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[Zetterberg07]

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I've heard from a couple of people at my school that its possible to do very well on Step 1 with just first aid, brs/goljan path, a question source and maybe brs physio. Obviously, you have to pretty much know them cold. Does this sound realistic?

 

[GMDMD]

Yes, if you know those sources "cold" (ie understand not just memorized) you can get a 260+.

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

Honestly, I am finding that in RR Path, I end up learning all the immuno I need to know (the HY aspects anyway). I read thru Levinson's and then the chapter on Immunopath, and I liked it better via Goljan, but I'm sure I understood it b/c of Levinson's. All the main points showed up in Goljan. Also, after going thru 1st Aid Micro, Goljan reinforces it clinically. If anything, I'd probably consider reading HY CMB, but I am not sure if it's necessary. So yeah, I'm really considering consolidating my studying to 1st Aid/MedEssentials (MedEssentials esp. for the Behavioral part), RR Path, HY CMB, and BRS Physio ... and the rest Kaplan Qbank and eventually UW.

 

[diosa428]

Honestly, I am finding that in RR Path, I end up learning all the immuno I need to know (the HY aspects anyway). I read thru Levinson's and then the chapter on Immunopath, and I liked it better via Goljan, but I'm sure I understood it b/c of Levinson's. All the main points showed up in Goljan. Also, after going thru 1st Aid Micro, Goljan reinforces it clinically. If anything, I'd probably consider reading HY CMB, but I am not sure if it's necessary. So yeah, I'm really considering consolidating my studying to 1st Aid/MedEssentials (MedEssentials esp. for the Behavioral part), RR Path, HY CMB, and BRS Physio ... and the rest Kaplan Qbank and eventually UW.

What else do you like in MedEssentials? I bought it but haven't done much with it...

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

What else do you like in MedEssentials? I bought it but haven't done much with it...

I liked the physiology section as well. I'm not so sure about the pharm, haven't looked thru it with that book (I've just been using Boards and Wards Pharm for class/current boards prep, which I love btw) ... but I would also imagine that it would be good for pharm as well. I have heard that all the drugs needed is in First Aid so it may not be needed for pharm; however, I felt the physio was better in MedEssentials than it was for 1st Aid. I'm not going to use path a whole lot out of 1st Aid or MedEssentials outside of a quick glance thru to make sure im familiar with the topics they suggest are HY. My main thing for Path is RR, which I love more and more --- as I just got done reading thru Neoplasms chapter, I realised that a lot of what's in HY CMB for the chapter on mutations, CAs, DNA repair enzymes, etc. is discussed here as well. Goljan is the man.

 

[ZonaRidicularis]

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[Doctor4Life1769]

Cool, thanks for the tip. I had not start doing Anatomy/Histo/Embryo yet (will start that tomorrow), so I'll take a look and see.

How did you do on your Step I?

 

[ZonaRidicularis]

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[Doctor4Life1769]

To Be Determined. If I get a 150 I'll be sure to gather up all my posts and make a thread on "How To Fail the USMLE Step 1". 🙂

I'm sure you did fine, seems like just about everyone here does. Good luck on the results!