These seven volumes of Lecture Notes represent a yearlong effort on the part of the Kaplan
Medical faculty to update our curriculum to reflect the most-likely-to-be-tested material on the
current USMLE Step 1 exam. Please note that these are Lecture Notes, not review books. The
Notes were designed to be accompanied by faculty lectures-live, on video, or on the web.
Reading these Notes without accessing the accompanying lectures is not an effective way to
review for the USMLE.