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Medical Student Course Guide for accessing UCI Libraries' Resources: MS1 Basic Sciences

This guide is specifically designed for UCI medical students. It provides direct links to online key resources and textbooks for the undergraduate medical education curriculum.
URL: https://guides.lib.uci.edu/MS_courseguide

Anatomy & Embryology: 500ABC

* = UC Irvine access only
Required Textbook:

Other Suggested Textbooks, Atlas, and Dissector 

Study Guides

Online Practice Exam

  • *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams 
    • Available online, access is restricted to UCI.  Register individually on-site.
    • Anatomy exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
      • Select Biomedical Sciences, then Anatomy (486 questions)
      • Select USMLE
        1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
        2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
        3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Anatomy (103 questions)

BoardVitals is an interactive, high-quality, and effective board review tool available through the UCI Libraries subscription. BoardVitals is a collection of test banks that can help you to prepare for the USMLE Steps 1, 2, 3, and Shelf Exams.  The USMLE Step 1 includes 3,304 questions in three difficulty levels (Hard, Moderate, and Easy) with 29 subject topics such as "Anatomy", "Behavioral Health", "Biochemistry", "Biostatistics and Epidemiology", etc.  In Anatomy, it includes 327 questions. 

Behavioral Science and Medical Ethics I: 505A

Course Textbooks: 

Online Practice Exam

  • *BoardVitals - USMLE and Shelf Exam Prep: an online exam review tool that students have access to test banks to help prepare for the USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3 and Shelf Exams for eight medical specialties.
    • Under USMLE Step 1, students have access to the Customized Exam for the subject, Behavioral Health with 132 questions, and Social Science with 64 questions.  
    • To access, go to BoardVitals and select Register to create a free user access account.  For authorized access, you must use your UCI email when registering for a user account.  If done remotely, be sure to go through the VPN with your UCInetID and password.  After initial registration, click here to log in.
       
  • *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
    • Available online, access is restricted to UCI.  Register individually on-site.
    • Behavioral Sciences exam questions are available under USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
      • Select USMLE
        1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
        2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
        3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Behavioral Sciences (103 questions)

Study Guides

Histology: 503AB

Core Textbooks:

Core Note:

Online Practice Exam

  • *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
    • Available online, access is restricted to UCI.  Register individually on-site.
    • Histology exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
      • Select Biomedical Sciences, then Cytology and Histology (1185 questions)
      • Select USMLE
        1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
        2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
        3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Cytology and Histology (126 questions)
           
  • *BoardVitals - USMLE and Shelf Exam Prep 

BoardVitals is an interactive, high-quality, and effective board review tool subscribed to by the UCI Libraries. This is a collection of test banks that can help you to prepare for the USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Shelf Exams.  For USMLE Step 1, BoardBitals provides access to 3,304 questions in three difficulty levels (Hard, Moderate, and Easy) with 29 subject topics including "Anatomy", "Behavioral Health", "Biochemistry", "Biostatistics and Epidemiology", etc.  

Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: 523

Required Course Textbooks:

Online Practice Exam

BoardVitals is an interactive, high-quality, and effective board review tool available through the UCI Libraries subscription. This is a collection of test banks that can help you to prepare for the USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Shelf Exams. For USMLE Step 1, BoardVitals provides access to 3,304 questions in three difficulty levels (Hard, Moderate, and Easy) with 29 subject topics such as "Anatomy", "Behavioral Health", "Biochemistry", "Biostatistics and Epidemiology", etc.  Biochemistry includes 164 questions. 

  • *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams 
    • Available online, access is restricted to UCI.  Register individually on-site.
    • Biochemistry exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
      • Select Biomedical Sciences, then Biochemistry (1310 questions)
      • Select USMLE
        1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
        2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
        3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Biochemistry (68 questions)

Medical Genetics: 511

Medical Genetics Course Textbooks

Online Practice Exam

  • *BoardVitals USMLE and Shelf Exam Prep [electronic resource]: This resource provides medical students with advanced board preparation and review resources, which include high-yield question banks and practice exams for USMLE and Shelf Exam. The NBME Shelf Exams question banks have been specifically adapted for the Medical School Student Level. They include thousands of multiple-choice questions (MCQ), vignettes, and long-form questions for use during clerkship rotations.  For USMLE Step 1, Genetics includes 145 questions. 

