NBME exams for finals

[sincity college]

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I was wondering if any M2s, 3s or 4s had NBME exams for their finals as an M1. We have shelf's for Anatomy, Histo, and Physio. My question is are there any books that help for these exams particularly? I'm figuring that it would be better to study a book that is geared towards shelf exam preparation rather than going over lecture notes that are specific to what the professor teaches and not necessarily material geared towards the shelf exam. So are there books made PARTICULARY for shelf exam preparation in anatomy, physio, and histo?

 

[aggie08]

I was wondering if any M2s, 3s or 4s had NBME exams for their finals as an M1. We have shelf's for Anatomy, Histo, and Physio. My question is are there any books that help for these exams particularly? I'm figuring that it would be better to study a book that is geared towards shelf exam preparation rather than going over lecture notes that are specific to what the professor teaches and not necessarily material geared towards the shelf exam. So are there books made PARTICULARY for shelf exam preparation in anatomy, physio, and histo?

I'm a first year, but most of us are using BRS to get ready for our Anatomy NBME final (suggested by the class above us).

 

[njbmd]

I was wondering if any M2s, 3s or 4s had NBME exams for their finals as an M1. We have shelf's for Anatomy, Histo, and Physio. My question is are there any books that help for these exams particularly? I'm figuring that it would be better to study a book that is geared towards shelf exam preparation rather than going over lecture notes that are specific to what the professor teaches and not necessarily material geared towards the shelf exam. So are there books made PARTICULARY for shelf exam preparation in anatomy, physio, and histo?

These exams were optional for us. I took a couple of them (to see if I needed to take a prep course for USMLE) and did fine without using review books. Since there are blueprints for what must be covered by coursework at LCME-acccredited schools, your course work shouldn't be very far from what's tested on those exams. If it is, you might be "up the creek" when it comes USMLE time.

 

[Inuranic]

I would use BRS for Physio as well. Histo...no idea. There has to be some Histo review books out there.

 

[go lakers]

Both BRS's for physiology and histology, respectively.

 

[Non-TradTulsa]

We didn't take any NBME exams my first two years - but our final exams in physiology and neurology in M2 were comprehensive in preparation for Step 1.

I strongly recommend the BRS series for all of your courses, however. I own all of them and still use them. I can't think of better prep for an NBME anatomy exam than Chung's BRS (my anatomy professor was Dr. Kyung Chung, the author of BRS Gross Anatomy).

Out of all of the BRS series, Chung's will be the most useful for the anatomy final - and least useful for board review. It's way too dense and detailed for boards. The Biochem BRS is also excellent but may be overkill for boards. Costanzo's main text and BRS Physiology are both absolutely superior books. BRS Pathology is good (everybody else loved Goljan's book, but I do not like bullet-point lists - I like text). The only BRS that I didn't particularly care for was Neuroanatomy - I thought it used a lot of outdated "dead guy" terminology that we weren't taught at my school and I had a difficult time following it.

For neuroanatomy, "Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple" is a tiny book that is worth its weight in gold. For anatomy board study, I got the USMLE Road Map Gross Anatomy, which is much more geared to the exam (there really aren't many anatomy questions on Step 1, BTW). USMLE Road Map Pharmacology by Katzung is also quite good for boards - BRS Pharmacology will make you go blind, it is so detailed. Baby Robbins Pathophysiology is excellent, especially if you used it during your pathophys course.