Doctors in Training and First Aid

[esvalenti]

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I am looking for some insight from those who have taken Step One and who used Doctors in Training to prepare for it. Currently I am signed up for DIT and am wondering how essential it is to have the current 2012 edition of First Aid. I have the 2011 edition--I hear they only go through the most recent edition. For those who have taken the course is having the most recent edition vital or can you get by with a relatively new edition? Thanks

 

[Ravendown]

You can actually purchase the 2011 course you know. Try Visiting the DIT website and reading everything there and then comeback with questions. The most recent edition isn't vital i think. Considering the 2012 first aid isn't out yet, but then again, i have no idea. If i recall correctly, there's a huge thread about DIT on the forums so search for it.

 

[Mr hawkings]

Take a peek at the step 1 section on this forum. there are several very useful threads about this very question

 

[jj6vcb]

From what I can tell the bulk of DIT is First Aid and UWorld. Is what you're paying for the weekly email questions? The price seems pretty steep for that

 

[Sheldor]

From what I can tell the bulk of DIT is First Aid and UWorld. Is what you're paying for the weekly email questions? The price seems pretty steep for that

You're not paying for the information, you're paying for the presentation. IE, via instructors on video instead of written down in the book.

Also, there is a huge book of practice questions and diagrams and what not.

 

[thepoopologist]

You're not paying for the information, you're paying for the presentation. IE, via instructors on video instead of in written down in the book.

Also, there is a huge book of practice questions and diagrams and what not.

I second that notion.

A lot of what is thrown around about DIT here, especially from those who've never used it, is that DIT is some dude reading FA to you, "and that's not worth $700."

The emails and the workbook make it worthwhile. It's a very interactive way of learning the details in FA. He also adds stuff in his lectures. Is Jenko perfect? No, but it's worth doing if you're not sure where to start.

 

[SirGecko]

You're not paying for the information, you're paying for the presentation. IE, via instructors on video instead of written down in the book.

Also, there is a huge book of practice questions and diagrams and what not.

This. If you were the guy that never went to lecture and learned everything by reading the text for the first two years of med school don't waste your money on DIT. If you are the person that needs a live lecture to engage you and cannot stand video recordings of lectures don't get DIT. If you watched every lecture on video recording twice because it was the best way for you to learn then DIT is probably for you.