Biochem prep
Started by HolyMoly
I'm interested in hearing the answer to this as well. I'm starting biochem tomorrow and I'm really unsure as to what to do.
I've glanced briefly at Lippincott's and there's no way I'm going to make it through that behemoth. I've looked at BRS and while it's significantly shorter, it still seems to contain a lot more information that what's featured in the FA Biochem section.
Is FA sufficient with the occasional glance at BRS to fill in details? Or is a cover-to-cover read of BRS recommended?
Thanks!
I've glanced briefly at Lippincott's and there's no way I'm going to make it through that behemoth. I've looked at BRS and while it's significantly shorter, it still seems to contain a lot more information that what's featured in the FA Biochem section.
Is FA sufficient with the occasional glance at BRS to fill in details? Or is a cover-to-cover read of BRS recommended?
Thanks!
Awesome. I think I'll start off with FA tomorrow, then move to UW's Biochem questions, and try to fill in any missing holes with BRS Biochem.
Off the top of your head, is there anything that FA + UW doesn't cover particularly well in the realm of biochem?
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Have you looked at the summary at the end of Lippincott's? The last chapter is a chapter-by-chapter summary of the entire book. I came very close to buying BRS or some other smaller review, until I just happened upon the summary when I was flipping through (convincing myself that there was no WAY I was ever going to get through that thing!). I think it's pretty well done, and filled in a few gaps from FA for me (in less than 50 pages even!). I wish I'd known about it 1st year
Have you looked at the summary at the end of Lippincott's? The last chapter is a chapter-by-chapter summary of the entire book. I came very close to buying BRS or some other smaller review, until I just happened upon the summary when I was flipping through (convincing myself that there was no WAY I was ever going to get through that thing!). I think it's pretty well done, and filled in a few gaps from FA for me (in less than 50 pages even!). I wish I'd known about it 1st year
Thanks! 😀
I got so freaked out from flipping through Lippincott's that I didn't even get a chance to see that. I'll definitely look it over!
My biochem % in UW is dreadful, which is stressing me out. But both NBME tests that I've taken (1&2) say I don't need to worry.
I find that UW q's are impossible if you dont have the pathway memorized, whereas FA is more about RL enzymes and what intermediates backup.
I find that UW q's are impossible if you dont have the pathway memorized, whereas FA is more about RL enzymes and what intermediates backup.
What are RL enzymes?
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FA was in a subject based format (split into anatomy, biochem, micro etc) till 2005. After that, it went to a systems based format
am i going nuts? i am pretty sure there is a standalone biochem section, not by organ system in FA
2006 and 2007 FA still has biochem section as a stand alone section. No biochem in the organ systems sections.
All(and I mean every single one) of the true biochem questions on my test dealt with easy things that the pathways given in FA were *more than enough* to answer. 3 or 4 in particular gave an obvious clinical syndrome and you just had to select the missing enzyme. I didn't know much biochem at all, but I got a decent% right on these just from skimming first aid a few days before(and not even coming close to memorizing the pathways in FA)
The molecular biology part of biochemistry(if you consider this part of biochem) dealt very little with stuff that is found in any review book. It was all conceptual stuff that showed a restriction enzyme acting at certain points on a sample and you had to think a little bit to see what combinations could be produced. All of the molecular bio questions I had were questions you just had to think about for awhile and see what would add up- hardly any of them required any knowledge of things like operons or dna replication or whatever....which was fortunate because i didn't know any of that.
OMG, I must be losing my mind
I was worried about having to review biochemistry from kaplan, for some reason I thought it was dispersed between organ systems in FA
Thank you very much! What a relief!
