Radiology for step 1

[aspiringmd1015]

Concerning step 1, its evident that I'm not so strong at reading xray/ct's/mri, and i have enough time to learn it properly, any good source to learn it from the ground up? please and thanks!

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[Transposony]

You can start there... http://www.usmle-forums.com/usmle-step-1-buzzwords/10015-usmle-step-1-radiology-buzzwords.html

From experience, if you can get a copy of thieme's atlas or moore's, they had nice radiographies.

Buzzwords for USMLE are a thing of the past.
In fact, they are more of a trap for you to answer wrongly.

 

[thehundredthone]

Here are some online resources you'll find useful:

http://radiology.heinrich.ca/
http://teamrads.com/

Buzzwords for USMLE are a thing of the past.
In fact, they are more of a trap for you to answer wrongly.

Though I am inclined to agree, and most of the times I see buzzwords I look for the 'gotcha' aspects of the question, radiology would be an exception. If they were to show you a bird's beak oesophagus and then call it scleroderma, that would be a poorly worded if not outright incorrect question stem. Radiology buzzwords are useful even today, unlike clinical buzzwords which oftentimes only describe the classical manifestation rather than the common manifestation of a condition.

 

[AnastomoSteve]

http://w-radiology.com/index.html

My personal favorite and felt like it prepared me for all the rad images I saw on Step. I was originally struggling with abdomen CTs but after I ran through them on here I had no problem whatsoever. Really just looked at it during downtime/when I was bored of "studying"/when my brain wasn't functioning.

 

[Transposony]

Here are some online resources you'll find useful:

http://radiology.heinrich.ca/
http://teamrads.com/


Though I am inclined to agree, and most of the times I see buzzwords I look for the 'gotcha' aspects of the question, radiology would be an exception. If they were to show you a bird's beak oesophagus and then call it scleroderma, that would be a poorly worded if not outright incorrect question stem. Radiology buzzwords are useful even today, unlike clinical buzzwords which oftentimes only describe the classical manifestation rather than the common manifestation of a condition.

Totally agree with you but now-a-days the trend is towards "describing" the finding instead of using the Buzzword.

 

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The HY Anatomy book has great CT cross-sections.

 

[thehundredthone]

Totally agree with you but now-a-days the trend is towards "describing" the finding instead of using the Buzzword.

It probably makes sense in the context of questions, the buzzword is meant to help you associate the actual finding, so it should be described and left to the person to say, "Oh yeah, this looks/sounds like a double bubble sign". Saying the X-ray shows a double bubble sign outright turns it into rote memorisation.