AIM Your Brain?at USMLE Step I: The Ultimate System for Mastering Multiple-Choice Exams

With a passion to help students learn the key to passing these exams and have success in future life-long learning pursuits in medicine, Dr. Miller developed a systems approach to multiple choice exams. The AIM YOUR BRAIN Study System is designed to help each student customize their study approach, handle key content more efficiently, remember specific "F.A.C.T.O.I.D.s" and advance toward peak performance on exam day. This tested-system can transform the way a student approaches timed multiple-choice exams by showing the 'how-to' without the 'got you." While there are other books on USMLE preparation, Aim Your Brain at USMLE Step 1 is the first to:  Introduce the innovative Aim Your Brain Study System;  Offer step-by-step instruction on how to organize, study, and use time effectively when preparing for Step 1;  Clarify what to do when life intrudes while studying, and how to set the stage for success on exam day;  Convert complex information into small "bytes" the brain can easily store and retrieve;  Combine the optimal use of on-line questions banks with targeted content in an active approach to learning.To practice for the USMLE Step 1 exam, it's far more effective to answer actual test-like questions than to simply read the textbooks and review books. By itself, the reading-only approach doesn't work because it's passive, and you need active preparation for a multiple-choice exam. The AIM YOUR BRAIN Study System is designed to help you customize your study approach so you learn in the way you learn best, identify any weak points in your knowledge, and turn them into strengths.Breaking down complex information into short phrases lets you handle the key concepts more efficiently, so you're able to remember specific "F.A.C.T.O.I.D.s" during timed multiple-choice exams. Only the AIM YOUR BRAIN System gives you crucial "frequently asked concepts," so you really get to know them. This ensures that you convert information into small "bytes" that your brain can store for easy, more stress-free retrieval.

Dr. Mary K. Miller’s extensive professional background uniquely qualifies her to work with students and the development of this study system now put into a book for medical students. As a licensed physician for more than 20 years and clinical pharmacist for more than 30 years, she is a clinical professor and Clinic Medical Director for the Ellison and Cypress Ambulatory Clinical in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Univ. of CA Davis, School of Medicine. She is also the ombudsperson for the 3rd and 4th year medical students. Dr. Miller is a graduate of Michigan State University, College of Humane Medicine (MD) and University of the Pacific, School of Pharmacy (PharmD.) She is also the recipient of numerous national teaching awards including APGO (Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics) CREOG (Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology) and the Kaiser Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching.