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Step I Preferred micro review book
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nobody? come on? I've looked at micro made ridiculously simple and it looks kinda childish to me, also looked at micro big picture and it looks good, but it seems like it's missing a lot of the more basic stuff that might help with class at the start
I found CMMRS, Lippincott's Microcards, and especially SketchyMicro useful for class.
Did the way CMMRS is laid out ever annoy you? I haven't spent much time looking at it, but it seems sort of distracting in layout to me. The content looks pretty good to me though.
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I used CMMRS for class and now I am using it again for the Step. It was amazing for the class - explanations in the text are very simple and tables are great to cram lots of info relatively quickly. Mnemonics may seem silly but you will actually remember a lot of them.
Now that I am preparing for Step 1, I just annotated some stuff from CMMRS into FA (usually clinical presentations of different conditions); quickly glanced through annotated FA (no proper studying) and I am getting ~80% on UsmleRx micro section.
You might need to supplement some of the topics if your class exams focus on a lot of details (I supplemented some chapters, especially general micro with Levinson's)
Overall, I think it's a really great book (once you get past the "annoyed" stage).
Now that I am preparing for Step 1, I just annotated some stuff from CMMRS into FA (usually clinical presentations of different conditions); quickly glanced through annotated FA (no proper studying) and I am getting ~80% on UsmleRx micro section.
You might need to supplement some of the topics if your class exams focus on a lot of details (I supplemented some chapters, especially general micro with Levinson's)
Overall, I think it's a really great book (once you get past the "annoyed" stage).
CMMRS is amazing. Used it for my micro/pharm classes and to review before step 1
If CMMRS looks childish to you then Picmonic will be babyish.
I suggest Kaplan Micro Lecture Notes & MicroCards for review.
I suggest Kaplan Micro Lecture Notes & MicroCards for review.
Some people love CMMRS, but I couldn't stand it. I used MicroCards + Levinson's. Got the best score possible on the micro questions on Step 1.
