See if you can handle our Step 1 Question of the Week. Earn bonus points by providing a diagnosis along with the reasoning behind your conclusion. Afterward, take the Rx Challenge and see why more med students are relying on USMLE-Rx for Step 1 prep. Each participant will […]
By Richard A. Giovane, MD Rain drops…hundreds of them hit the window with unrelenting force. The sky was a lifeless grey, like a patient euthanized after a code, while the sound of the Caribbean Sea slapping against the harsh coast reverberated in the library. It was second year […]
Join us for a FREE Webinar on October 15th Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: http://bit.ly/2OoZvSj This high-yield talk from Dr. Tao Le, the series editor for First Aid, will cover the basics of the USMLE Step 1 including an overview of the boards, goal […]
(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) ScholarRx Announces Call for Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC) Grant Applications to Transform Medical Education Elizabethtown, KY: ScholarRx today announced a call for applications to the Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC), a landmark program designed to promote global educational scholarship and […]
For this week’s quiz, we’ve pulled a pediatric question from our Step 2 Qmax library. Let’s see if you can determine the cardiac issue associated with this boy’s condition. And, as always, merit points go to those who can name that condition. Once you’ve submitted your answer, we […]
By Richard A. Giovane, MD “D”, I said to myself, the answer was clearly D. Hypoglycin A, the patient clearly had Jamaican Vomiting Sickness due to eating unripened ackee fruit. That last question sealed the deal with my biochemistry final and ended a long stretch of studying in […]
Greetings First Aid and USMLE-Rx fans! Each year more than 150,000 students and physicians trust First Aid for the USMLE, USMLE-Rx Qmax, First Aid Flash Facts, and First Aid Express videos for critical exam prep and curricular coursework. We hope that you have also benefited from these resources, […]
By Richard A. Giovane, M.D. Whether it is today or months down the road, everyone preparing to take the Step 1 board exam will one day wake up and realize that the test is only 2 weeks away! And, trust me, you need to be ready to handle the […]
Each year more than 150,000 students and physicians trust First Aid for the USMLE, USMLE-Rx Qmax, First Aid Flash Facts, and First Aid Express videos for critical exam prep and curricular coursework. We hope that you have also benefited from these resources, and we invite you to consider joining our […]
Sarina Bang leads you through an exploration of enzyme kinetics, including ways to differentiate reversible competitive inhibitors, irreversible competitive inhibitors, and noncompetitive inhibitors. She also helps you understand Michaelis-Menten kinetics and Lineweaver-Burk plots, as discussed in First Aid for the USMLE Step 1. Learn more about the USMLE-Rx […]
