Microbiology: Review for USMLE, Step 1, Second Edition - Softcover

Stokes, Gerald V., Ph.D.

9781888308129: Microbiology: Review for USMLE, Step 1, Second Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888308125 ISBN 13: 9781888308129

Publisher: J & S Pub Co, 2002

This new edition of Dr. Stokes' USMLE Step 1 review book is updated from the 1993 edition by addition of new clinical vignettes,inclusion of diseases that have become more significant reently, e.g., anthrax, and replacement of old format questions with new ones that reflect the current style of USMLE, Step 1 exams. It is also extensively illustrated in black and white and has a 4-color signature of some of the illustrations of patients and pathogenic organisms at the back of the book. The book contains over 560 high-yield questions, answers, and brief tutorial reviews of the content covered by a set of questions. The book also has an index of important topics. It is designed to be used for rapid review for the USMLE, covering high-yield topics in a concise and readable manner. The book is laid out to facilitate rapid review. For example, if you answer a question set correctly, there is no need to study the explanation for that question set. If, one the other hand, you do not answer the questions correctly, you can use the tutorials to review the subject covered by the question set.

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About the Author:

Dr. Gerald V. Stokes is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He has nearly 30 years of experience in teaching and research to medical students.

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