    • To access, go to BoardVitals and select Register to create a free user access account.  For authorized access, you must use your UCI email when registering for a user account.  If done remotely, be sure to go through the VPN with your UCInetID and password. 
    • After initial registration, click here to log in.
      • After login, select the green Go button for USMLE Step 1. 
      • Select the box for Genetics (145)

PHYSIO 544: Medical Immunology

Required Course Textbook:

Recommended Course Text

Study Guides

Online Practice Exam

  • *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams

    • Available online, access is restricted to UCI.  Register individually on-site.

      • Note: When registering, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise, your registration will be denied. After the registration, please check your email to activate your access. For instruction, watch a short video here.

    • Immunology exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences, USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review, and the USMLE Step 1 Board Preparation. 

      • [Note: This module is designed to emulate the look and feel of the actual Step 1 exam in accordance with the USMLE blueprint. As with the actual exam, most questions are case-based, while a small percentage of General Principle, factual recall questions will be available.]

  • Select Biomedical Sciences, then Immunology (218 questions)

  • Select USMLE

    1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review

    2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)

    3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Immunology (21 questions)

BoardVitals is an interactive, high-quality, and effective board review tool available through the UCI Libraries subscription. This is a collection of test banks that can help you to prepare for the USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Shelf Exams. For USMLE Step 1, BoardVitals provides access to 3,304 questions in three difficulty levels (Hard, Moderate, and Easy) with 29 subject topics such as "Anatomy", "Behavioral Health", "Biochemistry", "Biostatistics and Epidemiology", etc.  For USMLE, Immune System includes 204 questions. 

Medical Physiology and Pathophysiology: 543AB

* = UC Irvine access only

Course Required Text:

Study Guides

The week before the exam

The day before the exam

Online Practice Exam

  • *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
    • Available online, access is restricted to UCI.  Register individually on-site.
      • Note: When registering, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise, your registration will be denied. After the registration, please check your email to activate your access. For instruction, watch a short video here.
         
    • Physiology exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical Sciences, the USMLE Step 1 Board Preparation. and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
      • Select Biomedical Sciences, then Physiology (1482 questions)
      • Select USMLE
        1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
        2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
        3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Physiology (172 questions)

 

BoardVitals is an interactive, high-quality, and effective board review tool available through the UCI Libraries subscription. This is a collection of test banks that can help you to prepare for the USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Shelf Exams.  The USMLE Step 1 provides access to 3,304 questions in three difficulty levels (Hard, Moderate, and Easy) with 29 subject topics such as "Anatomy", "Behavioral Health", "Biochemistry", "Biostatistics and Epidemiology", etc. In USMLE 1, Physiology includes 343, and Cardiovascular System includes 435 questions.    


Online Supplemental Texts

Neuroscience: 502A

* = UC Irvine access only

Recommended Textbooks

Study Guides

Online Practice Exam

  • *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams 
    • Available online, access is restricted to UCI.  Register individually on-site.
    • Neuroanatomy exam questions are available under two groups in Exam Master: Biomedical
      Sciences
       and USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
      • Select Biomedical Sciences, then Neuroanatomy (222 questions)
      • Select USMLE
        1. Click on USMLE Step 1 Medical Subject Review
        2. Click on the side triangle to expand the Basic Sciences (1916 questions)
        3. Click on the side triangle to expand the Neuroanatomy (34 questions)

BoardVitals is an interactive, high-quality, and effective board review tool available through the UCI Libraries subscription. This is a collection of test banks that can help you to prepare for the USMLE Steps 1, 2, 3, and Shelf Exams. For USMLE Step 1, BoardVitals provides access to 3,304 questions in three difficulty levels (Hard, Moderate, and Easy) with 29 subject topics such as "Anatomy", "Behavioral Health", "Biochemistry", "Biostatistics and Epidemiology", etc. 

Remote Access to the UCI Libraries Online Resources

Connect from Off-Campus

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