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Looking for the end all, be all "you are guaranteed to >99%" book for the neuro shelf. The popular books (Blueprints, Casefiles) seem to be pretty ****ty.

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Looking for the end all, be all "you are guaranteed to >99%" book for the neuro shelf. The popular books (Blueprints, Casefiles) seem to be pretty ****ty.
There really isn't for any clerkship. For Neuro I used Case Files, PreTest, UWorld, and FA for Step 1, only had 2 weeks, and got an 87. One of my friends only used BluePrints over the same time period and got a 92. FWIW - I'm pretty much sitting at < 50%tile rank-wise in my class at a no name state school, and failed part of my Neuro block first year. You just have to find a resource that clicks with your learning style, and know your test taking strategy.
 
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There really isn't for any clerkship. For Neuro I used Case Files, PreTest, UWorld, and FA for Step 1, only had 2 weeks, and got an 87. One of my friends only used BluePrints over the same time period and got a 92. FWIW - I'm pretty much sitting at < 50%tile rank-wise in my class at a no name state school, and failed part of my Neuro block first year. You just have to find a resource that clicks with your learning style, and know your test taking strategy.
Everyone's different, but there are some pretty grade A resources for most clerkships (SUTM for IM, Devirgilio for surgery, BRS for peds, etc). If you know any of those back to front, I think it'll guarantee honors. Neuro, however, is somewhat unique in that all the popular resources kind of suck "/
 
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Blueprints was solid. It is one of the shorter ones in the series and covers everything you might need to know.

I did UWx2, pretest, and skimmed BP at the end for things I missed with the other two resources and got 92nd percentile.
 
Maybe too foundational, but Kandel's Principles of Neural Science is canon.
 
Looking for the end all, be all "you are guaranteed to >99%" book for the neuro shelf. The popular books (Blueprints, Casefiles) seem to be pretty ****ty.

Use Blueprints. That's the book. I'm just not a fan of it and I used UWorld, PreTest, and this 80 page outline I found online . Google Tuttle neurology study guide if you're interested


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Blueprints was solid. It is one of the shorter ones in the series and covers everything you might need to know.

I did UWx2, pretest, and skimmed BP at the end for things I missed with the other two resources and got 92nd percentile.

Hey bro, how do you get all that done in so little time?


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