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1. Learn the topics/diseases/concept....... follow up with application.
1a: How would Disease A differ from Disease B?
Example: Kawasaki Disease vs Scarlet fever? Both will have Sore throat, but Scarlet will have exudate on the post-oropharynx. Both will have Cervical Lymphadenopathy, but Kawasaki will have 1 single Cervical Lymphadenopathy.
1b: How would this disease present?
Example 1:Sickle cell Disease --> Usually an African American Kid, with prior history of admission treated with analgesics.
Example 2: Sarcoidosis --> Usually African American woman (Strongest Risk factor is her ethnicity) with perihilar adenopathy + systemic symptoms / High CD4+/CD8+ [BAL]
2. Go over your weaknesses.
3. Drugs --> Know the MOA, indications and contraindications (high yield for pharm)
2a: n = 1; SketchyPharm didn't help as much as I thought
3. Know the pathophysiology for all of the diseases. UWORLD did a good job on this, followed up with Pathoma.
3a. Read Giojan, high-yield to fill in the small gaps/details [if you have the time of Course]
4. KNOW YOUR AGE-RELATED CHANGES
4a: First Aid covers it
4b: Giojan has a chart [Thumbs up]
5. Review Review Review.......
If you like, you can message me and I can send you all of my charts I made. Here is a preview of one.
