Study Plan for a CA-1

[Dawkter]

There have been several threads on this in the past but wanted to get a quick summary as there are several changes to the exam format, including part 1 of the boards after CA-1 year (basic physiology and pharmacology). I have to take the ITE this Feb/March (midway through PGY-1) and as much as my program tells me the score doesn't matter, I know that it does. A few questions for all you experts out there:

1. What is the best book to read at the midway through PGY-1/beginning of CA- 1 year? I am hearing Morgan and Mikhail or Baby Miller? I only want to read one!

2. Where does audio blue/big blue fit into this? Anyone know how many audio blue lectures there are?

3. What books should I read as I advance through CA-2 and CA-3?

Trying to limit my resources as much as possible, any advice is much appreciated

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[inmyslumber]

PGY-1 ITE doesn't count (as you have been told)...but if you do well, it won't hurt your image in the eyes of your program.

Choose a source - M&M or Baby Miller. Just pick one and really use it. I thought Baby Miller was easier to read and liked the figures/diagrams in color but others swore by M&M and thought it was more complete.

I wish I had done practice questions earlier just to break up monotony of reading/note taking.

Good luck - even though it doesn't count.

Don't worry about Audio Blue or CA2/3 books yet. It is way too early.

 

[cognitus]

PGY-1 ITE doesn't count (as you have been told)...but if you do well, it won't hurt your image in the eyes of your program.

Choose a source - M&M or Baby Miller. Just pick one and really use it. I thought Baby Miller was easier to read and liked the figures/diagrams in color but others swore by M&M and thought it was more complete.

I wish I had done practice questions earlier just to break up monotony of reading/note taking.

Good luck - even though it doesn't count.

Don't worry about Audio Blue or CA2/3 books yet. It is way too early.

Which practice questions do you use? Do you practice from the 1990-1996 ITEs? Or are they too old?

 

[inmyslumber]

The ITE online from the ABA website are fine. Even the old questions are valuable since most of the same concepts and topics are still tested.

I also used a couple old ACE exams I got from coresidents/attendings.

There may be newer question banks that someone on sdn can recommend. I hear M5 is good but have not used it myself.

 

[kazuma]

The ITE online from the ABA website are fine. Even the old questions are valuable since most of the same concepts and topics are still tested.

I also used a couple old ACE exams I got from coresidents/attendings.

There may be newer question banks that someone on sdn can recommend. I hear M5 is good but have not used it myself.

M5 is an excellent and comprehensive resource for the ITE.

Pick either of the basic books like M&M or miller baby. The key is to study regularly and reinforce what you read with a q-bank. I've used m5, ace, and hall and the m5 is the most up to date with the best explanations.