Best Book to Annotate UWorld During 3rd Year

[soccerboy2288]

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Hi everyone,
I am currently on my 2nd block of 3rd year, and am doing UWorld along with each block to prepare for the shelf. At the same time, I wanted to annotate UWorld on to one book so by the time I start studying for Step 2, I will have everything annotated.

What will be a good book to get that everyone uses for Step 2 (Basically the FA of Step 1)? I know many people use SUTM but that doesn't cover everything like OB and surgery. The only book I bought so far is Master the Boards for Step 2, and I noticed it is lacking a lot of info for OBGYN (I am doing obgyn now and am trying to annotate that topic).

Thanks in advance guys.

 

[soccerboy2288]

i found the Yale-g's refined clinical review covers all subjects and perhaps the best one so far:
http://usmle-yaleg.com/

Thanks for the suggestion! I heard about that book before, may consider it.



Anyone else?

 

[alternatego]

I like MTB2. That's what I'm using to annotate.

 

[soccerboy2288]

I like MTB2. That's what I'm using to annotate.

Thanks alternatego. I also purchased MTB recently and annotated UWORLD for OBGYN section.

I noticed (and read on sdn) that MTB2 is not quite enough for topics aside from IM (Obgyn, peds, surgery). Debating whether I should purchase MTB3 and annotate peds and surgery onto MTB3, and then IM onto MTB2. Is that necessary or should I stick to MTB2? Wanted to see what people generally do. Thanks!

 

[futuredoctor10]

Thanks alternatego. I also purchased MTB recently and annotated UWORLD for OBGYN section.

I noticed (and read on sdn) that MTB2 is not quite enough for topics aside from IM (Obgyn, peds, surgery). Debating whether I should purchase MTB3 and annotate peds and surgery onto MTB3, and then IM onto MTB2. Is that necessary or should I stick to MTB2? Wanted to see what people generally do. Thanks!

I recommend using Master the Boards 2 for IM and MTB 3 for OB/Peds/Surgery/Psych!

 

[soccerboy2288]

I recommend using Master the Boards 2 for IM and MTB 3 for OB/Peds/Surgery/Psych!

Thanks, just need some more confirmations before I bought MTB3.

Did you already complete those rotations and step II?? Just wondering.

 

[akaVonk]

When people refer to the MTB2, which of the following books are they referring to?

a.) http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-Medical-USMLE-Master-Boards/dp/B006LN836I
OR
b.)http://www.amazon.com/Master-Boards-USMLE-Step-CK/dp/1609787609/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

Also, is MTB3 the counterpart to the latter of the aforementioned books for Step 3? Just curious as to why it would be applicable for Step 2 CK if it is labeled/sold as a Step 3 book

 

[Myxedema]

When people refer to the MTB2, which of the following books are they referring to?

a.) http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-Medical-USMLE-Master-Boards/dp/B006LN836I
OR
b.)http://www.amazon.com/Master-Boards-USMLE-Step-CK/dp/1609787609/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

Also, is MTB3 the counterpart to the latter of the aforementioned books for Step 3? Just curious as to why it would be applicable for Step 2 CK if it is labeled/sold as a Step 3 book

(a) and (b) are the same book, with (b) [the one with the pink cover] is the newest edition. Both of these books have been mostly written by Conrad Fischer, so they have a great deal of similarity. Common opinion here is that non-IM sections of MTB2 are poorly written compared to MTB3.

 

[Kaputt]

(a) and (b) are the same book, with (b) [the one with the pink cover] is the newest edition. Both of these books have been mostly written by Conrad Fischer, so they have a great deal of similarity. Common opinion here is that non-IM sections of MTB2 are poorly written compared to MTB3.

Yeah but I found some non-IM sections of MTB3 leave out some stuff covered in MTB2. Little bits here and there in ob/gyn and peds, basically. So I'd suggest skimming MTB2 in addition to focusing on MTB3. As I read these books, I'm surprised at the amount of stuff that's in UWorld that is in neither of these books. The good part though is that they're readable, unlike First Aid.

 

[Trogghunter]

I would read the first aid series for each rotation, or use the blueprints for each rotation. No single review book is going to cover what you need for step 2. I'd recommend FA for step 2.

 

[akaVonk]

Thanks for the input everyone. Would you say it's essential to have the most recent edition of First Aid for Step 2? Inherited a 7th edition copy that's one edition older than the most current one if I recall correctly. Not sure if there's another one coming out in the near future, but if not, I may cave and get the 8th edition for the benefit of colored diagrams/pics and presumably corrected errata from the prior version.

As for UWorld for Step 2...from what I've gathered on these forums, a fair number of people will go through it during the academic year and then a second pass through during dedicated summer studying. This seems a bit different from the method of saving Step 1's UWorld for dedicated studying and doing all blocks on random to best gauge one's knowledge base. I'm not sure if it's fine enough to do the first-pass of UWorld Step 2 on a subject-specific basis during the year as I go through rotations before going on to full randoms on the second pass later on/during the summer. I suppose some of the recall factor would be eliminated if the work is spread out, but I'm just wary of "wasting" fresh unused questions if it would pay more to save them. Again, any thoughts on the issue are greatly appreciated

 

[Trogghunter]

The newer FA for step 2 is pretty different. Very aesthetically pleasing, and of course....updated errata