Microbio on the Step

[JP2740]

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First aid sufficient here?

I'm reading through microbio made ridiculously simple and can't help but feel that it's ridiculously overdoing it for the step exam.

 

[tallman24]

Im curious about this too...

 

[evilbooyaa]

Know FA for it. I didn't use anything else, personally. I think if you can remember everything from FA + other sources, then go for it.

 

[NickNaylor]

I find CMMRS to be too drawn-out to read, though the charts at the end of the chapter are nice. I'm doing a read-through of the general principles (M1) book of the First Aid for the Basic Sciences duo to get more details than what's in FA and then just studying from FA from there. Seems to be sufficient as far as questions go.

One of my buds studied strictly from FA and is getting ~70% on UWorld for micro. I don't know if that's "sufficient" enough for you, but I'd be happy with that performance.

 

[JP2740]

I'm trying to hit 99.9%, repeating of course on uworld

But seriously, why can't we get 100%'s? Haven't started uworld. I'm on kaplan hitting ~70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU

 

[CaliDoc89]

First aid sufficient here?

I'm reading through microbio made ridiculously simple and can't help but feel that it's ridiculously overdoing it for the step exam.

do as many passes through FA as possible and definitely do micro the days before the real deal. I think FA is more than enough for micro (this coming from someone who did not take any micro prior to med school).

 

[CyclistOK]

I got a >250 with exclusively fa and uworld

FA+Uworld covers everything in sufficient detail to get just about any score you want, assuming you can learn it from those. Specifically, the micro section is good. The one micro question I remember I missed was in FA

 

[dr zaius]

I got a >250 with exclusively fa and uworld

FA+Uworld covers everything in sufficient detail to get just about any score you want, assuming you can learn it from those. Specifically, the micro section is good. The one micro question I remember I missed was in FA

Echoing this. Use CMMRS for those areas you're weak in. Don't try to read it in its entirety for step I.