Best review material for IM?

[sanj238]

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I've been reading through the Internal Medicine Shelf thread and I'm confused

There seems to be a lot of variety of books recommended- but obviously I cant read them all.

Seems like UWorld and FA Medicine are the two that are recommended. is there any other book you would recommend if you want to ace this section? I'm aiming for 95% (without any expectation of getting it) but wondering what needs to be done?

I mean we spend half the day (and more) in wards- so where is the time to learn a 400 page manual on IM? My rotation is 8 weeks.

Any advice?

 

[Pons Asinorum]

I mean we spend half the day (and more) in wards- so where is the time to learn a 400 page manual on IM? My rotation is 8 weeks.

Any advice?

You have 8 weeks. Or 56 days. You don't have time to read 7.5 pages per day and read through that 400 pages?

Get Step Up to Medicine. Do Uworld. Profit.

 

[Stellar Clouds]

Uworld + SUTM +/- MKSAP

More than enough to do well. And you have more than enough time to read if you are only spending half (or slightly more) days at the hospital. Learn how to manage your time now, because you will have significantly less time as a resident to read.

 

[sanj238]

7.5 pages + master it+ remember it each subsequent day or at least review at some point all over again+ re read to synthesize....is there something I'm missing or are people reading x pages and never again until just before exam?

 

[Stellar Clouds]

Use SUTM to fill in gaps in your knowledge. Use uworld to reinforce.

 

[qwerty89]

Conrad Fischer's Kaplan Step 2 CK videos are great too (a bit outdated). I use them alongside SUTM + MKSAP

 

[Gnocchi Monster]

I Read most of SUTM and did about 6-700 Uworld questions and honored the exam (although barely). One thing you really should do is ask your attendings/residents/interns to give mini lectures on broad topics such as AKI, PFTs, treatment of pneumonia and skin infections, etc. You should have plenty of time for these on call days before you start your call. Personally, some of my residents were hesitant to really teach until I specifically asked them to.

Also be stone-cold familiar with at least the easier diagnostic criteria such as Gold's, SIRS, acute pancreatititis, Light's. Include these whenever pertinent in your A&Ps to reinforce them in your memory. You might also want to go to the student lectures, although these have been hit and miss on my rotation.. sometimes lecturers focus on way too many details.

 

[tco]

Conrad Fischer's Kaplan Step 2 CK videos are great too (a bit outdated). I use them alongside SUTM + MKSAP

They're really not that outdated. I'm using them to study for Step 2...

 

[redpanda]

8 weeks on medicine:

Shelf focused: Couple hundred UWorld questions + Step up the Medicine + all of MKSAP
General knowledge: UptoDate mostly for things specific to my patients + selective parts of Harrison's for overview on certain topics

Awaiting my shelf score, but I felt pretty comfortable with the exam.

 

[sanj238]

I Read most of SUTM and did about 6-700 Uworld questions and honored the exam (although barely). One thing you really should do is ask your attendings/residents/interns to give mini lectures on broad topics such as AKI, PFTs, treatment of pneumonia and skin infections, etc. You should have plenty of time for these on call days before you start your call. Personally, some of my residents were hesitant to really teach until I specifically asked them to.

Also be stone-cold familiar with at least the easier diagnostic criteria such as Gold's, SIRS, acute pancreatititis, Light's. Include these whenever pertinent in your A&Ps to reinforce them in your memory. You might also want to go to the student lectures, although these have been hit and miss on my rotation.. sometimes lecturers focus on way too many details.

Haha you give to much credit to my program no resident and no lectures where I am. Thankfully I have access to cme audio which may help
I got Conrad fishers vids I also have 2013 Kaplan. Hopefully that plus uworld and sum and mksap will be enough

 

[studbud]

Does anyone know the name of/have link to that two hour video given that I've heard is a good review for IM?

 

[studbud]

Anybody?