COMLEX - Let the panic begin

[Saesae]

As I stare at my pile of 486 review books, I'm thinking I should start making some decisions regarding which to use and which to ignore. Any suggestions regarding study approaches would be lovely and I thank you in advance. In particular, is it true that memorizing First Aid is "enough to pass?"

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[ewagner]

Clinical vignettes, and Step-up for the USMLE 2000. THen lots of practice questions.
And an IV of coffee.

 

[spunkydoc]

this is probably the most horribly designed exam you will take your whole life, so the formula for most seems to be:

1. YOUR BIBLE: FIRST AID FOR THE USMLE--know everything in it and you'll be pretty damn good

2. UNDERGROUND VIGNETTES: you gotta know how to apply all the info in the above book to "clinical" situations

3. whichever review course you take--if you take one--use whatever they give you

4. LOADS of PRACTICE QUESTIONS--by now there are plenty of COMLEX practice questions floating around..i recommend the NMS USMLE practice book..erie, but what i scored on all those practice exams was damn close to my COMLEX score and the USMLE questions were a lot more detailed.

 

[uhs99]

"NMS review for the usmle step 2' for part 2 and part 3 of the comlex. (the exams are similar and the review book is actually kind of fun.)