Rapid Review Physiology

[jackets5]

has anyone here used the book for your Shelf exam or even USMLE prep. It seems to make alot more clinical connections than BRS and incorporates path and pharm. Any thoughts?

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[Hobbes91]

This book is awesome! While the neurophys chapter is a bit detailed for my tastes, the other chapters are fantastic. This guy really knows his stuff. Not sure why there hasn't seemed to be more buzz over this book since it came out almost 2 yrs ago and compares favorably with Costanzo's BRS Physiology. The author is the same guy who wrote USMLE Step 1 Secrets, and I hear he's coming out with a completely overhauled 2nd edition of Step 1 Secrets this summer.

 

[SplenoMegastar]

I heard from a reliable source that just took the shelf that it was better than BRS for the physio shelf. She also said the questions are more like the shelf exam questions than BRS.

 

[jackets5]

the questions seem harder than BRS and my prof said the BRS questions are a little easier than shelf questions. the only thing i can think of is people do not have pharm or path when we take physio so thats why many prefer the BRS to rapid review. But i have RR Biochem and RR rapid review and i think they are awesome, even though ive been using BRS physio for class.

 

[cpants]

the questions seem harder than BRS and my prof said the BRS questions are a little easier than shelf questions. the only thing i can think of is people do not have pharm or path when we take physio so thats why many prefer the BRS to rapid review. But i have RR Biochem and RR rapid review and i think they are awesome, even though ive been using BRS physio for class.

It's true BRS has less pharm/path refs, but that is its downfall. The phys shelf is full of pathophys questions. You can figure most of them out from your phys knowledge, but it helps to study that way. I found Guyton and Hall's review question book to have questions representative of the shelf content.