Dear colleagues,
This is Dr. Steve Mclaughlin from the Zuku Review. I have gone over the VCRC materials and (all respect to the author) I am not impressed. The Mosby books are also dated and not your best place to prepare. I am attaching a summary of good books that I would recommend to anyone getting ready for BCSE or NAVLE.
Here are some free resources that folks may want to use:
You can register for free at the Zuku Review to get a Question of the day email, to help you improve your test-taking skills.
http://zukureview.com/newuser.php?action=newuser
The word in the chat rooms is that BCSE is basically a mini NAVLE, and leans towards clinical questions more than the "ologies" (ie: microbiology/clin pathology etc).
You can follow it at the Yahoo NAVLE study group. They have a set up a good library of notes sources, and its free.
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/NAVLE_study_group/
Another source of free notes, powerpoints, is Gumshoevet
http://gumshoevet.net/Documents.aspx
Look for
A-Z Cram guide (too big to upload on this forum) or email me and I'll forward a copy. The A-Z cram guide is
not the first place to do your studying, but plenty of colleagues who passed NAVLE have said it was worth skimming over it in the last week or two before the test. It is a summary from the Merck.
Merck online is also a good place to review images.
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/mvm_list_img.htm
Finally, of course,you can find good material at
http://zukureview.com/studymaterials.php
You need to be serious and professional, and apply yourself to preparation with a good study plan. It should include a combination of good books, summary notes you write in your own hand on key conditions (ie: neonatal diarrheas, abortion, endocrinology top 5) and a good computerized practice tests tool like Zuku Review or Vetprep.
I am attaching some strategy documents you may find useful. That multiple choice one in particular is worth your time. The books I recommend are a good place to start your study.
One last thing: The NBVME (the group that makes the NAVLE and BCSE) will be selling 200 question "Self-Assessment" tests starting this month for $50. I strongly recommend people take at least one of them in October to check your progress and to get in good practice with bona-fide NAVLE questions courtesy of the folks who make the actual test.
http://nbvme.org/?id=47&page=NAVLE+Self-Assessments
Best regards,
Steve
Steven I McLaughlin DVM, MPH, ACVPM
The Zuku Review, NAVLE/BCSE online test prep
1 800 928 8218
www.Zukureview.com
[email protected]
Hi!
I'm planning in register for the fall NAVLE examination.
I just got the mosby revision and they looks great for practice lots and lots of tests, but not as study guide.
I heard some people uses The manual merck, but I would rather like better something more didactic, I've read that The veterinary correspondence revision course are more like university lectures.
but even the used ones are expensive, are they worth it???
Does anybody know where to get them cheaper than ebay
If anybody is using them or something else over than the merk I would like to have an opinion.
David.
PD: I just dicovered this forum and it seem to be really interesting.
I also have some videos to prepare parts of the NAVLE to share !!
talk to you guys!!!!
