High-Yield Immunology

5 Responses to “High-Yield Immunology”

1. Alternative Freak says:

   May 25, 2010 at 12:06 pm

   Fantastic book. Well organized, compact, simple to read. If you’ve got no time to lose, this is your book! I read it and learnt it in one day!
   Rating: 5 / 5
2. S. Haroon says:

   May 25, 2010 at 1:34 pm

   I’m sorry to say, but this book is so terrible. It’s a waste of money, time, and everything else. I might sell this book, but I would feel terrible for anyone who ends up buying it.
   Rating: 1 / 5
3. Anonymous says:

   May 25, 2010 at 2:27 pm

   When you are small of time and still want to score excellent in step 1 immunology, then go for this book. I bet you won’t repent.
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. E. Jack says:

   May 25, 2010 at 2:34 pm

   This book is well written and formatted in a way that makes it simple to follow by the side of with a medically oriented immunology course. If you have more than a link months for your board review it would be a handy tool as well, although First Aid does a brilliant job of covering the high yield stuff you will see on the USMLE.
   Rating: 4 / 5
5. Chris says:

   May 25, 2010 at 4:09 pm

   I nearly didn’t buy this book after reading some of the reviews here. But I have been getting killed by the immunology questions on Kaplan’s QBank, so I resolute to get it after all. So far it has been a very excellent choice.

   The best part about this book? I got it today and I am already more than 1/3 of the way through it – it is clear, concise, and simple to get through. Someone else wrote in their review of this book that people should get Levinson’s immunology text instead – but it is 600+ pages! I don’t have time to read that much before I take Step 1. This is a very excellent review book…if you are trying to learn immunology from scrape you are probably going to be lost, but the High Yield run assumes you’ve already taken medical school coursework and need a focused review source, not a complete course in immunology.

   Pros:
   
   -Concise
   
   -Well organized; simple to find the in rank I need
   
   -Last few sections of the book are nearly entirely clinically focused – just what is needed for USMLE preparation

   Cons:
   
   -Some of the diagrams are hard to follow (but I don’t know how to make the complement pathway look better, so I can’t blame them)
   
   -I would have liked a few more graphics to break up the text and help illustrate concepts.
   
   -The review questions at the end are not very “USMLE like” – they are more undemanding basic review than actual board prep.
   Rating: 4 / 5