First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2019, Twenty-ninth edition

A brief inspection reveals the addition of a HUGE number of new diagrams and pictures which improve the clarity of many, many concepts. As usual, great for any medical student getting ready for Step 1. As naturopathic medical students, we often use this 792-page bible to prepare for our first licensing exam and, no doubt, the entire cohort will be acquiring this bad boy. Some new diagrams/pictures include: 1) Mutations in DNA 2) Protein synthesis 3) Autosomal trisomies 4) Ethanol metabolism 5) Immunology was restructured and it reads more logically 6) Endo vs exotoxins 7) HIV diagnosis algorithm - GREAT diagram. 8) Some additions about the immunology of cancer (v. important) - can be found in the general pathology section 9) Hematology and oncology - rearranged order plus great diagrams about hematopoiesis, pro- and anticoagulation 10) MSK - lovely diagrams about radiculopathy 11) Very nice additions to the neuro section, e.g. lower extent of spinal cord 12) Some handy photos of real-life examples of embryo pathologies 13) Illustrations on the gonadal drainage 14) GI - more histological slides and embryo photos 15) Lots of diagrams in cardio/respiratory to complement the text, e.g. blood supply of myocardium 16) Many other minor tweaks :) Hope this helps meds students getting ready for their first licensing exams in 2019! Good luck, everyone. :)

I was a little reluctant to purchase this since I had already done all my annotations on the previous edition of the book. However, due to my exam being really close, I couldnt wait for the ebook to come out so I went ahead and ordered the hardcopy, and boy am I glad that I did! Not only does this edition have some newer content (eg immune evasion by cancer) but also the pre-existing information has been updated and in some cases rearranged in a much more presentable way (eg, the horrible Neurocutaneous Syndromes now seem less daunting). New images (eg histology slides for the Transplant rejection reactions), charts (eg Diagnosis of HIV) and tables (eg different radiculopathies of the lower extermity) are commendable. A minor glitch for me was that some of the pages had ink bleeds on them but that can be easily overlooked compared to the overall worth of this book. Keep up the good work FirstAidTeam!!

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I have received my First Aid 2019 and very happy to own it! I saw on Amazon that some buyers complained about ink on pages and some printing issues. So, I expected to have such issues. However, my book came very clean and without any ink!!!! The content is great, very informative and all high yield facts are in one place. The explanations are easy and design of tables, diagrams are capturing and easy to follow. The review with First Aid will be enjoyable, I suspect! Thank you, Amazon for quick delivery! First Aid authors, you are the BEST!

If you go to page 549 during dedicated, you too can realize that you meet criteria of MDD according to the SIG E CAPS mnemonic! 5/5 stars for the content of the book, FA is essential as always and it looks like they're consistently adding stuff compared to years' past. Just get the newest version for whatever year when you take step. 0/5 stars for accompanying MDD during dedicated.

I upgraded my FA from my 2016 edition as I plan on taking Step 1 this spring. There are a lot of wonderful, new diagrams and explanations. Unfortunately, the index is often incorrect (I've started writing in the right pages numbers in the index once I find them to save time in the future.) I've wasted a lot of time trying to find what I need. I've also email McGraw Hill customer service about this issue twice without a reply. If you are someone who likes to cross-reference subjects while you study, or are using FA in conjunction with a question bank, you'll have trouble finding the subjects in your book if using the index. UPDATE 3/8/19: Customer service emailed me back. After I let them know about a few of the index errors I had corrected in my book. They sent me a digital copy of the revised index which is all I asked for and needed.

I don't see too many differences btwn the 2018 vs. 2019 edition, but since I am a year out from testing I figured the 2019 purchase was the better option! I definitely would recommend this for STEP prep as well as for supplementing/adding to your lectures. There are tons of helpful mnemonics and the info is straight forward and condensed.

As a medical student, this is a MUST!! It has a great layout and a lot of really awesome ways to remember things. I really appreciate this and use it to study for class and not just for step. Seriously, if you’re a medical student, you need to have this!

My fevaroute loooove this book it is a must not only for usmle but for any other basic science examination, must have

Exellent book with good illustrations, very useful for USMLE aspirants

I am a medical student in Poland and it's tough to find good resources to prepare for USMLE Step 1 when your school's orientation of the curriculum isn't preparing you in the same direction as what USMLE Step 1 focuses on. This book is enough to give you passing score if you understand and memorize every concept inside the book. Don't forget to also get the USMLE Rx Videos because it helps you understand what every page is talking about. Without watching the video I felt it's very hard to understand how everything is connected from the mechanism to the symptom and to the treatment or even the comparison in differences between the diseases. The most important thing is that it picks out the most important corners where USMLE Step 1 try to separate un-prepared student from prepared student. For example, you can understand every characteristics of the Crohn Disease but if you don't know the key differences between Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn Disease, then you will get a score the same as a student who doesn't know anything about Crohn Disease. The total duration of weeks to accomplish it to a good quality is about 6 weeks (Including videos and annotations from the videos).

lo que me esperaba

Este es un muy buen libro con un gran contenido resumido, ideal para un repaso general para presentar el examen USMLE Step 1.