Physio Question Source for Boards?

[doctoritis]

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I know the most recommended read for Physio is BRS - but I'm finding reviewing Physio for boards and Physio Uworld questions particularly challenging (likely due to a weak background to begin with) - what is the best question resource to pound high yield physio to death?

Any thoughts on Kaplan Qbank for physio? Pre-test? Questions at end of BRS (although those are few relatively)? Other recommendations?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Leonidis I]

In your case since you're finding UWorld questions challenging, Guyton's review might be a good option - http://www.amazon.com/Guyton-Hall-Physiology-Review-2e/dp/1416054529

over 1000 questions and tons and tons of arrow questions that step1 writers seem to love.

remember though that it's a primary question book based off of a big textbook so it might contain some topics that delve too deeply than step1 but it will still help you drill those core physio concepts down and make Uworld and real-Step questions less intimidating.

 

[doctoritis]

I don't want to judge as I'm the one asking for advice here but I keep up with these forums pretty consistently and while I don't recall seeing a specific answer to my question - I can't say I've seen too much at all being said about Guyton... especially in terms of boards review specifically, which is definitely going to be more broad then studying for a shelf exam. Not trying to reject this notion ... I'd just like to hear it confirmed before I jump to it given that it isn't a typical boards source .... Thank you for the advice 🙂.

Can anyone second the Guyton opinion or provide other recommendations?

 

[Leonidis I]

I don't want to judge as I'm the one asking for advice here but I keep up with these forums pretty consistently and while I don't recall seeing a specific answer to my question - I can't say I've seen too much at all being said about Guyton... especially in terms of boards review specifically, which is definitely going to be more broad then studying for a shelf exam. Not trying to reject this notion ... I'd just like to hear it confirmed before I jump to it given that it isn't a typical boards source .... Thank you for the advice 🙂.

Can anyone second the Guyton opinion or provide other recommendations?

it's cool i understand. it's just that in your OP you said you likely had a weak background in the subject so that's why i suggested guyton's. IMO physio is one of those subjects where high yield is kind of a misnomer since it is so concept-driven and far less memory driven. its also unlike a subject like anatomy where you can get by with just reading UCV or the moore blue boxes to make up for prior deficiencies. you really have to have a deep understanding of what's going on and the intricate interplay between everything. you can go over the big concepts but the way they ask the questions (esp. arrow questions) test you on the deep understanding rather than just word-association like with a subject like anatomy.

if you're really close to your exam date though then I would just stick with UWorld + explanations and BRS problems + explanations. those are the best questions specifically for board review. I haven't done Kaplan Qbank so I can't say much about it but everyone says they're big on minutia (don't know if this applies to physio though).

 

[gyrus321]

I can second that. Ive also heard guyton physio review is very good if you want to get the concepts down becasue those questions are very good for learning. Id highly recommend going through it atleast once before the exam. I think if youve done UW and BRS, youd be able to go through it pretty quickly. Like the person above said, physio is more about concepts than mere recall. You can only get that by applying what you learnt. So yes I think this question book is really good. I personally remember getting a question right in a practice exam because I remember getting it wrong in this review book and reading the explanation.