i have first aid for wards - shoudl i get first aid for step 2 as well? i already have crush. i always have this problem of buying every book and going into resource overload and not gettting through one book thoroughly! help!
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sabroof said:i have first aid for wards - shoudl i get first aid for step 2 as well? i already have crush. i always have this problem of buying every book and going into resource overload and not gettting through one book thoroughly! help!
the consensus has been crush and since u already own it, i would suggest just sticking with it. also consider boards and wards
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I'm reading secrets (which is basically the same as Crush, but different format, both written by Brochert). Some of the sections are nice, but others (Peds, Psych, OB/GYN) aren't so good and I turned to First Aid for those sections and it was MUCH (I repeat MUCH!) better than Secrets. I wanted to focus on Secrets since it's a quicker read and easier to master (leaving more time for questions), but it has some sections that blow, in which case First Aid comes in handy. There's a new edition of First Aid (copyright 2006), which is about 350 pages of reading and $40-45 brand new. It's hard to consider money spent on FA a waste, so I'd recommend buying it anyway. Good luck!
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What is the most recent edition of crush? i see a 2000 and 2002. why has it been 4 years since a new edition? or is there one that I'm not seeing?
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I just checked amazon and it seems as though the most current edition of Crush is from 2002 and the most current edition of Secrets is from 2004. I was doing some more reading today from Secrets and First Aid and, the more I read from Secrets, the more glad I become that I have First Aid handy as well!
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manning18 said:
First Aid 2006 edition rules!
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First Aid, 2006 is excellent. The original plan was to focus on FA. However, I became a bit lazy, so I thought Secrets would take me to the promised land. Then, I started reading Secrets and realized that much of it blows, so for many (but not all) sections I went back to FA, 2006! Secrets is horrible in some major sections: OB/GYN, Peds and Psych, to name a few!
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I have First Aid for the Wards, and I just recently bought First Aid for Step 2 CK. I regret that decision. Both books have a lot of the same information in the same format. I think First Aid for Step 2 has a tiny bit more info, so I'll probably end up selling First Aid for the Wards. I think most use Crush and Boards and Wards for the majority of studying and other books like First Aid for backup.
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I have the previous edition of FA, any major differences to the new one? anyone thinks it worth it to get the new edition when i already have the previous edition?
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The newer edition of FA is actually shorter than the previous edition, which is nice! I haven't gone through and determined what's been revamped/deleted/added. I'd imagine they're largely the same. However, FA tends to revise its editions based on student feedback. I've said before that it's hard to consider a new edition of FA as a bad investment or waste of money. I would recommend the new one. After your test, you can always sell it for $10-20 and get back some of the cost ($40-45). Go for it!
