how's everyone studying

[supergirl280]

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hey guys,

so i'm taking the beast late may and wanted to start reviewing stuff. however, besides annotating in FA with some physio bugs and drugs, what are you guys doing to review biochem or anatomy. I figure anything i memorize now i'll forget by may. any advice?

 

[Benign_foodtube]

Yo SG--

I don't know if this will be truly effective or not, but I'm sticking primarily to FA and QBank, and i hope to go through both several times before I take Step 1. When I get things wrong on QBank, I look up the answers and related material extensively in Robbins (Big Robbins), and BRS books, and other resources, to really pound it in my brain. repetition for the material, and a rhythm of answering in prep for the exam, via Q Bank. I know a lot of my friends are doing study groups and ****e, too, but I don't do the study group thing so often...

What's your battle plan?

 

[IndianBabu]

Aren't you finding that annotating FA clutters up the page, and lessens the emphasis on the critical aspects the book wants you to know? Just curious.

 

[Buckeye(OH)]

Yo SG--

I don't know if this will be truly effective or not, but I'm sticking primarily to FA and QBank, and i hope to go through both several times before I take Step 1. When I get things wrong on QBank, I look up the answers and related material extensively in Robbins (Big Robbins), and BRS books, and other resources, to really pound it in my brain. repetition for the material, and a rhythm of answering in prep for the exam, via Q Bank. I know a lot of my friends are doing study groups and ****e, too, but I don't do the study group thing so often...

What's your battle plan?

Dude, is that you?

 

[supergirl280]

hmm i've been annotating FA just with things that i know i will forget, so it's not too cluttered. I'm just unsure of how to tackle things like biochem and anatomy where pure memorization is required..maybe i will put these off til closer to the date and focus more on pathophys

 

[Benign_foodtube]

Dude, is that you?

What's shakin, Buckeye? How goes it old friend? Any of the other old schoolers around and about? And where you at these days?

 

[Benign_foodtube]

hmm i've been annotating FA just with things that i know i will forget, so it's not too cluttered. I'm just unsure of how to tackle things like biochem and anatomy where pure memorization is required..maybe i will put these off til closer to the date and focus more on pathophys

Wordy word. i'd stick to the pathophys and the pharm review (a lil bit) for right now. Cell bio and biochem may be good to start reviewing right now, for pathways and concepts, but don't trip too hard on them, and save the memorization for a bit later...

 

[Taus]

Aren't you finding that annotating FA clutters up the page, and lessens the emphasis on the critical aspects the book wants you to know? Just curious.

take it kinkos...get it "cut" and 3-hole punched....put it in a binder and add your annotations, charts and whatever else you want on separate pieces of paper that fit b/w whatever pages you feel like makes sense

yeah it looks a little crazy/neurotic at first....but its better then having hundreds of post-its and random pieces of paper hanging out of your book IMO