Step 1

[ToldYouSo]

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While I was at B&N I was quickly browsing through a step 1 review book; there was a crazy amount of detail involved but 1 thing I particularly noticed was that glycolysis & the kreb's cycle were mentioned, along with the associated intermediate products, enzymes and reactions. Are you guys expected to know detail down to that level? Just curious.

 

[neulite30]

While I was at B&N I was quickly browsing through a step 1 review book; there was a crazy amount of detail involved but 1 thing I particularly noticed was that glycolysis & the kreb's cycle were mentioned, along with the associated intermediate products, enzymes and reactions. Are you guys expected to know detail down to that level? Just curious.

yes.

 

[Elbowstoopointy]

While I was at B&N I was quickly browsing through a step 1 review book; there was a crazy amount of detail involved but 1 thing I particularly noticed was that glycolysis & the kreb's cycle were mentioned, along with the associated intermediate products, enzymes and reactions. Are you guys expected to know detail down to that level? Just curious.

Pre-Med. Worry about your mcat....

 

[ToldYouSo]

Pre-Med. Worry about your mcat....

Really?

 

[Phlame217]

Really?

yep

 

[ToldYouSo]

yes.

Thanks for answering my question, can't say much for the others who'd rather add nothing relevant then a simple yes/no.

 

[septoplasty]

Well, you saw a Step 1 review book, which had the complete diagrams of cycles etc. Doesn`t that naturally answer your question?

Seeing as your a pre-med, aren't you naturally suppose to know everything that's inside Kaplan / Princeton Reivew MCAT REVIEW books?

 

[ToldYouSo]

Well, you saw a Step 1 review book, which had the complete diagrams of cycles etc. Doesn`t that naturally answer your question?

Seeing as your a pre-med, aren't you naturally suppose to know everything that's inside Kaplan / Princeton Reivew MCAT REVIEW books?

No. Bio by itself is too broad and it's near impossible to know or anticipate every detail you'd need to know.

 

[septoplasty]

No. Bio by itself is too broad and it's near impossible to know or anticipate every detail you'd need to know.

Welcome to Step 1 land aka Medicine.

 

[Chirurg]

While I was at B&N I was quickly browsing through a step 1 review book; there was a crazy amount of detail involved but 1 thing I particularly noticed was that glycolysis & the kreb's cycle were mentioned, along with the associated intermediate products, enzymes and reactions. Are you guys expected to know detail down to that level? Just curious.

When you get there and if you are smart, you will realize that certain enzymes and intermediates you should know, in particular those that are regulated and of clinical relevance.
example, Glycolysis: Arsenic toxicity leads to inhibition of Glyceraldehyde-3P Dehydrogenase and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase
Flouride toxicity inhibits the enzyme Enolase.
Insulin and Glucagon regulate which enzymes along the glycolytic pathway?

in one word, you don't need to memorize everything, but still quite a lot.

 

[ToldYouSo]

When you get there and if you are smart, you will realize that certain enzymes and intermediates you should know, in particular those that are regulated and of clinical relevance.
example, Glycolysis: Arsenic toxicity leads to inhibition of Glyceraldehyde-3P Dehydrogenase and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase
Flouride toxicity inhibits the enzyme Enolase.
Insulin and Glucagon regulate which enzymes along the glycolytic pathway?

in one word, you don't need to memorize everything, but still quite a lot.

Thanks a lot.

 

[deleted245139]

good rule of thumb for medical school/step I... it's the "how" and the "why" that matters more than the "what"

 

[fizzle]

good rule of thumb for medical school/step I... it's the "how" and the "why" that matters more than the "what"

Medical school and step I seem to emphasize memorizing the "how" and the "why" just as much as the "what." If you really want the "how" and the "why," you're better off going to grad school and learning the method to finding the "how" and "what." As it is now, we medical students are just memorizing the mechanisms other researchers have discovered.

 

[deleted245139]

Medical school and step I seem to emphasize memorizing the "how" and the "why" just as much as the "what." If you really want the "how" and the "why," you're better off going to grad school and learning the method to finding the "how" and "what." As it is now, we medical students are just memorizing the mechanisms other researchers have discovered.

the question will ask about topic X but will want the answer pertaining to mechanism (how), etiology (why), ect.

I think you're right - I phrased that too 'cut-and-dry'
The 'what' is definitely important, but its how you get to 'what', that they test you on. lol even Goljan harps on the 'why' of things.

In more concrete terms: memorizing details in med school won't get you too far, learning how it all works together will help you succeed