It’s been quite some time since I posted the “Best Books for USMLE” and this time around I thought I would just update the different versions of text out there.
Here are the ULTIMATE essentials:
Number 1:
If I have to tell why you need this book to do well in the boards then I really don’t know [...]
There are basically only TWO pharmacology books you will ever need in med school. This is because a lot of the pharm knowledge is made available from other text books around the way.
Here we go:
NUMBER 1:
This basically the ONLY book you will ever need to supplement your pharmacology cravings. I only started using it from [...]
Sorry it’s been a while but Exams, Christmas and New Years have been keeping me busy throughout the last few months.
Back to work: here are the ONLY pathology books you will need during your med schools years.
Number 1:
This is without a doubt one of the first pathology books you have to get (along with the [...]
These books are not in any order. They are, however, rather necessary to get through any Peds/Paeds clinical rotation:
NUMBER 1
I can’t stop telling people how great the Lecture Note series of books are. They are concise, accurate and high yield sources better than most texts in their respective fields. The down side is they are [...]
Here are my list of 5 of the Best Anatomy Resources ALL medical students should have:
Number One:
By Frank H Netter
This is one of the best in the field of Anatomy Textbooks. It features hand painted drawings by Frank H. Netter and his partners. This man had the single vision of getting anatomy across to medical [...]
A quick word to the wise. None of these books are as essential as the other books I have pointed out before. These books are only here to help you fill out any extra holes you may have in your USMLE study plan. They are best bought if you are having an extremely tough time [...]
“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 – 1900)
I often wonder the same thing about medicine – whether treating and socialising with the sickly makes us more prone to become patients ourselves.
Tell me what you think?
Here are my picks for the best books money can buy for the USMLE Step 1 Examinations. It helps if you have time to read them more than once just to re-enforce what you’re studying. Here they are:
#1:
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 by Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, [...]
