REAL-LIFE CLINICAL CASES FOR THE BASIC SCIENCES AND USMLE STEP 1

Experience with clinical cases is key to excelling on the USMLE Step 1 and shelf exams, and ultimately to providing patients with competent clinical care. Case Files: Pharmacology provides 56 true-to-life clinical cases that illustrate essential concepts in pharmacology. Each case includes an easy-to-understand discussion correlated to key basic science concepts, definitions of key terms, pharmacology pearls, and USMLE-style review questions. With Case Files, you'll learn instead of memorize.

Learn from 56 high-yield cases, each with board-style questions
Master key concepts with clinical pearls
Polish your approach to clinical problems and to patient care
Maximize your board scores with the proven Case Files system
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Eugene C. Toy, MD is a dual certified family physician and ob/gyn. He is the John S. Dunn Senior Academic Chair and Program Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Methodist Hospital--Houston; Clerkship Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Texas--Houston Medical School (Houston, Texas).

David S. Loose is Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology at The University of Texas--Houston Medical School.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section I: Applying the Basic Sciences to Clinical Medicine
Approachs to Learning Pharmacology
Approach to Disease
Approach to Reading

Section II: Clinical Cases
Fifty-Three Case Scenarios

Section III: Listing of Cases
Listing by Case Number
Listing by Disorder (Alphabetical)