Step I Step 1 Pharm Question!

[Disinence2]

Hey,

I was wondering what you all were using for Pharm on Step 1. I bought the Brenner flashcard series, but there is just SO many!

I also have Rapid Review Pharm, and FA.

Think reading through First Aid, and Rapid Review would be enough? Or should I really know all these flashcards?

Thanks!

 

[rahulb]

FA + usmleworld should be enough
i use the lange flashcards on my iphone when i'm afk

 

[DeeJay2728]

FA + usmleworld should be enough
i use the lange flashcards on my iphone when i'm afk

afk??

 

[Cliff Huxtable]

afk??

away from keyboard

 

[supersleuthMD11]

Hey,

I was wondering what you all were using for Pharm on Step 1. I bought the Brenner flashcard series, but there is just SO many!

I also have Rapid Review Pharm, and FA.

Think reading through First Aid, and Rapid Review would be enough? Or should I really know all these flashcards?

Thanks!

Brenner flashcards are GOLD. I was super overwhelmed with pharm when I started five weeks ago, so I invested in the cards, annotated them with what is in First Aid (underlining the salient points and adding extra stuff), and then added one organ system's cards to my stack daily. Have been going through them multiple times per week since, and the drugs have really been sinking in. Yes, there are a ton of drugs, but I've seen numerous USMLEworld questions and NBME questions that reference drugs that get a card in Brenner, but only a parenthetical note in FA (eg, Mensa as prophylaxis for hemmorhagic cystitis from cyclophosphamide).

Good luck! Just keep doing the cards and I swear it will start to sink in. I'm taking the step Thursday, and I'm actually going through the cards now 🙂

Edit: The Brenner flashcards are much more manageable for Step 1 than the "PharmCards for Medical Students," which, while wonderful, are too detailed for the step.

 

[Disinence2]

Thanks!

Best of luck to you!