Slow reader?

[ENThopeful]

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So, how is everyone approaching work load and efficacy for the step 1?

I am looking at people's schedule in the past, and most people I have talked to tear through books like its nothing, doing 80-100 pages a day.

I can spend all day (maybe 2-20 minute breaks) and get through maybe 30-40 pages of Goljan rapid review and some questions... I try to understand everything, but even spending this much time, I am still only getting around 60% on my questions.

How much time is everyone else spending? Should I speed up my pace? (my test is in 3 1/2 months..)

 

[Captopril]

So, how is everyone approaching work load and efficacy for the step 1?

I am looking at people's schedule in the past, and most people I have talked to tear through books like its nothing, doing 80-100 pages a day.

I can spend all day (maybe 2-20 minute breaks) and get through maybe 30-40 pages of Goljan rapid review and some questions... I try to understand everything, but even spending this much time, I am still only getting around 60% on my questions.

How much time is everyone else spending? Should I speed up my pace? (my test is in 3 1/2 months..)

I'm with you on that...I've been getting through 60-70 pages of Kaplan a day (text is very sparse compared with other review books, I'd say it equates to around 20-30 pages of HY and such), and still am not retaining anything. I'm dreading when I get to Patho and have to crack open RR.

I've heard that reptition is key.

 

[Saladin MD]

I'm with you on that...I've been getting through 60-70 pages of Kaplan a day (text is very sparse compared with other review books, I'd say it equates to around 20-30 pages of HY and such), and still am not retaining anything. I'm dreading when I get to Patho and have to crack open RR.

I've heard that reptition is key.

Don't worry. That's a normal feeling. Trust me on that. And 60-70 pages per day is just fine.

 

[Redrox]

Captopril, if you are reading 60-70 pages a day and not retaining anything, that is not fine.

In terms of studying quality is far more valuable than quantity. That being said, I understand that time is valuable and limited, but by learning everything to a serious degree now, you can actually save time further down when you review in earnest for step 1.

 

[ENThopeful]

Captopril, if you are reading 60-70 pages a day and not retaining anything, that is not fine.

In terms of studying quality is far more valuable than quantity. That being said, I understand that time is valuable and limited, but by learning everything to a serious degree now, you can actually save time further down when you review in earnest for step 1.

I think the biggest problem is the ability to make connections the first time around. Let me give you an example:

I will read pyloric stenosis and it will say nonbillous projectile vomitting 2-3 weeks after birth.

Now I will totally blow off the fact that its nonbillous and not even remember that.

Later on I will read that a duodenal atresia is bilous vomitting at birth, and I will realize why they put billous there in the first example.

Now this is only an example where I made that connection, but its difficult to do so in for all of them in first pass... Is the key repitition and reading the goljan RR book 3-4 times? Is there a trick for getting in all the concepts the first time around?

 

[Richspiders07]

I think the biggest problem is the ability to make connections the first time around. Let me give you an example:

I will read pyloric stenosis and it will say nonbillous projectile vomitting 2-3 weeks after birth.

Now I will totally blow off the fact that its nonbillous and not even remember that.

Later on I will read that a duodenal atresia is bilous vomitting at birth, and I will realize why they put billous there in the first example.

Now this is only an example where I made that connection, but its difficult to do so in for all of them in first pass... Is the key repitition and reading the goljan RR book 3-4 times? Is there a trick for getting in all the concepts the first time around?

Trying thinking things through as you read it... asking yourself "why?"

For instance with your example: why is pyloric stenosis nonbilous vomiting? B/c the pyloris/obstructing region is before the biliary system is involved in the GI tract. If you think about the anatomy, you can rationalize the answer w/o having to memorize every detail..

 

[ENThopeful]

Trying thinking things through as you read it... asking yourself "why?"

For instance with your example: why is pyloric stenosis nonbilous vomiting? B/c the pyloris/obstructing region is before the biliary system is involved in the GI tract. If you think about the anatomy, you can rationalize the answer w/o having to memorize every detail..

definitely agree with you, understanding is key.

when does the understanding come around? the first read? 2nd read?