Rapid Review Biochemistry: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

Biochemistry was my first Med-School Class and I was conflicted on whether to get BRS or Rapid Review. I am extremely pleased that I purchased this book. It has everything important, and a great website with over 200 questions. The questions at the end and online are challenging and offer detailed, concise explanations on why a right answer is right, and why wrong answers are wrong. The text is marvelous. The margins boast a plethora of high-yield facts that actually did come up on the Biochemistry Shelf exam from the NBME. The diagrams are excellent and furthermore, this book serves as a suitable guide to use while taking the actual class, not just for the shelf or usmle review. It's short length also makes it convenient to study for exams when one does not have much time, which I can definitely say, books like lippincott's illustrated reveiew do not cater for. It depends on your study style and how much time you give yourself though. This is "hands down" THE BEST biochemistry review book anyone could own. The book really integrates clinical topics well, and it covers all topics and prepares one to take the shelf exam and by association, the USMLE [for biochemistry questions.

Bought this book to study for the USMLE Step 1 exam because I had used  Rapid Review Pathology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access  and Dr. Goljan helped to write this book as well. It is good and not too long, but it is nothing compared to the Pathology book, which I think is pretty much the best book ever. If you want to read a whole book on Biochem. for Step 1 review, this book is probably better than BRS, which is the other book I have used, but I actually like the biochem section of  medEssentials for the USMLE Step 1 (Kaplan Medessenitals for the USMLE Step 1)  better. If you haven't bought RR path yet though, buy it and read it all through MS2 because it is the best book ever.

Biochem is extremely cramming subject .Kaplan was way too big for me to use for boards so i tried this .Best approach was to use online access of this book and did 350 Q and then search book along with relevant ques , printed important notes directly from book and biochem started making connections in brain.Famous Goljan also contribute in this book - don`t read so much in detail concentrate on figures and charts throughout book they are extremily helpful and high yield and you`ll do just fine.Good Luck

I've bought and read lippincot's, BRS, HY, and this book and well I have to say that RR provides the best overall review in the easiest to understand wording and layout. The new BRS is alright but RR does a better job. I found lippencott's to be a bit vague in explaining concepts and overly relied on pictures to explain what should have been done with text.

Absolutely love!

fantastic book if you like bullets and high yield tables and figures. maybe a little too much detail in text for Step 1, but it is easily sortable into high and high-er yield, especially with the tables and figures every other page or so. Excellent figures. Much, much better than BRS if you ask me. I bought BRS and dumped it. Not helpful as a primary resource if you haven't taken the class yet, though.

I just took the step 1 USMLE exam last week, the only thing I should talk about this book is it makes the best combination with "Rapid Review Pathology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Rapid Review)". I sincerely thank to Professor Edward F. Goljan, he is the one to save my life. Without his lectures and these books I couldn't get my exam done.Believe me it's worth every penny!!!

Personally I like this book better than Lippincots (I own bith).