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First Aid Forward - Step 1: Access Instructions

To Gain Access to First Aid Forward - Step 1:

  1. Go to https://firstaid.mheducation.com/step-one 
  2. Enter your institutional email address (you must use an institutional email address).  
  3. Enter the information needed to create your account (if you already have an account with your institutional email address, skip to the next step).  
  4. Click Send Magic Link.  
    • This will send a magic link to your email. Magic links allow you to sign into your account by clicking on a link sent to your email instead of entering a password.  
    • Magic links are one-time use and must be used within 24 hours of receipt.  
  5. Click on the magic link from the email you received to sign into First Aid Forward.
  6. You now have access to Step 1!  Sign in at https://firstaid.mheducation.com/step-one with a magic link or by using an email and password.
    • If you have a Boards & Beyond account with the same email address as your First Aid Forward account, those two accounts have been linked. You will use the same password for Boards & Beyond and First Aid Forward. You'll also be able to navigate seamlessly between the content you have access to on both sites after signing into one. Learn more.  
    • If you add Step 1 and Step 2 to your First Aid Forward account, you will be able to toggle between the two from within First Aid Forward.
  7. You must repeat these steps once every 180 days to maintain access to First Aid Forward - Step 1.

Step 1 Overview

Learn everything you need to know about First Aid Forward in this comprehensive overview video 

  • 0:00 Introduction to First Aid Forward
  • 0:40 Signing In
  • 2:23 Navigating the Home Page
  • 5:09 Reading and Annotating Content
  • 9:54 Subject Quizzes
  • 12:58 Troubleshooting

Transcript: https://app.box.com/s/c1uhhjtd1h1zw53exra4st9x0628cfgh

Step 1 Content

First Aid™ remains the most trusted name in USMLE® review―just ask any medical student!

Written by students who recently passed the exam and reviewed and approved by top faculty, First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 provides the most high-yield topics and concepts found on the USMLE Step 1 exam. Every medical student turns to First Aid during their coursework, as well as during their Step 1 prep. Each annual edition is thoroughly revised, by bringing together the expertise and experience of numerous students and faculty. You'll find everything you need to excel on the exam.

Cases and more cases prepare you for success on the USMLE® Step 1

Now in full color, this powerful study guide provides valuable experience in working through the patient cases you will be presented on exam day. Our active learning questions reinforce must-know concepts with hundreds of high-yield clinical images and illustrations. Chapters are keyed to Dr. Le's First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, which allows you to simultaneously study cases and master high-yield facts from the #1-rated resource for Step 1 exam prep.

This groundbreaking new guide helps you logically associate and link symptoms to likely diagnoses/conditions—a critical skill for passing the USMLE Step 1   

Despite the recent changes to the USMLE Step 1, it remains a very important exam for medical students. In order to navigate the vignette-based questions, students must be able to determine a diagnosis based on the vignette, then understand the science behind the diagnosis—a process called pattern recognition. This innovative guide will help you master pattern recognition—a crucial skill to develop in order to thrive throughout the medical school curriculum. 

First Aid Forward quizzes are case-style ‘quick-hit’ questions. They are created to test your foundational knowledge of a particular topic to prepare you for the longer USMLE-style vignettes. Use these questions to assess your strengths and weaknesses in foundational concepts across subjects and organ systems. Your performance on these questions will not correlate to how you perform on USMLE vignette questions. 

Over 1000 active learning questions cover high-yield subjects including: 

  • Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacology
  • Cardiovascular
  • Endocrine
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Neurology and Special Senses
  • Psychiatry
  • Reproduction
  • Hematology and Oncology
  • Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Connective Tissue
  • Public Health Sciences
  • Renal
  • Respiratory

Access Step 2

First Aid Forward - Step 2: Access Instructions

To Gain Access to First Aid Forward - Step 2:

  1. Go to https://firstaid.mheducation.com/step-two
  2. Enter your institutional email address (you must use an institutional email address).  
  3. Enter the information needed to create your account (if you already have an account with your institutional email address, skip to the next step).  
  4. Click Send Magic Link.  
    • This will send a magic link to your email. Magic links allow you to sign into your account by clicking on a link sent to your email instead of entering a password.  
    • Magic links are one-time use and must be used within 24 hours of receipt.  
  5. Click on the magic link from the email you received to sign into First Aid Forward.
  6. You now have access to Step 2!  Sign in at https://firstaid.mheducation.com/step-two with a magic link or by using an email and password.
    • If you have a Boards & Beyond account with the same email address as your First Aid Forward account, those two accounts have been linked. You will use the same password for Boards & Beyond and First Aid Forward. You'll also be able to navigate seamlessly between the content you have access to on both sites after signing into one. Learn more.  
    • If you add Step 1 and Step 2 to your First Aid Forward account, you will be able to toggle between the two from within First Aid Forward. 
  7. You must repeat these steps once every 180 days to maintain access to First Aid Forward - Step 2

