One Book

[mrmandrake]

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Hey guys,

If you guys could commit any one book to memory for Step I, what would it be and why? I'm guessing it would be FA but who knows. Thanks.

 

[doc20]

yes it is FA
GO NOW COMMIT IT TO MEMORy

 

[DoctaJay]

Definitely FA (of course backed up by what you might remember from your coursework through the 2 years). But you would definitely need to add a path source to do better than just a pass.

 

[McGillGrad]

I would say the Bible. It has all the answers you seek, my son.

 

[Erina]

Am I the only one who hates First Aid? Maybe I'll like it better as a review during that last week of studying, but right now I feel nothing but frustration.

 

[DoctaJay]

You probably aren't the only one that hates it Erina, but I think I'm the only one that absolutely hates RR Path 😀. You have to do what is best for you. No sense forcing yoruself to read something that you hate. I do find that reading FA is easier if you know htat you have kind of learned the material sometime in the past. Learning completely new stuff from FA can definitely be annoying.

 

[Depakote]

I think I'm the only one that absolutely hates RR Path 😀.

Shun the non-believer... shuuuun.


😉

 

[pseudoknot]

You probably aren't the only one that hates it Erina, but I think I'm the only one that absolutely hates RR Path 😀. You have to do what is best for you. No sense forcing yoruself to read something that you hate. I do find that reading FA is easier if you know htat you have kind of learned the material sometime in the past. Learning completely new stuff from FA can definitely be annoying.

I hate it too, although I'm starting to succumb to the fear-mongering about how no one can do well without it...I'd probably be better off in this regard if I didn't read SDN.

 

[mrmandrake]

Good job stalking me when I post now. Is that what you do here? I'll spend my time memorizing books and you can spend your time stalking me. I hope you aren't a guy.

yes it is FA
GO NOW COMMIT IT TO MEMORy

 

[TRKATK]

I would say FA and Goljan. I wish I read goljan earlier (it is a long read) =(

 

[toothless rufus]

I wonder if anyone never studied beyond class and passed it.

 

[DoctaJay]

I think its definitely possible to study your class notes and pass the test, but you would need like 2 months of nothing else to bother you during your studies

 

[Richspiders07]

I wonder if anyone never studied beyond class and passed it.

Its very possible. I know multiple people in my class that took an NBME a few days post our finals (cum. path and pharm) and had projected scores over 220.

 

[McGillGrad]

Its very possible. I know multiple people in my class that took an NBME a few days post our finals (cum. path and pharm) and had projected scores over 220.

Of course. That's what is supposed to happen...lol

 

[rock_climber]

Hey guys,

If you guys could commit any one book to memory for Step I, what would it be and why? I'm guessing it would be FA but who knows. Thanks.

Don't memorize ANY book right now. You haven't started med school yet, trying to memorize FA without the foundation would only be an exercise in futility. Enjoy your last few months of freedom, please!

 

[Guyton Killah]

Hey guys,

If you guys could commit any one book to memory for Step I, what would it be and why? I'm guessing it would be FA but who knows. Thanks.

I think kaplan medessential is pretty good. I like its systematic approach . but no one is recommending it, so there might be something wrong...

 

[Redrox]

Climber is ABSOLUTELY right, what you can learn now before school starts will be covered in the first couple days and you will feel like a chump for wasting time.

That being said, med schoolers are still in the premed mode and eager to be achieving, so here are some suggestions for the people who simply must be reading something:

http://www.studentdoctor.net/pandabearmd/
A former SDN guy and a good writer, go through the archives and you will find
some great write ups of what to expect in school and after.

House of God, Hot Lights/Cold Steel, or any other memoir of the medical experience.

Learn Spanish.

Goljan audio tapes
If you simply must do something that makes you feel all tingly and productive, listen to these tapes while doing something fun outside like cycling, hiking, or climbing. Exercise is a really good routine to get into now, before the crazy. And although you will retain jack-dippity-squat from the lectures, they will train you mind in how to think and study and practice medicine in the future.

And, Mandrake, please please please, enjoy your summer so that we can live vicarious.

 

[McGillGrad]

Redox,

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