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Medical Student Course Guide for accessing UCI Libraries' Resources

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.

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USMLE & Shelf Exams Resources

*StatPearls Test Banks for Medical Students

  • StatPearls is a valuable resource that helps you prepare for medical school shelf exams. It offers extensive question banks for over 60 exams tailored to medical students including USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3. Please refer to the attached PDF, “StatPealrs Medical Students Qbank List” for a detailed list of subject specialty exams covered by StatPearls.
  • This subscription provides access to test banks comprising thousands of questions, each linked to reference articles for deeper learning. Within StatPearls, you can build personalized quizzes using your user profile and track your test performance relative to fellow learners. 

*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams.  This resource provides students and residents with advanced board preparation and review resources, which include high-yield question banks and practice exams for the board.

  • Step 1 Board Preparation -- Recently updated, this module is designed to emulate the look and feel of the actual step 1 exam by the USMLE blueprint. 

    Step 1 Medical Subject Review -- This module is designed for those students who desire to focus their studies on the relevant basic science subjects rather than the USMLE blueprint. The exam is not designed to mimic the USMLE and may contain questions that are not similar to those found on the actual exam.  However, the knowledge bits addressed in each question will give the students an overall edge in their ability to pass and score high on the USMLE Step 1 exam

 

The *Case Files CollectionThis comprehensive case collection helps students learn and apply basic science and clinical medicine concepts in the context of realistic patient cases.

*StatPearls Test Banks for Medical Students

  • StatPearls is a valuable resource that helps you prepare for medical school shelf exams. It offers extensive question banks for over 60 exams tailored to medical students including USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3. Please refer to the attached PDF, “StatPealrs Medical Students Qbank List” for a detailed list of subject specialty exams covered by StatPearls.
  • This subscription provides access to test banks comprising thousands of questions, each linked to reference articles for deeper learning. Within StatPearls, you can build personalized quizzes using your user profile and track your test performance relative to fellow learners. 

*Exam Master Online [electronic resource]: USMLE and medical specialty board exams.  This resource provides students and residents with advanced board preparation and reviews resources, which include high-yield question banks and practice exams for the board.

  • USMLE Step 2 CK Board Preparation (2,678) -- This module is designed to emulate the look and feel of the actual Step 2 CK exam in accordance with the USMLE Step 2 CK blueprint. As with the actual exam, all test items will be case-based, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention.
  • USMLE Step 2 CK Medical Subject Review (2,678) -- This module is designed for students who desire to focus their studies based on the relevant clinical science subjects rather than the USMLE blueprint. The exam is not designed to mimic the USMLE and may contain questions that are not similar to those found on the actual exam.  However, the knowledge bits addressed in each question will give the students an overall edge in their ability to pass and score high on the USMLE Step 2 exam.
  • USMLE Step 3 Board Preparation (2,460) -- This module is designed to emulate the look and feel of the actual Step 3 exam in accordance with the USMLE blueprint. As with the actual exam, all test items will be case-based, and the majority will be third-order questions.
  • USMLE Step 3 Medical Subject Review (2,593)  -- This module is designed for students who desire to focus their studies based on the relevant clinical science subjects rather than the USMLE blueprint. The exam is not designed to mimic the USMLE and may contain questions that are not similar to those found on the actual exam.  However, the knowledge bits addressed in each question will give the students an overall edge in their ability to pass and score high on the USMLE Step 3 exam.
  • Go to https://uci.myexammaster.com/register to create a free account. Be sure to use your UCI EMAIL address to register!  If you encounter any problem, please email one of the Health Sciences Librarians

 

The *Case Files CollectionThis comprehensive case collection helps students learn and apply basic science and clinical medicine concepts in the context of realistic patient cases.