverage of ARDS, a new table on breast malignancy variants, and updated vaccination schedules.

Examkrackers: 1001 Questions in MCAT in Physics

Jonathan Orsay

This book contains 1001 fully annotated physics questions in the MCAT format organized by topic. The range of difficulty is from easy to very difficult. There are questions on every physics topic that might appear on the MCAT.

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: Provider Manual (American Heart Association, ACLS Provider Manual)

2010 CPR ECC Guidelines Class book

First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS, Fourth Edition (First Aid USMLE)

Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, Mae Sheikh-Ali, Fadi Abu Shahin

Trust the #1 selling USMLE Step 2 CS review book for the most thorough, score-boosting exam preparation possible!

A Doody's Core Title for 2011!

The best USMLE Step 2 CS review got just got even better! The third edition of First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CS has been updated based on feedback from US and international medical student test takers. This student-to-student guide thoroughly prepares you for frequently tested cases, including telephone exams, to ensure CS success.

  • 40 full-length practice cases that simulate the real exam – including all new pediatric and telephone interviews as well as suggested closing statements for each case
  • A revised and expanded set of minicases representing common complaints designed to help you rapidly develop a set of differential diagnoses
  • Time management advice to maximize your clinical encounters
  • Step-by-step strategies for interacting with standardized patients, including “difficult patients”
  • Detailed descriptions of high-yield physical exam maneuvers that will win you points without costing time
  • Proven study and exam strategies from students who passed

USMLE Step 2 Secrets, 3e

Theodore X. O'Connell MD, Adam Brochert MD

USMLE Step 2 Secrets is an easy-to-read review perfect for busy students like you. Adam Brochert, MD-who scored in the 99th percentile on the Step 2 USMLE-and Theodore X. O'Connell, MD-author of several review and clinical reference books-present essential questions and answers covering the important concepts you need to know to score well on the USMLE Step 2 exam: key conditions you will be expected to recognize, all specialty and subspecialty topics, and necessary clinical concepts.

  • Learn the most important questions and answers with the proven format of the highly acclaimed Secrets Series.
  • Master all specialty and subspecialty topics covered on Step 2.
  • Identify key facts and secrets using the Top 100 Secrets chapter.
  • Review material quickly and easily thanks to bulleted lists, algorithms, and illustrations.
  • Apply the pearls, tips, memory aids, and "secrets" from well-known and highly popular authors, Adam Brochert, MD and Theodore X. O'Connell, MD.
  • Find information quickly with a second color highlighting chapter and section titles, legends, bullets and icons, and key terms.
  • Consult the book wherever you go thanks to the portable size that fits in your lab coat pocket.
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