kaplan step 2 for shelf study???

[mikewhite]

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Okay I know everyone says "questions, questions, questions!!!" But everyone is different and personally I loved the first two years of med school ( did I just say that?!! 😱 ) because it was syllabus + lecture = high pass.
So I thought that since kaplan has videos and lecture notes for step 2 , maybe i could use this for shelf study. I have not taken a shelf yet and I am petrified of finding out that there is a hekuva lot more that you need to know for a shelf than is found in those lecture notes.
The deal is that I need text not bulletpoints or charts ( like foung in first aid)and I mean real paragraphs with explanations but not to the level of reading a whole huge book.
My apologies to all you first Aid fans out there, no offense, but it just doesn't do anything for me ...it's like in one ear and out the other. Us stupid people have to build a story about what we are reading in order to retain it and it is easier to build a story when you are reading one!!!I like being spoonfed 🙂
So can anyone out there throw me a rope and delineate which review books of this nature would go with which rotation.
Thank you oodles and oodles,
Mike

 

[tiredmom]

Mike-
I didn't use the Kaplan books, so I can't answer your direct question. The Secrets series uses a short chapter format that you might like. It has a question (not a multiple choice question but a topic question) followed by a paragraph or two answering the question. I found that it worked well for the courses I used it. I also liked the Case Files series - sets up a scenario then has a few pages of text with 4-6 case questions at the end. I've used these for all my shelves so far...all A's.
I did use the IM q-bank for my medicine shelf...it was super helpful, the shelf was a breeze after those questions.
Good luck.