The board review series brs is aimed at providing basic knowledge as it relates to clinical situations and is used primarily by medical students studying for the united states medical licensing examinations usmle brs behavioral science covers material on this subject that is addressed on usmle step 1 previous editions of this volume have been quite popular with medical students as in its previous editions brs behavioral science is written in outline format to provide an efficient . Brs behavioral science board review series 8th edition by barbara fadem phd author 50 out of 5 stars 2 ratings isbn 13 978 1975118365 isbn 10 1975118367. This is really the book of all behavioral science books the questions inside are kind of on the lame side as are most brs series questions since they dont really look like the usmle format but the content is brilliant concise and understandable even if you didnt understand all the biostats the first time you were taught it you can go through all of this material in about a day during board review and pick up easy points on the test. This is really the book of all behavioral science books the questions inside are kind of on the lame side as are most brs series questions since they dont really look like the usmle format but the content is brilliant concise and understandable even if you didnt understand all the biostats the first time you were taught it you can go through all of this material in about a day during board review and pick up easy points on the test