Pass the USMLE with the questions that keep coming back
Board-style practice questions with clear explanations, written by Dr. Ray Makar, a retired dermatologist and USMLE teacher with 20 years of clinical practice.
- Basic & clinical sciences
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Dr. Ray Makar’s USMLE eBooks
Focused question banks you can study on your phone, tablet, or Kindle.
Step 1Repeated USMLE Questions Step 1 Review Vol 3
The most frequently repeated Step 1 questions, with answers and explanations to lock in high-yield concepts.
Buy on Amazon →Step 2 CKRepeated USMLE Questions Step 2 CK Review Vol 1
Clinical vignettes in true Step 2 CK style: diagnosis, next best step, and management.
Buy on Amazon →PharmacologyPharmacology MCQs for Medical and Pharmacy Students
300 board-style questions with explanations: mechanisms, side effects, and drug interactions.
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PathologyPathology MCQs For Medical Students
300 board-style questions with explanations that build a real understanding of disease mechanisms.
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New question sets with answers and explanations, organized by subject.
Pharmacology
Mechanisms, adverse effects and drug interactions.
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Bacteria, viruses, fungi and their toxins.
Start practicing →🔬Pathology
Disease mechanisms, labs and classic findings.
Start practicing →🩺Clinical Sciences
Step 2 CK style vignettes and next best steps.
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A patient develops severe hypotension, rash, and bronchospasm after a bee sting. What is the first-line treatment?
- Antihistamines
- Corticosteroids
- Epinephrine
- Oxygen
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C. Epinephrine. Intramuscular epinephrine is first-line for anaphylaxis: it reverses hypotension (α1) and bronchospasm (β2). Antihistamines and corticosteroids are only adjuncts.
A 67-year-old woman has fatigue and bone pain. Serum electrophoresis shows an M spike, and bone marrow shows >10% plasma cells. Which additional finding is most likely?
- Auer rods
- Bence Jones proteins in urine
- Hypersegmented neutrophils
- Reed-Sternberg cells
Show answer
B. Bence Jones proteins. This is multiple myeloma: excess free light chains spill into the urine. Auer rods = AML, hypersegmented neutrophils = B12/folate deficiency, Reed-Sternberg cells = Hodgkin lymphoma.
Dr. Ray Makar
“I am a retired dermatologist and USMLE teacher. I devote my time to helping medical students and foreign doctors pass the USMLE with high scores on the first attempt. Questions, answers, and explanations are better tools to remember concepts than reading textbooks alone.”
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