Step 2 Overview

Learn everything you need to know about First Aid Forward - Step 2 in this comprehensive overview video:

  • 0:00 Introduction to First Aid Forward
  • 0:40 Signing In
  • 2:24 Navigating the Home Page
  • 5:14 Reading and Annotating Content
  • 10:20 Subject Quizzes
  • 13:19 Troubleshooting

Full Transcript: https://app.box.com/s/a7qhvcaq3rhiqzh...

Step 2 Content

The most comprehensive and up-to-date high-yield review available for the USMLE® Step 2 CK—completely revised and better than ever!

The expert author team that guided students to success on the USMLE® Step 1 presents the latest edition of this skill-sharpening review for the USMLE® Step 2 CK. With an easy-to-follow bulleted presentation of must-know diseases and disorders, this one-of-a-kind study companion offers the most current overview of all core areas on the boards. Included is a host of learning tools, from key facts and mnemonics to full-color illustrations and proven test-taking strategies--everything students need to pass the exam with flying colors.

First Aid Clinical Algorithms for the USMLE Step 2 CK was designed to help you develop and refine your clinical thinking skills―preparing you for success in your clerkship and on the Step 2 CK exam. This new addition to the First Aid™ series uses an algorithmic approach that allows you to methodically walk through the diagnostic decision making process.

The content is organized by symptom to reflect how information will be presented in an actual clinical setting. Clinical vignettes focusing on specific illnesses are followed by step-by-step flowcharts outlining the diagnosis and treatment of the illness and its relevant differential diagnoses.

First Aid Clinical Pattern Recognition for the USMLE Step 2 CK provides the information you need to tie clinical facts together in order to recognize patterns and build illness scripts for various high-yield conditions. This essential resource features classic textbook-style vignettes of syndromes and cases commonly tested on the USMLE 2 CK. You'll learn how to determine the next best step, perform a patient workup, and effectively manage patient care. By presenting context that ties different symptoms, signs, and conditions together, the text encourages you to consider a differential diagnosis for a chief complaint, explore how different conditions may be related to one another, and more.

First Aid Forward quizzes are case-style ‘quick-hit’ questions. They are created to test your foundational knowledge of a particular topic to prepare you for the longer USMLE-style vignettes. Use these questions to assess your strengths and weaknesses in foundational concepts across subjects and organ systems. Your performance on these questions will not correlate to how you perform on USMLE vignette questions. 

Over 1000 active learning questions cover high-yield subjects including: 

• Cardiovascular
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology
• Epidemiology
• Gastrointestinal
• Gynecology
• Health Science Systems
• Hematology
• Multisystem
• Musculoskeletal
• Neurology
• Obstetrics
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonary
• Renal

How to Sign In

There are 3 ways to sign into First Aid Forward

1. Sign in from within Boards & Beyond

  • If you have a Boards & Beyond account with the same email address, your accounts have been linked and you can navigate seamlessly between the content you have access to across both sites.
  • Sign into Boards & Beyond. Click on a link to content on First Aid Forward. A preview window will open. Click on a link next to Continue to First Aid Forward to be taken to the full-text content on First Aid Forward: 

2. Sign in by using an email address and password

  • Go to the sign in page for Step 1 or Step 2 (if you have access to both, you will be able to toggle between the two after you sign in) 
  • Enter your username and password. If you have a Boards & Beyond account with the same email address, your accounts have been linked and you will use your Boards & Beyond password
  • If you don't have a Boards & Beyond account, you can set a password.
  • To set a password: 
    1. Sign into your account. 
    2. Click on the profile icon next to your name. 
    3. Click My Account. 
    4. Click Security & Login. 
    5. Create your password.

3. Sign in with a magic link 

  • Go to the sign in page for Step 1 or Step 2 (if you have access to both, you will be able to toggle between the two after you sign in) 
  • Enter your email address 
  • Click Send Magic Link 
  • This will send a magic link to your email. Magic links allow you to sign into your account by clicking on a link instead of entering a password. Magic links are one-time use and must be used within 24 hours of receipt.  
  • Click on the magic link from the email you received to sign into First Aid Forward.