anatomy on step 1

[medicinehopeful]

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how indept is anatomy tested on step 1? I have been going through HY anatomy, and as I read this stuff as a MS2, I dont remember all of it. Do we have to have all branches off of arteries, nerves, etc memorized? What strategies did you all use in studying anatomy for step 1? this has been a subject that I constantly struggled with during year 1. Any suggestions?

 

[bulldoc]

know the clinical correlates well. high yield anatomy was enough in my opinion...

branches of arteries aren't as important as nerves, but don't spend too much time relearning everything. you will probably get from 2-5 anatomy questions, and there's no way to know what they will ask.

 

[lord_jeebus]

I had lots of gross anatomy, but very few questions about branches of nerves and arteries.

Many questions tested general spatial relations of important structures to each other, often integrating basic (easy) imaging interpretation as well.

 

[medicinehopeful]

is high yield gross anatomy enough? i learned the basics to pass anatomy during year one (except for neuroanatomy - which i understand really really well), and i'm trying to become much more competent in this area.

 

[t33sg1rl]

What's the range for the amount of gross anatomy on the test? Is two to five questions representative? What is the most anyone has had?
The reason I ask is anatomy is a very weak area for me, and I'm not really sure how much time to spend on it. Actually going back and learning Gross Anatomy would be a huge investment on my part, and would also take time away from every other subject, so I need to know in advance if that would be a good use of time.

 

[lord_jeebus]

I had about 25 gross anatomy and 20 neuroanatomy questions. This is way more than most people.

Whether or not studying anatomy is worth your time depends on how lucky you are.

 

[buddindoc]

Goljans hi yield notes have been helping me along with first aid, q bank & usmle rx.Neuro on Goljan sucks but the other stuff is gold.

 

[Sharkfan]

I had a TON of neuroanatomy. Regular anatomy questions tend to be either really easy (ie you'd get them without studying) or so hard you'd miss them even if you spent a good deal of time studying anatomy and get mad that you even bothered. Honestly. Seriously. I gambled and didn't really study basic anatomy other than kaplan and HY neuroanatomy, and the question scenario I just described happened to me. Good thing I didn't study regular anatomy harder!! There weren't that many questions and, seriously, it wouldn't have mattered.

 

[t33sg1rl]

So the consensus is that there will probably be more neuroanatomy than gross anatomy? Neuroanatomy was actually a really good subject for me so that definitely leads me towards a very light review of gross in favor of spending more time on other subjects!