USMLE books

	Blueprints Computer-Based Case Simulation Review: USMLE Step 3 (Blueprints Series)
	By: Carter E. Wahl ISBN: 1405104457 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 July, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 27611	Not only is this book concise and affordable, but it is also extremely helpful. I am writing this review after having taken step 3 and I can say that the content is a good reflection of the test. Good luck! This book was a great benefit and helped to first ease my fears of the CCS exam and second to prepare me for the actual questions. I highly recommend this book and best of luck to you on step 3. The purpose of this small booklet seems to be an introduction book to the exam takers for the new format of USMLE step 3, the CCS portion. This book is only good for the beginner who does not know the exam at all. This book gives more detail about how to do the CCS than that in the USMLE orientation material and Kaplan review. If you have no idea what CCS is, you may want to read this book. However, the CCS is far more complicated than that this book described. I wish it could give more details in the skills of using the CCS software and more cases for practice.
	USMLE Step 2 CS: Complex Cases: 35 Cases You Are Likely to See on the Exam
	By: Phillip Brottman, Kaplan, Sonia Reichert ISBN: 1419595504 Publisher: Kaplan Publishing Release Date: 04 September, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 35602	what I liked about the book is , it didn't waste my time reading irrelevant information about what's the test or how it is projected (I beleive all Med. graduates and USMLE students know pretty much enough about the system).. this book just gave a very breif right on the money good information about the test then stroke towards the most often tested cases .
	NMS Review for USMLE Step 3 (National Medical Series for Independent Study)
	By: Mitchell H Rosner, Andrew E Lazar ISBN: 1582558337 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 August, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 224746	Great book,really helpful.Questions are much harder than you'll find on the boards.
	USMLE Road Map: Gross Anatomy (Usmle Road Map)
	By: James S White ISBN: 0071445161 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Release Date: 15 November, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 16599	I bough this book thinking that I would need to review alot of anatomy for the Boards but the reality is that anatomy is not a big topic. This book has too few details to be useful in a full anatomy course and maybe just a bit long for a Board review book. I would stick with the anatomy that is present on the First Aid and focus on doing anatomy passages from a database like Q-Bank. This is a great review of Anatomy for the Step 1. If you spend half a day skimming through this book reading the blue boxes and looking a the key drawings you will be well prepared for the questions on the exam. All of us at Penn Med love Dr White and his great book. But even more we love his lectures and guidance in lab!
	First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step 2 CK (First Aid)
	By: Tao Le, Anil Shivaram, Joshua Klein ISBN: 0071481737 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Release Date: 19 September, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 249904	Will probably use it as my main study aid for Step 2. Am also using Crush at first because it is a quicker read, but not as detailed. Would definitely recommend using FA Step 2 CK. Easier to read than FA Step 1. Good luck everyone. Rock it!
	2007 Kaplan USMLE Step 1 Home Study Program - Brand New
	By: kaplan medical ISBN: B0012LZKBK Publisher: Release Date: 2007 Bioscience book rank: 24564
	USMLE Step 1 Made Ridiculously Simple
	By: Andreas Carl ISBN: 0940780712 Publisher: MedMaster Release Date: 01 January, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 222041	I used this book as part of my Step 1 studying and found it easy to use, well organized and great for self-testing with helpful chart formats. It's terrific for last minute reviewing and also for getting a good framework to organize the material as you learn it. The CD Rom is also fantastic, really helped me to solidify those "buzzword" associations. Thanks, Dr. Carl! Do NOT waste your money. First Aid is far superior. There are multiple mistakes in Ridiculously Simple that will have you wasting precious time cross-referencing. It also leaves out many of the more significant details about diseases, disorders, microbes, etc. Seriously, if you want to waste your money, you can send it to me. This book is nice and simple, has a lot of point-form facts. Comes with a CD that has 1-line multiple choice questions (not in the actual USMLE format, but the author doesn't make any claims about that one, so I guess I can give him that.) <br />Easy to read and everything, but it's just NOT worth $30!!! I'd stick to the First Aid book and use this as a backup (but hey.. $30??)
	Deja Review: USMLE Step 1 Essentials (Total Recall Series)
	By: John H. Naheedy, Daniel Orringer ISBN: 0071447903 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Release Date: 16 August, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 242358	This book is not all encompassing however it does bring back into mind high yield facts that you should know. I would recommend using this book in conjuction with the First Aid Just be careful when you go through this book, because there are quite a few typos. Usually it's nothing important, but once in a while it may confuse phase I and phase II, for example :). But again, it is not intended to be an ultimate resourse, so just be attentive not to confuse yourself. <br /> <br />Otherwise, this is a truly terrific book, and I still give it 5 stars because I certainly prefer to have it now, with the typos, rather then wait till all the little things are cleared. It helps me to structurize my studies so much, that I really cannot imagine what I'd be doing without it. <br /> <br />2Authors: Great job! Thank you very much! Book is very helpful and should be bought early during med school. It will make sure that you know frequently tested topics. Also great along w/ first aid for board prep. There are a few mistakes as this is a 1st edition book, but the book is well worth $20.
	First Aid for the USMLE Step 1: 2006 (First Aid for the Usmle Step 1)
	By: Vikas Bhushan, Tao Le ISBN: 0071461159 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Release Date: 19 December, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 76609	I think the key to studying for the Step 1 is to restrict your studying materials. It's better to know everything in one book (THIS BOOK) than some of 5-6 books. So many questions from my USMLE came straight from this book that if you studied this and memorized every syllable, you will pass and pass well! Just supplement this with the Q bank to get yourself into question mode and you will be just fine. <br /> <br />This was pretty much all I used and I made a 225/94. you need this book starting from your first year of medical school, through wehn you take your step 1. use this book by its guidelines and you will be rewarded. pick it up, open it and read the first feww pages and follow what advice they give as a beginning medical student.also make sure you pick up the latest version.I used this book through my 2 years in college and i made 229/95 on my step 1. It is a good book for review but the subjects change one to another to fast and dont have any link between the subjects. You will need comprehensive books if you dont know a lot about the subjects. Good for highlight the most important topics for the test.
	The Ultimate Guide and Review for the USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam
	By: Mark H. Swartz ISBN: 1416037276 Publisher: Saunders Release Date: 06 December, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 141697	I reviewed ALL: NMS, FA, Nail the boards, beat the boards, UW, Usource.........even if you can go and do the course in New York with the author of this book, I consider that this is the best book to be really prepared to the step2 CS. You can used it with FA, both are perfect!. I loved this book!.