Anatomy on Step 1

[Tedebear]

I know that Anatomy isn't high yield for Step 1. Still, I am curious how specific are the anatomy questions on Step 1. These are some examples for what I mean by specific

Does it ask you if the ulnar nerve has a lesion what muscles are blocked? Should we be able to reproduce the Brachial Plexus on a scrap paper? Should we know important relationships such as Rectouterine pouch is posterior to the Ovary?

If I am correct the reason people keep saying the best preparation for Step 1 is to try very hard the 1st two years of medical school. To me this means, there are some questions that you cannot prepare for because it is minutiae.

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[bigfrank]

Basically, I found that there were 2 types of anatomy questions on Step I:

1. Insanely easy -- no studying was sufficient
2. Insanely hard -- no amount of studying would have helped me

I had very few pure anatomy questions, probably 5-8.

 

[Bevo]

HY anatomy.

 

[Tedebear]

HY anatomy.

HY Anatomy would mean I would spend another $30. Isn't BRS Anatomy the same information?

 

[Bevo]

HY Anatomy would mean I would spend another $30. Isn't BRS Anatomy the same information?

BRS is like 4x the size of HY. I mean, if you got the time to spare to study it, by all means study it.

 

[HiddenTruth]

HY Anatomy would mean I would spend another $30. Isn't BRS Anatomy the same information?

borrow it from your library (remember they have connections with lots of libraries across the state in case your libr doesn't have it). Good luck!

 

[Gibby Haynes]

HY anatomy is an excellent book. It probably has too much info even for its small size. If you're concerned b/c anatomy is a weak point for you don't sweat it, b/c there are very few anatomy questions so you won't benifit that much spending all your time on this subject. I'm willing to bet that even if you missed every single anatomy question you will still pass. Good luck!

 

[slickrikk]

I know that Anatomy isn't high yield for Step 1. Still, I am curious how specific are the anatomy questions on Step 1. These are some examples for what I mean by specific

Does it ask you if the ulnar nerve has a lesion what muscles are blocked? Should we be able to reproduce the Brachial Plexus on a scrap paper? Should we know important relationships such as Rectouterine pouch is posterior to the Ovary?

If I am correct the reason people keep saying the best preparation for Step 1 is to try very hard the 1st two years of medical school. To me this means, there are some questions that you cannot prepare for because it is minutiae.

do hy anatomy and hy neuroanatomy and you'll do fine on the max 10 questions they ask u. if they ask u a hard one then everybody taking that exam will miss it too and its likely to be an "experiment" question anyway.

worry about knowing path and then be concerned w/ low yield first year material

peace
gotta pm me for more

 

[scootad.]

the only gross anatomy worth memorizing for step 1 is limbs. memorize those upper and lower limb injury charts from HY. (of course you do need to know neuroanatomy)

 

[Ursus Martimus]

I saw these, they look pretty good. They have clinically important points for step I in anatomy, neuroanatomy, with embryology correlations:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...781756545&itm=4

 

[daisygirl]

First Aid!!!! I wouldn't bother with anything else for anatomy. Especially since it is not a highly tested topic.

 

[whispers]

Is it even worth it to do hy is first aid enough for anatomy

 

[lattimer13]

yes.

 

[bigfrank]

I'm willing to bet that even if you missed every single anatomy question you will still pass. Good luck!

Agreed. Further, I'd be willing to bet that you could miss every single pure anatomy question and still get >250 if you're strong elsewhere.

 

[GiJoe]

Agreed. Further, I'd be willing to bet that you could miss every single pure anatomy question and still get >250 if you're strong elsewhere.

I beg to differ. my exam had plenty of anatomy/neuro on it..i would say at least 25-35%... HY anatomy, FA and qbank are the way to go...HY anatomy is good cuz it also covers stuff you've done in the other courses you've been studying. Don't study from BRS its a complete waste of time/money/sanity.

 

[Ice-1]

My experience was similar to GI Joe, there was more anatomy on the test than I thought there would be. There was also quite a bit of correlation between anatomy and path, i.e. if you knew anatomy you could answer the path questions like probable metastatic disease spread pathways, etc. I used First Aid and found it sufficient but HY is also good so go for what seems best to you. Good luck!

 

[njbmd]

Hi there,
If you wanted to be anal, you could review the 'blue boxes' in Moore or the Clinical correlations in Snell and be overprepared. The anatomy on USMLE Step I is clinical anatomy or the clinical consequenses of anatomy. Not worth anything beyond First Aid.
njbmd 🙂

 

[Tedebear]

Hi there,
If you wanted to be anal, you could review the 'blue boxes' in Moore or the Clinical correlations in Snell and be overprepared. The anatomy on USMLE Step I is clinical anatomy or the clinical consequenses of anatomy. Not worth anything beyond First Aid.
njbmd 🙂

Is this true that all anatomy on Step 1 is a clinical correlation? Was anybody given questions on Step 1 that was pure anatomy? This would help me out a lot because I am very weak in anatomy. Please help

 

[darth vegeto]

Althought most of the time anatomy questions are not many, sometimes a few people like me, get more questions than they expected it. Don't sweat it, is no big deal, no matter the # of anatomy Q's that you get on the test. If you prepared strongly for the 3 P's, Path, Physio and Pharm those anat Q's won't be able to hurt you.

First of all most of the anat. Q's are from neuroanatomy.Q's are mostly clinical. Brachial plexus is a must to study + a look at limbs won't hurt you. From neuro try to recognize transverse cuts from CNS.

Second, try Hy, do not use Kaplan book(Very Low yield stuff), do not use BRS(good one, but to much to read for so few Q's)

Third do not spend more than 2 days studying for it. There is so much important stuff on the test than anato. Be time efficient.