I was wondering which one would be better for someone who feels that physiology is not their strongest subject or if another book was better. Specifically I feel especially weak with respiratory and cardio. I am only giving myself 3-4 days to review all of physio so I feel like Big Constanzo would be too ambitious.
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Step I Kaplan or BRS for physio?
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i'm doing kaplan physio right now. it's entirely readable. my philosophy is that i learn and read better from a narrative text, and brs is so choppy that it's worth the extra time. and kaplan reads faster.
if i don't understand something from kaplan, i usually take a look through brs because it's more succinct and it has a glossary of subjects, which is nice and something really lacking about kaplan.
GL
if i don't understand something from kaplan, i usually take a look through brs because it's more succinct and it has a glossary of subjects, which is nice and something really lacking about kaplan.
GL
i haven't don'e any kaplan physio yet but i know that for things that i am weak on when i listen to the lectures it really helps so i plan to do this for physio. if you have the lectures you might want to try to do that but mabe use BRS as a review.
sapience8x said:i haven't don'e any kaplan physio yet but i know that for things that i am weak on when i listen to the lectures it really helps so i plan to do this for physio. if you have the lectures you might want to try to do that but mabe use BRS as a review.
I have read both BRS physio and Kaplan physio and if you are a better visual learner, i say Kaplan all the way.
I agree, kaplan is wayyy more readable and does a GREAT job in respiratory and cardio! GO for it!
i pretty much did both...renal is lacking in kaplan for sure, so read brs. And, kaplan has some different emphasis on cardio than brs, so i would definately read certain section of brs (cardiac function curves, cardiac/vasc graphs, etc). Also, the 2nd ch. in brs is pretty much non existent in kaplan--but it's covered elsewhere in other subjects, so may not be necessary.
HiddenTruth said:i pretty much did both...renal is lacking in kaplan for sure, so read brs. And, kaplan has some different emphasis on cardio than brs, so i would definately read certain section of brs (cardiac function curves, cardiac/vasc graphs, etc). Also, the 2nd ch. in brs is pretty much non existent in kaplan--but it's covered elsewhere in other subjects, so may not be necessary.
i concur about kaplan cardio. there was a ton of stuff i thought they left out like those cardiac function curves that show increased preload, afterload, stroke volume, etc. i also concur on the renal, although i hate that subject so much, i can't bring myself to read BRS quite yet.
in fact, i'd say kaplan was skimpy on the details on a lot of subjects. however, the only source that includes all the pertinent facts is the one you used for class, and i'll be damned if i'm going through that again.
i just finished kaplan phys today. all of it. it was a hike.
