Step I Only materials needed for Microbiology ?

[Kobebucsfan]

I am using Kaplan Micro book, Clinical Micro made ridiculously easy, SketchyMicro

also Uworld and Qbank


is this sufficient u think ?

 

[masaraksh]

This clearly seems sub-optimal and insufficient 😉

 

[malin]

Not saying you have too many resources, but better to know a few resources really well than use a bunch of resources and know them superficially. Use a detailed book like clinical micro made simple to learn concepts behind the bugs, and whatever you see in UWorld, feel free to write that into First Aid. I used picmonic (which only consists of microbiology from first aid) to learn all the first aid micro. I would first and foremost prioritize knowing all of FA Micro inside out, and then add with details from other resources. I scored 250+ and only used FA, UW, Pathoma, and a bit of clinical micro made simple to supplement it whereever necessary. That won't cover 100% of what you'll see for micro on step 1, but most of what you need to score well. It's better to know 95+% of First Aid's Micro section (combined with UWorld's micro) than it is to know 70% of the all the info in the books you mentioned.

 

[Kobebucsfan]

Not saying you have too many resources, but better to know a few resources really well than use a bunch of resources and know them superficially. Use a detailed book like clinical micro made simple to learn concepts behind the bugs, and whatever you see in UWorld, feel free to write that into First Aid. I used picmonic (which only consists of microbiology from first aid) to learn all the first aid micro. I would first and foremost prioritize knowing all of FA Micro inside out, and then add with details from other resources. I scored 250+ and only used FA, UW, Pathoma, and a bit of clinical micro made simple to supplement it whereever necessary. That won't cover 100% of what you'll see for micro on step 1, but most of what you need to score well. It's better to know 95+% of First Aid's Micro section (combined with UWorld's micro) than it is to know 70% of the all the info in the books you mentioned.

oops i shouldve included FA in my list as well, i'm using that too.
I was reading LANGE Review of medical micro, but after reading couple chapters I thought i was wasting my time.

 

[tasar1898]

There are no ''concepts'' behind micro , you either memorize it or you don't .. LESS IS MORE --> Sketchy Micro + FA and the clinical pictures from Kaplan book is all you need… I did the mistake to actually go through all these resources and it was a HUGE waste of time , please don't repeat my mistake..

 

[Mehd School]

I'm using purely sketchy + FA for micro. Crushed my coursework with it, and see no reason to add another complicated resource on top of it.

 

[wjs010]

There are no ''concepts'' behind micro , you either memorize it or you don't .. LESS IS MORE --> Sketchy Micro + FA and the clinical pictures from Kaplan book is all you need… I did the mistake to actually go through all these resources and it was a HUGE waste of time , please don't repeat my mistake..

Is it a bad idea to start sketchy during 2nd year if I didn't use it in 1st year micro? I've heard so many great things about it. I am decent at micro but forget a lot of the virulence factors sometimes. I can generally associate the main labs, growth media, and disease though. But I can't nail down those virulence factors!

 

[tasar1898]

I don't know how your curriculum is.. I started it 1 month ago and my test is in 10 days

 

[spicysoup55]

Are there certain chapters in the Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple book that people recommend? I'm planning to go through FA's micro section and Sketchy Micro for sure.