medEssentials: High-Yield USMLE Step 1 Review (Kaplan Medessentials) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Manley, Leslie D. Manley
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
List Price: $49.95
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 19643
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 1427797161
Dewey Decimal Number: 378
EAN: 9781427797162
ASIN: 1427797161
Publication Date: December 4, 2007
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Product Description
Includes:- Core basic science concepts reviewed for success in medical programs and the USMLE
- Structured by organ system and discipline
- Charts, pictures, diagrams, and lists to supplement basic medical science concepts
- Foundation skills from pathology, pharmacology, physiology, microbiology, immunology, behavioral science, biochemistry, molecular biology, anatomy, embryology, and histology
- Free supplementary online material including:
- Eight different online exercises (labeling, reaction speed, separating, synaptic match, shooting game, flashcards, multiple-choice questions) to test your knowledge of basic science concepts.
- The scoring method for the online exercises features a personalized learning ""matrix,” providing a visual snapshot of your strengths and weaknesses organized by both organ system and discipline.
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Great Review - Light on Path January 8, 2008
Christy L. Nolan (Tampa, FL)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
The book was wonderful for a quick Anatomy, Embryo, Histo, Phys and Biochem review. Basically it's good for everything but Path. And lets face it - most of us use Goljan Rapid Review for that. If you have used or like the Kaplan lecture series books, this will work for you. Its a high yield review of lecture material in Kaplan mainly in chart format. Its main advantage over FA is the use of pictures that help to illustrate the anatomy and embryology. I love it and have pushed FA2008 aside in favor of this book. In quick review - you WILL need a different Path review book, but this is more detailed and better as a high yield review of general info!
Great supplement to First Aid April 28, 2008
Rupam Das (philly, pa)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Medessentials is a great book. Slightly more detailed with better charts compared to First Aid. Both books though have information not contained in the other, while a large majority is in both. I would recommend any first years considering books for studying for Step 1 for their second year to consider buying this and using both First Aid and Medessentials together (annotating 1 or both of them) as you go through your courses/review throughout the year making the 4-8wks/study before boards easier.
A good review book April 12, 2008
Like He (Los Angeles, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have to disagree with the reader who gave this book one star review. This is a REVIEW book, not a text book. It's true all the tables, diagrams and illustrations come from Kaplan lecture note(the note alone sell for $600, you may get them used from ebay for $300), but medessential picked out only the highest yield material from these notes to include in this comprehensive review book. I only studied Kaplan and Goljan patho and got 234(98)(I will try to upload my score sheet here). I didn't like FA myself, b/c it's too boring and it's just piles of disorganized facts, there is no comparison like Kaplan did.
I suggest you visit your local Barnes and noble to read this book first before making the purchase and see if it suit your style.
I graduated from medical school 13 years ago from another country, just passed my step 1 last year, Kaplan and Goljan definitely are critical to my success.
Good luck for your boards!
So much better August 18, 2008
WequeMD (Florida)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I find this book beats FA hands down. The material is orgnaized in logical manner and goes through each science for every system. It has more pictures and explanations than FA which I thought was a jumble of information. It also has a lot of COLOR images, which FA lacks. It has some information that FA doesn't have and vice-versa. Really, get it and FA both before the start of year 2 (or earlier) add notes in it as needed. If I had to choose just one of the two books, I would go with this one.
helpful but dense December 1, 2008
R. Balden (texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
bought this in addition to first aid and found it has way more detail and is a much slower review tool than first aid. however, since first aid is so concise, I have found it to be a good supplement with great summaries of concepts not explained in first aid... great to have, just wouldn't recommend this as your only study book.
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