This top-selling medical pharmacology study tool is now in its Second Edition. Targeted for second year medical students to review and prepare for the USMLE Step 1, these updated cards are organized by mechanism, and feature a template format that conveys information needed for learning and retaining the pharmacology concepts as well as for memorization. Five new cards are added to comprise a section, Fundamentals of Pharmacology, plus 50 additional drugs are covered. Other revisions include renaming Side Effects to Adverse Effects, and inclusion of chemical structures retained only where a clear connection to the mechanism applies.
For those of you looking for something that is easy to digest yet still entertaining this is a good study tool. It has great coverage of board-relevant drugs and is scattered with interesting facts. The cards themselves are more complex than your average flashcard but with a little highlighting you can make the high yield facts pop out and not spend your time looking in a textbook when you want a little more depth.