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[qqw]

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So as I study

 

[Transposony]

FA is an excellent review book but only very HY stuff makes it into FA.
It is not practical to put everything in FA. Otherwise it will become very bloated.
Also, Conrad Fischer famously said: "you can't review what you never know" !

 

[syoung]

there's the unabridged versions of FA broken down into basic sciences and organ systems. two large books, if you wanted. They cover everything in FA in more detail, plus other things that didn't make it in.

that being said, there's probably things in those books that are a bit incomplete/lacking

 

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

To echo what @Transposony said, FA is the HY stuff.

Regarding the Schilling test, I don't think it's used very much anymore, but it's important to understand the interpretation of the test because it makes you think about what's going on in the gut with respect to the absorption of B12.

I don't think the Quellung reaction is used very much anymore, but again, it makes you think about what the test result is telling you.

There is a lot that isn't in FA, particularly anatomy. Yet, some people report having a lot of detailed anatomy on their exams, with topics that may or may not be discussed in FA.

It is what it is.

 

[Lord_Vader]

Mostly anatomy is what is lacking in FA. Everything else is covered adequately in either FA or Pathoma.

 

[qqw]

Would you guys recommend putting in the time to do anatomy review separately too then?

 

[Lord_Vader]

Would you guys recommend putting in the time to do anatomy review separately too then?

If you are planning on doing a lot of Qbank questions then just use those to annotate FA. Otherwise use Netter's for the anatomy portion.

 

[syoung]

Moor'es blue textbox or Gray's anatomy review questions or

 

[Lafakads]

Moor'es blue textbox or Gray's anatomy review questions or

I got an older edition of Moor'es for a few bucks. Going to try and get through the blue boxes during dedicated. Heard good things about it.

 

[PL198]

If you knew everything in FA you'd get an extremely good score. People always hate on the incompleteness of resources but mastering 100 % of something that covers 80 % of what you need to know is going to do more for you than mastering 60 % of two resources that in totality cover 100 %

 

[Psai]

Anatomy is one of those things where you learned it in first year or you didn't. There are some high yield topics but several questions on the exam are ones that you either remembered from class or you're just sitting there like what just happened?

 

[Apoplexy__]

Anatomy is one of those things where you learned it in first year or you didn't. There are some high yield topics but several questions on the exam are ones that you either remembered from class or you're just sitting there like what just happened?

So true. One question on my real deal I literally only ever saw in my anatomy textbook (not even class slides or test). This happened with several NBMEs/UWorld Q's too, where I hadn't seen the info anywhere else except class-studying resources. Anatomy really is something you just don't really study for that much for Step 1.

OP, FA is the gold-standard resource. If it's not complete, that's because the material not included isn't high-yield enough. If you memorize every single word of FA, only then should you move on to a more detailed resource.

 

[PL198]

what about moore's blue boxes for anatomy, worth the time or nah

 

[Transposony]

So true. One question on my real deal I literally only ever saw in my anatomy textbook (not even class slides or test). This happened with several NBMEs/UWorld Q's too, where I hadn't seen the info anywhere else except class-studying resources. Anatomy really is something you just don't really study for that much for Step 1.

OP, FA is the gold-standard resource. If it's not complete, that's because the material not included isn't high-yield enough. If you memorize every single word of FA, only then should you move on to a more detailed resource.

Good point. Anatomy is vast and best learned before dedicated prep time.

BTW your location seems to have changed from Ischioanal fossae to Calot's triangle.