First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2017

The absolute must have book for usmle step 1. This is an amazing resource, and covers almost all the high yield information that you need to know for step 1. Obviously you can refer to other resources if you need further explanations, but this book is GOLD. And this version in my opinion is way better than the 2016 version because it's way more organized, especially neuro, and has improved diagrams and pictures and it also has some extra high yield info that i noticed was missing in the previous version. I found a few mistakes (2-3) in renal so far, but that's something you find in every first aid and you can just check the errata online. Definitely 5 stars, and definitely worth the switch from previous versions. Would also like to add that I'm so pleased by amazon's delivery service, since I ordered this all the way from Romania and it arrived pretty quickly.

First and most important book for USMLE I have 2015 ver. too Quite similar but contains update First of all, service of Amazon is great

The format takes a bit getting used to. It is not something you can just sit down and read which was annoying. It definitely requires a base level of knowledge to decipher. Best used as a supplement/reference to question banks and not really useful as a study tool by itself.

First Aid is known as “the bible” of Step 1 for good reason. This is the base reference for the dedicated study period, i.e. your veritable encyclopedia, and really where your brain lives leading up to the test. It contains the largest majority of the information tested in any one place, and many use it for 2CK prep too. It is two letters of the essential “UFAP” study materials/plan (along with U-world and Pathoma). Within its margins, write any high-yield test information gathered from other sources, e.g. Pathoma, Goljan, B&B, any q-banks. Buy the most updated version for your test year, make sure you see most if not all of it as you go through U-world. Don’t skip the high yield rapid review tables in back. I still open it up from every now and then when trying to recall some basic science obscure medical fact or phys concept.

The best review book for the basic sciences with some or few improvements in its contents but same information year by year. I have some previous editions and it is not necessary buy a new edition the next year because is a little new content. Maybe every 3 years you can buy a new edition.

Usually Med students buy the current books but I stuck with this one during my med school years until the end. I had to fix a lot and add a lot too. So overall, its ok. But I dont think this review matters anyway.

Despite the complimentary depression that came along with the book, this is the highest of HY, so I give it 5 stars. Also, there's enough added / updated material in comparison w/ the 2016 version. Differences I've noticed after looking at Endo are 2 figures were updated (one adding where drugs work, the other making it easier to read), and there was more info added about drugs in the Endo pharm section. The GI section has similar updates to diagrams (blood supply to GI structures easier to read, picture added for Hirschsprung disease, different images used for path of disease ect.). The FA diagrams are one of the most helpful things in the book for me, so I was happy to see that many of them were updated / made better. Opinion: It's worth buying even if you have the 2016 version

It is a necessary part of boards study for all future physicians.

It’s FA for step 1…it’s everything you expect. You will love it and hate it because you have to know it all

Amazing book, super useful to med school, helps in every area of the medical knowledge since embryology to anatomy, loved it.

Facile e completo per un ripasso. Necessario naturalmente avere un buon livello di inglese. Utili le immagini e gli schemi

I bought this book to help me decide if I wanted to take the USMLEs. I wish I had bought this book a lot earlier before I bought other textbooks. This book gives an amazing overview of the major systems taught in preclinical medicine. With the book divided into the major organ systems and each system then being divided into: Anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology. This book is very good if you have already been taught the content but I would not recommend it to learn the content initially as there is much abbreviated language and acronyms. However this book has amazing diagrams and simple concise notes and methods of remembering facts. I would absolutely recommend this textbook to anyone.

Despite being listed as a new item. My book arrived with both front and back covers damaged and some of the pages being folded.