Its so hard to give BRS phys but quick question

[Transformers]

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I just like BRS phys a lot...it just builds a great foundation for physio and having done BRS phys with the kaplan phyio vids, it helped me extrapolate so much with regard to graphs, concepts, about why things occur...anyways, do you think BRS phys would be beneficial?? Ultimately, the core books I plan on using were BRS phys, FA, and Pathoma...the least I could do perhaps is even annotate, extrapolate the physio sections into First Aid with my notes from BRS phys and just stick with the limited physio in First Aid. But I've come to the point where I'm sick of just writing things over and over and am used to the presentation I have received so far...


Anyways what do you think?

 

[Phloston]

I just like BRS phys a lot...it just builds a great foundation for physio and having done BRS phys with the kaplan phyio vids, it helped me extrapolate so much with regard to graphs, concepts, about why things occur...anyways, do you think BRS phys would be beneficial?? Ultimately, the core books I plan on using were BRS phys, FA, and Pathoma...the least I could do perhaps is even annotate, extrapolate the physio sections into First Aid with my notes from BRS phys and just stick with the limited physio in First Aid. But I've come to the point where I'm sick of just writing things over and over and am used to the presentation I have received so far...


Anyways what do you think?

BRS Phys is good book, but not if you're within 3 months of your exam. The vast vast majority of the physio on your exam will be arrow-questions, and you get sufficient practice with those via QBank Qs.

I'd use BRS Phys as an adjunct if you're in MS1 or early-MS2 and feel you need to get the basics down.

The book just didn't help me get any additional questions correct on my NBMEs or real deal. I call it a "fluff book."

 

[loveoforganic2]

It takes a day to read. Just go through it once then do the rest from qbanks

 

[Phloston]

It takes a day to read. Just go through it once then do the rest from qbanks

You must be some sort of rare savant then. I definitely wish I could read that fast.

 

[loveoforganic2]

You must be some sort of rare savant then. I definitely wish I could read that fast.

I do mean a full day, to be clear (14-15 hours), and assuming you are semicomfortable with the material to start with so you can speed read sections that are boringly familiar. If phys wasn't a forte, then maybe two days, but I think that should be tops

 

[Zuhal]

wow comments like the one above make me feel so slow...

 

[loveoforganic2]

I really don't consider myself a ridiculously fast reader. My only pass in a single sitting was before the phys shelf after a semesters of phys, so maybe that's colored my opinion. My second pass through it was split Into single chapters on random days during second year

 

[Phloston]

The catch is that BRS Physio has lots of low-yield info. I even remember one section on the mechanisms of hearing (down to directions of rotation of the hair cells) that I knew would never show up on the USMLE in a million years.

BRS Phys also has tons of questions, but they're not USMLE-style and some of the calculations are way overkill for Step1.

I had gone through it in probably ~3-hr chunks over 7-10 separate days. That includes doing most of the questions (ignored the low-yield ones).

I'd say you need 20-30 hrs to really appreciate the book.

 

[loveoforganic2]

The catch is that BRS Physio has lots of low-yield info. I even remember one section on the mechanisms of hearing (down to directions of rotation of the hair cells) that I knew would never show up on the USMLE in a million years.

BRS Phys also has tons of questions, but they're not USMLE-style and some of the calculations are way overkill for Step1.

I had gone through it in probably ~3-hr chunks over 7-10 separate days. That includes doing most of the questions (ignored the low-yield ones).

I'd say you need 20-30 hrs to really appreciate the book.

I agree that there's a lot of low yield in there. I should also add that the time I gave for reading it does NOT include doing the questions

 

[Bojack Horseman]

Low yield in a "step 1 would never have questions specifically about this" but high yield in the sense that you need to know physiology .... Right?

 

[Phloston]

Low yield in a "step 1 would never have questions specifically about this" but high yield in the sense that you need to know physiology .... Right?

It would be the equivalent of studying PV=nRT or PVTn=PVTn for the USMLE. That was great for gen chem in college, but not for the USMLE.

Some of the physio topics/calculations in that book are better for your physio course, not for the USMLE.