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Board Review Resources

This guide provides helpful studying resources for health science students preparing for board reviews and exams.

AccessMedicine

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AccessMedicine provides a variety of Board Review interactive study tools. 

AccessMedicine Flashcards 

  • Drill down by resource and/or topic to focus in on areas of weakness
  • Track cards you’ve already seen to prioritize studying
  • Save your favorite flashcards for quick review
  • Responsive on any mobile device

Board Review Questions:  Generate multiple-choice quizzes from Basic Sciences or Clinical Practice & Board Review

Diagnosaurus: Provides differential diagnoses (DDx) of symptoms, signs, and diseases. By using the various indexes, you can choose to view entries by organ system, or select to view the list of symptoms only, the list of diseases only, or all of the entries.

Mobile Access: For mobile access, create a free Access Profile then download the app. 

Click this link to get directions on how to access AccessMedicine from the CHSL website.

BoardVitals

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BoardVitals is a respected source for board review preparation. Register here to access BoardVitals powerful question banks and other tools it has for board exam preparation.

LWW Exam Resources

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LWW eBooks cover key areas of study in medical, nursing and biomedical education such as anatomy and basic sciences. Includes case studies.  Question banks and added functionality available with personal account. Good for background questions .

SELF ASSESSMENT: Create custom quizzes on biomedical education topics to help prepare the USMLE.

CASES: Provides students with a textbook to study the basic science topics combined with clinical data.  Cases are a great way to prepare for the clinical case format of USMLE questions.

Click the following link for instructions on how to access LWW Health Library.