BRS and STEP 1

[751866]

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Hey everyone!

Long time lurker, first time posting...I wanted to get some opinions from you all.

Basically I've been doing really well in class and I also noticed that I pretty much know everything in BRS physiology (like 80-90% right on all the chapter questions). I've even read ahead for material we haven't covered yet and been able to smoke those questions (not trying to brag, just give perspective how I'm doing). I heard from some friends that physiology is super important for USMLE STEP1, so I wanted to see if you guys thought I can expect to crush STEP1 next year? I feel really confident with the book and wondered if this would translate on exam day.

Thoughts?

 

[zhopv10]

It is important but there are other aspects to step 1 (how to think through step questions, patho, pharm, etc.). None of us can tell you I don't think if you'll crush it, although you sounds like you're on the right track. Do a few rx, or uworld questions if you want to get a feel for how you're thinking through the questions/doing in a rough sense.


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[Phloston]

Don't recommend BRS Physio unless you're in first-year or early-second-year and need remediation in physio. Otherwise it's overkill and you can build physio amply through practice questions. Personally, people raved about BRS Physio and the reviews were great, but I read 2/3 of it and tossed it; the questions and topics were overkill - not sure what the hype was/is.

Definitely recommend BRS Path. It's the best path compendium for Step 1. Short, concise, very effective. It's a wooden tennis racquet nowadays ever since Pathoma has surfaced. But I see Pathoma as a waste of time. People would score higher if they just focus all of their time on practice questions and FA, with BRS Path and Microcards (and possibly Lange pharm cards if one has ADD with the drugs in FA) as good adjunct resources.