Aim Your Brain at USMLE Step 1: The Ultimate System for Mastering Multiple-Choice Exams

by Mary K. Miller

Overview

Please select the ONE BEST answer: 1. You are a medical student preparing to take the USMLE Step 1 exam. Which of the following best expresses your innermost thoughts? (A) I hate multiple-choice exams. (B) I wish there were a better way to prepare for the test. (C) I know the material, but I don't do well on standardized exams. (D) I worry about the consequences of not passing. (E) All of the above. Answer: E The multiple-choice question above strikes fear into the heart of every medical student. They must all pass USMLE "board" and NBME "shelf" exams. As a clinical professor who teaches medical students and residents, author Mary K. Miller has seen some of her best and brightest students stumble when taking multiple-choice tests. To help them, she has developed the Aim Your Brain Study System. Her techniques include: " Laying the foundation for how to study for USMLE Step 1; " Using the Aim Your Brain Study System to overcome the "I hate multiple-choice exams" mindset; Helping students overcome test anxiety and other difficult issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982134344
Publisher:	Ideas2Pen
Publication date:	04/01/2009
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	145
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Mary K Miller, PharmD, MD is a Clinical Professor and Clinic Medical Director for the Ellison and Cypress Ambulatory Clinics in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine. She is a licensed physician and clinical pharmacist, as well as the HIV gynecologist at the Center for AIDS Research, Education, and Services (CARES-Sacramento). Dr. Miller is a graduate of Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine and a graduate of the University of the Pacific, School of Pharmacy. She is the winner of numerous national teaching awards: APGO, CREOG, and the Kaiser Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching.