Pharm: Qbank harder than USMLE???

[Jalby]

I always read when people complete their tests that your really only need First Aid for Pharm and nothing else really. But then I take q-bank and it seems like 20% of the questions are not in First Aid. Is Qbank a harder than the USMLE's in that the questions arn't always in first aid??? Thanks

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[MedPuck]

Jalby, I think the Step 1 pharm questions are easier than the qBank by far. qBank focuses so much on remote side effects (3rd or 4th most prevalent SE for a given drug or class of drugs). I had a very tough Step 1 but pharm was doable, and this is coming from someone who went into the test worried most about my preparation for pharm. Best wishes Jalby.

 

[Jalby]

Thank you very much

 

[Stinger86]

Almost every drug on my exam was covered in first aid. If it wasn't in FA, then I heard about it in my pharm course (and the question was easy anyhow). Qbank likes to make you sweat over random drugs you've never heard of, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

And I agree with Puck. It's important to know the most common or most serious side effect for each drug (if there is one), don't worry about memorizing these fourth line SEs-- that's the kind of stuff you get on the later step exams, i think

 

[trouta]

On average the USMLE pharm side effects are less obscure than Qbanks. But I had several drugs come up on the USMLE that werent in FA or HY Pharm. I think it is really hit or miss but FA is enought to do well.

 

[Scooby Doo]

I felt pharm was one of the only comparable things on Qbank to the real thing. Qbank went a little off course on some drugs, but overall, I felt it was very representative of the type of thinking and the answers on the actual exam. ...unlike Micro...micro on qbank is ridiculous...the exam was much more straightforward.