Pathophysiology 4 the Boards and Wards/Step-Up

[AK_MD2BE]

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Has anybody used Pathophysiology for the Boards and Wards or Step-Up to study for Step 1? In the back of FA, they gave Pathophys a high grade for being a good back to study for Step 1. However, it looks to be too clinically relevant, does anybody have some input? Also, what about Step-Up, has anyone out there ever used that, and if so, how did you like it? Thanks 🙂

 

[Krazykritter]

Pathophys for the Boards & Wards is a great book. It is very clinically oriented & I can't let you know how helpful it has been for the boards b/c I don't take mine for a couple of weeks.

I don't like Step-Up at all. I think it has too many charts & not enough substance.

 

[SoCuteMD]

Has anybody used Pathophysiology for the Boards and Wards or Step-Up to study for Step 1? In the back of FA, they gave Pathophys a high grade for being a good back to study for Step 1. However, it looks to be too clinically relevant, does anybody have some input? Also, what about Step-Up, has anyone out there ever used that, and if so, how did you like it? Thanks 🙂

I haven't taken Step 1 yet, but I really like the book (3 weeks from today 😱). I find it hits the really important stuff, and it seems to answer a lot of the pathophys questions I've answered incorrectly on USMLE World. It's not particularly dense, so I can read it at the end of the day when I'm tired and don't want to use too much brain power.

I haven't used Step Up, so can't comment on that.

 

[WhoisJohnGalt]

Has anybody used Pathophysiology for the Boards and Wards or Step-Up to study for Step 1? In the back of FA, they gave Pathophys a high grade for being a good back to study for Step 1. However, it looks to be too clinically relevant, does anybody have some input? Also, what about Step-Up, has anyone out there ever used that, and if so, how did you like it? Thanks 🙂

I just started reading Step-Up a few days ago, and I really like it. The biggest advantage that it has over FA (for me, at least) is that it's truly integrated by organ system. In FA (at least the 2006, I haven't sen the new one), even though there's a renal chapter, it's broken up into the renal anatomy section, the renal pharm section, etc. In Step-Up, everything is all integrated together in the one renal chapter. I will say that I don't believe it has quite as much content as FA, and it doesn't have as many mnemonics, but I think that it really complements FA if you use them both.

 

[lord_jeebus]

They're both nice books, if you like them, but I don't think either is essential.

There's nothing unique to them that you won't find elsewhere.