How do you 'memorize' First Aid?

gioia · Apr 21, 2006

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This may be a corny Question - and I study our course material w/ First Aid - but how do you 'Memorize' the book?

It seems like a skeleton - an outline that I force myself to acknowledge - but I have heard so many people say they 'memorize' it that I wonder if I fail to see its majesty.

I usually work through Robbins and then do Q bank....

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Bones2008 · Apr 21, 2006

that's why a lot of people use primary sources in conjunction with first aid, to make the jumbled "outline" make more sense

DrPharaohX · Apr 21, 2006

I'm especially liking the "Recall" series right now, esp. "Path Recall" 😉

8744 · Apr 21, 2006

gioia said:
😕
This may be a corny Question - and I study our course material w/ First Aid - but how do you 'Memorize' the book?

It seems like a skeleton - an outline that I force myself to acknowledge - but I have heard so many people say they 'memorize' it that I wonder if I fail to see its majesty.

I usually work through Robbins and then do Q bank....

😳

First Aid is so over-rated as a Step test study Aid. It really does nothing to prepare you as the questions on the test are written to avoid the usual buzz-word connections.

Better to do nothing but questions.

gioia · Apr 21, 2006

DrPharaohX said:
I'm especially liking the "Recall" series right now, esp. "Path Recall" 😉

I really like the Pharm Recall.

Is the Path Recall book detailed? I saw the HY Path and thought it was too simplistic - but maybe I'm wrong? I'd like to know what you like about it.

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quideam · Apr 21, 2006

Pharm recall is great. For path, I use BRS (and Goljan 😉). For neuro, you might want to try HY neuroanatomy - you can definetely get through it in a day or two, and combined with BRS path's neuro section, the FA neuro is barely necessary.

gioia · Apr 21, 2006

quideam said:
Pharm recall is great. For path, I use BRS (and Goljan 😉). For neuro, you might want to try HY neuroanatomy - you can definetely get through it in a day or two, and combined with BRS path's neuro section, the FA neuro is barely necessary.

That is good to know. There are sooooo many books out there - I go broke looking at them at all!

So, if you use goljan do you think that you need another book for path? Goljan has his own material and then the rapid review path, right?

DrPharaohX · Apr 21, 2006

quideam said:
Pharm recall is great. For path, I use BRS (and Goljan 😉). For neuro, you might want to try HY neuroanatomy - you can definetely get through it in a day or two, and combined with BRS path's neuro section, the FA neuro is barely necessary.

I was wondering about Pharm Recall. It has good enough reviews on Amazon, and I need a good source to drill Pharm.

gioia · Apr 21, 2006

DrPharaohX said:
I was wondering about Pharm Recall. It has good enough reviews on Amazon, and I need a good source to drill Pharm.

The pharm recall is the best pharm review I have seen. I was actually able to cram chemo drugs in my head the night before an exam.

ilovesleep · Apr 21, 2006

i use the first aid along with the goljan high yield notes..the 100 pages. it's more of a questions answer format with alot more mechanism involvement. any thoughts?

Idiopathic · Apr 22, 2006

By memorize, I think if you can look at a box/topic in FA and recite it, then you have memorized it. How much that will help you is debatable. If you already have a good working knowledge of the material, its an excellent way to test yourself with offshoots (what happens if the pathway that you memorized breaks down at this point, etc.).

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