DIT 5 star topic list

[DroptheBop]

Dr. Jenkins mentions which topics are 5 star (more than one question on everybody's test) or 4 star (at least one on most tests) etc. Has anybody compiled a list of these topics/do they have it available somewhere? It would be nice to review and make sure you have the key topics... Sorry if that has been posted or discussed before, I went through a few DIT threads and couldn't find it.

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[shan564]

Yeah, I did. They don't provide them to you in written form, so I'm guessing that means that they don't want to provide them to you in written form... so if somebody asks me to remove this, I'll remove it.

The first number in each line is the number of questions that I had on my exam on that topic.

3 star topics
0 Collagen synthesis/structure (p. 83)
0 Heart embryology (p. 130, 2-3 star)
0 Regional specifications of developing brain (p. 133, 2-3 star)
0 Normal flora (p. 195)
1 ECG tracings (p. 289, 2-3 star)
0 Celiac trunk (p. 340, 3 star)
0 Epithelial cell junctions (p. 404)
0 Flumazenil (p. 475)
1 Amino acids (p. 110, 2-3 star)
1 Automonic synaptic cleft pathway (p. 264)
0 Tumor suppressor genes other than p53/Rb (p. 253, 2-3 star)


3-4 star topics
1 Potter's syndrome (p. 140, 3-4 star)
1 Horshoe kidney (p. 140, 3-4 star)
0 Gerstmann syndrome (3-4 star, p. 441)
1 Rotator cuff (p. 405, 3-4 star)
1 Osteoarthritis (p. 417, 3-4 star)
1 Male/female genital homologues (p. 142)
0 Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p. 89)
1 Paraneoplastic syndromes (p. 255)
1 Coronary artery anatomy (p. 280)
1 Rotator cuff muscles (p. 405)
1 V/Q mismatch (p. 566)
1-2 Disease conditions a/w neoplasms (p. 252)
0 Lyme disease (p. 165)
0 Mycoplasma pneumoniae (p. 170)


4 star topics
3-4 Drug enzyme kinetics (p 258)
1 Arachidonic acid products (p 429)
3-4 Exotoxins (p. 152-3)
1 Thyroid development (p. 138)
1 Branches of abdominal aorta (p. 339-40) - recognize them on an angiogram
1 Hepatitis serology (p. 191)
1 PKU (p. 112)
1 Warfarin (p. 395)
1 Platelet disorders (p. 387)
0 Physiologic dead space (p. 562)
0 Wegener's (p. 304)
1 Temporal arteritis (p. 304)
1 Cerebral arteries - cortical distribution (p. 442)
0 Label the Circle of Willis (p. 443)
1 Label the brainstem (p. 454-5)
1 Label the brachial plexus (DIT neuro p. 39)
1 Osteoporosis (p. 414)
1 RA; RA vs. OA (p. 418)
1 Gout (p. 419)
0 Genital embryology (p. 141)
0 Sleep stages (p. 64)
1 Tumor markers (p. 254)
0 Celiac sprue (p. 353)
0 Reed-sternberg cells (p. 389)
1 Lab values in bone disorders (p. 415)
0 Lung volumes (p. 561)
1 Abdominal aorta (p. 339)



4-5 star topics
0 Skin cancer (p. 428, 4-5 star)
1 Headaches (p. 467, 4-5 star)
2 Pathologic red cell forms (p. 378-9, maybe 5-star)
1 Brainstem cross-section (4-5 star, DIT neuro p. 16)
1 Nephritic/nephrotic syndromes (p. 516-518)
1 Sex chromosome disorers (p. 539)
1 Developmental milestones (p. 62)
1 G-protein linked 2nd messengers (p 263)



5 star topics
3 Sensitivity/specificity (p. 53)
0 Statistical hypothesis (p. 57-58)
2 Ego defenses (p. 482)
(lots) Vitamins (p. 94-99)
1 Capillary fluid exchange (p. 291)
1 Diagnosing disorders of sex hormones (p. 539)
3 Vasculitis (p. 304-305)
1 Weber syndrome and Wallenburg syndrome (DIT neuro p. 20-21)
2 Heart murmurs (p. 285)
1 Adrenal steroid pathway (p. 318)

 

[DroptheBop]

Thanks, you're the best. I'm impressed that you're on SDN so quickly after you took the exam. And even more impressed that not only did you keep a list of the running topics (as I wish I had done), you remembered the number of questions you had with each and wrote them all down. I'm sure you crushed that exam.

 

[shan564]

Thanks, you're the best. I'm impressed that you're on SDN so quickly after you took the exam.

Ha, well, honestly, I've got nothing better to do. I have a tendency to schedule things in a way that requires a lot of running/rushing to meet deadlines/goals, so I'm currently at the airport waiting for my flight back to Sydney (where I'm starting my ER rotation 24 hours after landing)... I'd basically scheduled Step 1 on the last possible day.

And even more impressed that not only did you keep a list of the running topics (as I wish I had done)

Heh, well, I should mention that the list doesn't have everything... I probably missed a couple of things here and there. But I always made a note in FA when they mentioned a star-rating for any topic, so I was able to make this list much more comprehensive during my final pass of FA.

you remembered the number of questions you had with each and wrote them all down.

For some reason, I tend to obsess about exam questions immediately afterwards. I had a 90-minute train ride home after my exam, so I just sat down with my laptop and updated this list and wrote my post-exam forum post.

I'm sure you crushed that exam.

Ha, if only there was a correlation between Step I scores and the quantity of the test taker's weird neurotic habits. But anyway, I guess we'll find out on July 11...

 

[tundri]

Thanks a lot Shan for this list.

Best of luck on your score.

I've been following you for some time now....

Thanks for the many posts. Really enjoy reading them. You write brilliantly.

 

[shan564]

Thanks a lot Shan for this list.

Best of luck on your score.

I've been following you for some time now....

Thanks for the many posts. Really enjoy reading them. You write brilliantly.

Thanks for the positive wishes; I'm glad I could help. Now if only there was a writing section on the USMLE... maybe Step 4?

 

[islandCrazy]

THANKS SHAN, I needed the DIT list. However I just noticed what the numbers on the side meant. Are your sure that's wise?

 

[Oreoomar]

Does anyone have the version for 2013 FA?

 

[Anastomoses]

THANKS SHAN, I needed the DIT list. However I just noticed what the numbers on the side meant. Are your sure that's wise?

How would it be unwise? What's the risk?

Ohh, and thanks for this list...copied and saved

 

[alisepeep]

thank u very much!