Step I A Plead to Humanity

[FobSahib]

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Hey y'all

Glad to see such a healthy exchange of valuable information. I hope I can be benefitted from this as well. This is a plead to those that would know how to help me. I finished my basic sciences a long time ago in the Caribbean, then went away for a while, came back, and decided to continue medical school. I'm ready to start studying for my step 1 but I forgot most of the material. To make matters worse, I have about 3 months to take the exam...this is due to unforeseen visa complications later on. I've designed a 12 hour study schedule daily. Can it be done?

And if it can, which review books for which subjects? Which subjects would be adequately covered by doing First Aid? Which question resource would best prepare me?

Are there any questions I'm leaving out?

Any help from you good sumaritans would be greatly appreciated. It really would. Thanks a bunch.

 

[Jaded Soul]

There's a lot of threads on this board that have answers to a lot of what you are asking. If you a search for "review books" or "step 1" I'm sure a lot of info will turn up.

3 months at 12 hours a day sounds like a lot to me, even if you've "forgotten" a lot of what you learned. I'd bet that once you get started, much more will come back to you than you expected. Of course it depends on how long ago we're talking about and how well you learned it the first time...

As to which resources, "First Aid" has a review section addressing this very question. The top rated items are all pretty useful. Additionally, most will tell you these are must haves: BRS Pathology, BRS Physiology, Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple.

For questions: Kaplan's Qbank--hands-down, no contest.