SUBJECTS COVERED BY USMLE STEP 1

SUBJECTS COVERED BY USMLE STEP 1

USMLE Step 1 assesses whether medical school students or graduates understand and can apply important concepts of the sciences basic to the practice of medicine. Step 1 covers the following subjects, in both systemic (general and individual anatomical characteristics) and procedural (functional, therapeutic, environmental, and abnormality) themes:

· Anatomy,

· Behavioral sciences,

· Biochemistry,

· Microbiology,

· Pathology,

· Pharmacology,

· Physiology,

· Interdisciplinary topics, such as nutrition, genetics