First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK

First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK

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

The seventh 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 16 pages of full-color clinical images Rapid Review section for last-minute cramming Updated ratings of Step 2 CK review resources

Table of contents : Contents......Page 6
Web Contributor......Page 8
Faculty Reviewers......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
How to Contribute......Page 16
Section 1 Guide to Efficient Exam Preparation......Page 18
USMLE Step 2 CK—Computer-Based Testing Basics......Page 19
Defining Your Goal......Page 25
Study Resources......Page 27
Testing Agencies......Page 29
Section 1 Supplement: Special Situations......Page 32
First Aid for the International Medical Graduate......Page 33
First Aid for the Student with a Disability......Page 51
Section 2 Database of High-Yield Facts......Page 54
How to Use the Database......Page 55
Cardiovascular......Page 56
Dermatology......Page 90
Endocrinology......Page 130
Epidemiology......Page 148
Ethics and Legal Issues......Page 162
Gastrointestinal......Page 168
Hematology/Oncology......Page 204
Infectious Disease......Page 232
Musculoskeletal......Page 272
Neurology......Page 296
Obstetrics......Page 336
Gynecology......Page 374
Pediatrics......Page 412
Psychiatry......Page 448
Pulmonary......Page 472
Renal/Genitourinary......Page 492
Selected Topics in Emergency Medicine......Page 516
Rapid Review......Page 536
Section 3 Top-Rated Review Resources......Page 562
How to Use the Database......Page 564
Comprehensive......Page 566
Online Comprehensive Review......Page 570
Internal Medicine......Page 571
Neurology......Page 576
OB/GYN......Page 578
Pediatrics......Page 581
Psychiatry......Page 585
Surgery......Page 589
Miscellaneous......Page 593
Commercial Review Courses......Page 594
Appendix I: Abbreviations and Symbols......Page 596
Appendix II: Common Laboratory Values......Page 604
A......Page 606
B......Page 607
C......Page 608
D......Page 609
E......Page 610
F......Page 611
H......Page 612
I......Page 613
L......Page 614
M......Page 615
N......Page 616
P......Page 617
R......Page 619
S......Page 620
T......Page 621
V......Page 622
Z......Page 623
About the Authors......Page 624

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