Medical Student Course Guide: MS1 Basic Sciences

Core Textbook:

• *Junqueira’s Basic Histology: Text and Atlas. 15e Los Altos, Calif. : Lange Medical Publications. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 25 Van Zant St., Norwalk, CT 06855
  • Available online via AccessMedicine. Restricted to UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, and UCSF

• Histology Guide: Virtual History Laboratory
   
• *Color atlas and text of histology [electronic resource] / Leslie P. Gartner, James Hiatt. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2014. 6th ed.
  • Available online via LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
     
• Atlas of Human Histology by Robert L. Sorenson
  • Histology Guide - Virtual Histology Laboratory

Core Note:

• BRS Cell biology and histology / Leslie P. Gartner, James L. Hiatt, Judy M. Strum / Gartner, Leslie P., 1943- Baltimore, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2015. 7th edition.  
  • Available in Print at the Science Library Bar and the  Grunigen Medical Library  Call No.: QS 18.2 G244c 2015
     

Online Practice Exam

• *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams
  • Available online, access Restricted to UCI.  Register individually on site.
    • Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. For instruction, watch a short video here.
       
  • 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

Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Course Textbooks:

• Lippincott's illustrated reviews: biochemistry / Denise R.  Ferrier .   Philadelphia :  Wolters Kluwer  Health :  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2017] 7e. 
  • Available online through LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
     
• Medical physiology : a cellular and molecular approach / [edited by] Walter F. Boron, Emile L. Boulpaep. Philadelphia, PA : W.B. Saunders, 2012.  2nd edition, updated.   
  • Available in Print at Science Library Bar.  Call Number: QT 104 B7356M 2012

Online Practice Exam

• *BoardVitals USMLE and Shelf Exam Prep [electronic resource]:  This resource provides medical students with advanced board preparation and review resources, which includes high yield questions 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.  

  • 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 login.
    • After login, select the green Go button for USMLE Step 1. 
    • Select the box for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (49) 
• *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams 
  • Available online, access Restricted to UCI.  Register individually on site.
    • Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. For instruction, watch a short video here.
       
  • 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)

* = UC Irvine access only

Medical Genetics Course Textbooks:

• *Thompson & Thompson genetics in medicine Nussbaum, Robert L. Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, c2007. 7th edition.  
  • Available online via EBL. Restricted to UCI. Access limited to 3 simultaneous users. Try again later if refused. [Note: UCInetID login is required.]
  • Available in Print at Science Library Bar.  Library Call No.: QZ 50 N975t 2007.

* = UC Irvine access only

Course Required Text:

• *How the immune system works / Lauren Sompayrac. Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2019. 6th edition.
  • EBSCO. Restricted to UCI. . 

Recommended Course Text:

• Janeway's immunobiology / Kenneth Murphy, Casey Weaver ; with contributions by Allan Mowat, Leslie B  Murphy, Kenneth (Kenneth M.), author. New York, NY : Garland Science/Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, [2017]. 9th edition.  
  • A print copy is available at the Science Library.  Call #: QW 504 M978j 2017

Study Guides

• Rosenthal, Ken S.  Rapid review microbiology and immunology / Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael J. Tan. Philadelphia, PA : Mosby/Elsevier, c2011.  Edition, 3rd ed.  

  • A print copy is available at the Science Library.  Call #: QW 18.2 R815r 2011  

The day before the exam

• Deja review. Microbiology and immunology / Eric M. Chen, Sanjay S. Kasturi. Chen, Eric M. New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2010

  • A print copy is available at the Science Library.  Call #: QW 18.2 C518d 2010 

Online Practice Exam

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

  • Available online, access Restricted to UCI.  Register individually on site.

    • Note: When register, 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: Recently updated, 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, the majority of questions will be 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)

* = UC Irvine access only

Recommended Primary Textbooks

• *Neuroanatomy in clinical context : an atlas of structures, sections, systems, and syndromes / Duane E. Haines ; illustrators, M.P. Schenk, W.K. Cunningham ; computer graphics, C.P. Runyan ; photographers, G.W. Armstrong, R.W. Gray ; typist, L.K. Boyd. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2015] 9th edition.
  • Available online through LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI
  • Self-Assessment: Question Bank
     
• Neuroanatomy through clinical cases / Hal Blumenfeld / Blumenfeld, Hal. Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2010
  • Available in Print at Science Library Bar.   Library Call No.: WL 141 B658n 2010
     
• Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience / Felten DL, Shetty A. Teterboro, NJ: Saunders Elsevier, 2016.  3rd edition.
  • Available online through ProQuest EBook Central 
    
    
• Neuroscience [electronic resource] / edited by Dale Purves ... [et al.] Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates ; [Bethesda Md.], 5th ed., 2012. 
  • Available in print both at the Science Library Check Out Desk and the Grunigen Medical Library.  Call Number: WL 102 N50588 2012 
     
• Neurobiology of brain disorders [electronic resource] : biological basis of neurological and psychia London : Academic Press, c2015
  • Available online through ScienceDirect. Restricted to UC campuses
     
• *Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology / Allan H. Ropper, Martin A. Samuels, Joshua P. Klein. New York, McGraw Hill, 2014.  10th edition.
  • Available online via Access Medicine. Restricted to UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, and UCSF
    
    
• Merritt's neurology / editors, Lewis P. Rowland, Timothy A. Pedley . Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010. 12th edition.
  • Avaiable in print both at the Science Library Bar and the Grunigen Medical Library.  Call number:  WL 140 M572 2010 

Study Guides

• Case Files: Neuroscience 2e / Eugene C. Toy; Evan Yale Snyder, Josh Neman, Rahul Jandial. McGraw-Hill Education.  McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings

  • Available online: http://casefiles.mhmedical.com/CaseTOC.aspx?gbosContainerID=65&categoryID=40971. Restrict to UCI

    • Note: In order to access the comprehensive questions in each case scenario, MyAccess login is required. Watch a short tutorial video on "Create MyAccess Login."
       

• *Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Neuroscience / Claudia Krebs, Joanne Weinberg, Elizabeth Akesson

  • ​Available online via the LWW Health Library. Restricted to UCI.

Online Practice Exam

• *Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams 
  • Available online, access Restricted to UCI.  Register individually on site.
    • Note: When register, be sure to use your UCI email. Otherwise your registration will be denied. For instruction, watch a short video here.
       
  • 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)