Alaska WWAMI's first-year medical students are expected to understand the following:

• Acid-Base chemistry
• Concept of pK_a
• Amino acids
• Proteins
• Hemoglobin
• Myoglobin
• Collagen
• Enzyme action
• Enzyme kinetics
• Plasma membranes
• Principles of energetics

In addition, a basic understanding of genetic principles and the fundamentals of cell biology (cell division, cell organelles, etc.) is expected.

The depth of knowledge should be at the level of an upper-division Biochemistry class. You may want to look at standard Biochemistry textbooks (Principles of Biochemistry by Nelson & Cox; or Biochemistry by Champe et.al.) to refresh your knowledge of these prerequisite topics.