Those who have used Q-bank and/or taken the USMLE...can you point me in the direction regarding pathophys? Q-bank tells me I'm around 80ish on pathology but I'm not doing so well in pathophysiology. What did you all use to improve? I know physiology is the first thing to go over, and I have but those kaplan questions are not easy and I don't seem to be pulling that kind of understanding out of BRS. The questions are really clinical...should I use some kind of internal medicine review? Here are the books that I've looked at:

Pathophys for the boards and wards: good book, but emphasizes the path much more that the pathophys.

Pathophysiology of medicine: focuses alot on physiological principles, doesn't seem to really help. Too long and drawn out.

I may just need to do something differently (reread BRS).

thanks

anyone?

Pathophys for the boards and wards: good book, but emphasizes the path much more that the pathophys.


That's a decent choice that lots of people use.

If your school has access to "Ovid", there's a free "Handbook of pathophysiology" on there that is basic but perfect for instilling a general pathophys knowledge-base.