High-Yield Biochemistry

ANNOTATION

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

As part of the popular High-Yield(tm) Series, this updated Second Edition provides a succinct, heavily illustrated review in outline format of medical biochemistry for students preparing for USMLE Step 1.

SYNOPSIS

With material presented in an illustrated outline format, this review covers key principles needed for passing biochemistry courses and preparing for the USMLE Step 1 exam. Coverage progresses from acid- base relationships and enzymes through biochemical technology and hormones. Wilcox teaches biochemistry at Loma Linda California. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

FROM THE CRITICS

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Anatoly Bezkorovainy, JD, PhD (Rush Medical College of Rush University)Description: This is a "review of a review" book designed to provide a last-minute visit with the field of biochemistry before sitting for a licensure examination. Purpose: The purpose is to provide a quick (two-hour) review of the field of biochemistry. The short preface provides an excellent definition of the purpose, particularly noting ". . . you cannot review what you never knew." Every medical student would do well to heed this pearl of wisdom. Audience: The audience targeted is medical and other health professions students who might want a last-minute review of the field of biochemistry before taking their licensure examinations. Features: One negative is the lack of an index, which might be quite useful for a quick reference to a topic so the reader would not have to leaf through the pages (after all, the book is supposed to provide a quick review of biochemistry). Some glaring omissions include the lack of material on hemoglobin chemistry or physiology, and few, if any, metabolic control mechanisms. On a positive note, each section has a "clinical relevance story" (e.g., metabolic changes in diabetes mellitus). Acid-base chemistry is well handled, as are topics in molecular biology. Assessment: The biomedical sciences have finally caught up with the legal profession in the review book publishing area. I remember taking a bar review course after finishing law school; we were handed a two-volume set of tomes reviewing the three-year legal curriculum, plus a small book reviewing the review books. This was a good way to prepare for the bar exam, and I think that this book serves that same purpose rather well. I only hope that our future doctors will be reviewing that which they have learned in the first place. I know that the lawyers certainly do.

RATING

3 Stars from Doody

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