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Cracking the Boards: USMLE Step 1
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.0076
EAN: 9780375761638
Edition: 3
ISBN: 0375761632
Label: Princeton Review
Manufacturer: Princeton Review
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 796
Publication Date: 2000-12
Publisher: Princeton Review
Release Date: December 05, 2000
Studio: Princeton Review
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Editorial Review:
This guide offers a thorough review of all topics covered in the first two years of medical school. Because it is written by past and present medical students who know what it's like to study for the boards, Cracking the Boards: USMLE Step 1 presents the material in the clearest, most easily accessible manner possible. It includes:
A focused review of all the material students need to know for the exam
Bolded key terms for easy reference, plus hundreds of labeled illustrations
The Princeton Review's proven score-raising approach for USMLE success
Hundreds of charts, and diagrams
Reviews of all the material students need to know: biochemistry, cell biology, human genetics, pharmacology, microbiology, immunology and more
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not Enough
This book is only sufficient for the less weighted items for the USMLE boards. There is just not enough depth for a lot of the things covered by the boards. Also, there are quite a few errors in here, and no errata published by Princeton Review. That means that everything written in it must be checked elsewhere and confirmed before it is useful. On the plus side, for a broad and nonspecific overview of topics like gross anatomy, genetics and immunology, the book did a good job. However, they ... Read More
Rating:  - Full of Mistakes
This book is absolutely full of mistakes, I would not rely on it at all!
Rating:  - Cracking the boards...
This is a great book to review material, as it explains concepts so well. It also covers strictly all the clinical points of the basic sciences, and not facts that are really not needed. You must learn to use it with your coursework, however, as it is a bit deficient. I am using it side by side with my first aid, and a couple other review books. It's framework, however, makes studying for the boards a lot easier to mentally grasp, as the systems and the most high yield concepts are already there ... Read More
Rating:  - good for a comprehensive review
not as thorough as a textbook, but has just what's needed to pass the boards. (i did!) would use with standard textbooks for reference.
Rating: - Cracking the Boards USMLE Step 1
I found this book extremely frustrating to use. I found an average 1 mistake per page, causing me to question every word written. As examples, according to this book, Vitamin D is 25 hydroxylated in the kidney (should be liver), alzheimer's has equal prevalence in males and females (F=2M), classical C5 convertase is C4b2b3b (should be C4b2a3b), Myesthenia Gravis is a result of desensitization block of Ach receptors by autoreactive antibodies (antibodies do not act at the ligand binding site, but serve ... Read More
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