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[MAK]

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I have 24 days left till the exam...and I have not started questions. I have GI, Repro, Biochem, Behavioral science, and general pathology left to go over . What should I be doing?????????


SO STRESSED

I know I should be doing questions, but when i start them, i realize I do not know some of the info, and so I need to study it before. Grrrr, how screwed am I??

 

[rahulb]

 

[MAK]

EXACTLY what I needed, thank you!!!

 

[Chinorlz]

I have 24 days left till the exam...and I have not started questions. I have GI, Repro, Biochem, Behavioral science, and general pathology left to go over . What should I be doing?????????


SO STRESSED

I know I should be doing questions, but when i start them, i realize I do not know some of the info, and so I need to study it before. Grrrr, how screwed am I??

you got some of the heavy hitters in there to cover... especially general path.

Write yourself out a schedule and stick to it. Insert the easier subjects like behavioral science and GI in between the denser more tedious subjects like biochem. You have Goljan's path book? Break it down into 4 days and you'll have covered pretty much all of GI, Repro and general path. Supplement GI and repro with FA.

I really liked the HY behavioral sciences book... read it in a day and it covers everything from developmental milestones to the stats crap.

I'd recommend doing the questions even if you don't know the answers. Don't do them with a "how am I gonna score this time" mentality but instead use it as a learning tool and read every question explanation as well as ALL the reasons why the other choices were wrong and what they apply to.

You can probably manage 48 questions a day while doing the denser subjects and 96 questions (half in the morning, half in the evening) on lighter subject days.

It's certainly not going to be a fun 24 days but you can definitely hammer it out👍

 

[FutureInternist]

delay the exam !!!!!!!!

 

[Re3iRtH]

What resource(s) does one use to best cover "General path"?

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

we just went through the kaplan path intense prep lecture (day 1 of 3), with today covering a lot of gen path and diving into systemic path ... and I must say, A LOT of the pics and things mentioned came straight out of Goljan's RR Path ... only reaffirmed my need to stick with RR Path for my board prep. I was initially annotating into FA for gen path when my friend told me during one of the 10 min breaks to bust out RR Path and get ready to highlight, which is what I ended up doing the entire time since ... that book truly is high yield.

 

[Chinorlz]

echoed. Goljan path and FA should cover pretty much everything. Haven't had a UW question yet in the path subject that wasn't covered in at least one or the other.

 

[Exanogen]

Mr. Mak , you need to be doing questions, questions, questions, questions.

Supplement them with your learning. Even reading and knowing goljan inside and out for the most part you cannot get every Path / Pathophys question without an understanding on how the test incorporates these elements into questions.

Don't Postpone the test, Do questions. Learn as you get them wrong. I know I learn best when something tells me 70% of other students got it right and you didn't.

 

[perilou]

Learn as you get them wrong. I know I learn best when something tells me 70% of other students got it right and you didn't.

True that! 👍

 

[ENThopeful]

What resource(s) does one use to best cover "General path"?

What do you guys mean by general path?? how is this different from pathology of the organ modules?

 

[tdd340]

General path = stuff like cell injury, inflammation, and basic neoplasia, etc.

 

[stickshift]

delay the exam !!!!!!!!

lol why? Many people have studied for the whole step 1 in three weeks total and done well.

 

[MAK]

lol why? Many people have studied for the whole step 1 in three weeks total and done well.

man i hope you are right!!!!

 

[PBandJ]

i agree, don't delay your exam. make a schedule (for the subject material) and stick to it. then, plan on doing 48 questions a day and reading all explanations. my technique has been to do 48 questions (random, all timed) in the morning and then review them at night, after i've done whatever subject material was scheduled for the day. i find it works well because i get a second look at the questions when i review them in the evening.

also, annotate or highlight things in first aid that relate to the questions you're reviewing. even if you get them right. this is important because you may have picked the right answer but not for the right reason.

you can do this. good luck!! 🙂