Study Plan for the New Part 1

[IgM]

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Ca-1s:
Anyone out there have a solid plan for studying for the new Part 1? I am steadily realizing how dumb I am. I'm getting the hang of anesthesia as a Ca-1 but I've lost all the basic pharm/phys knowledge I had as a medical student, and now I find that most of what we will need to know is stuff that I have forgotten or that I never knew too well to begin with. Over the course of internship/3rd and 4th year of medical school I seem to have become incapable of sitting down to study in the same way that I used to in medical school (sit down...read a book...learn the material). For the last 2 years of med school and internship I mostly just did questions and then read some review articles when I needed specific knowledge.

Is anyone having this same problem and have a sense of how to get around it? Or am I just going to have to learn how to be a 2nd year med student again, suck it up, and sit down and slog through boring textbooks?

What are you guys planning for studying for part 1? I'm willing to put in whatever work I need to, I just want to learn how to "study smart" for this exam and I'm afraid that I've lost my talent for concentrating when I read dry text.

 

[ambiturner]

I'm a ca2, but here is how I studied last year. I believe I would have passed the new test as this worked fine for the ITE:

-read a basic textbook in its entirety. I used the old Morgan and mikhail. The pharm and phys in this book is great, especially for heart and lungs. It should take about 6 months if you read a bit every day.
-do questions starting relatively soon. Hall covers pharm and phys well and comes on your phone, great for train rides or sitting around between cases. You can do the whole thing in about 4 months. You can also purchase some old ace exams.

That alone I'm sure is enough to pass the test. I also really like stoelting's pharm and phys, it's getting old now but I think it's one of the most interesting anesthesia books I have and has great tidbits for the OR too. There are also a plethora of quick review books like Faust and keywords, but I didn't use these and can't comment on them. Good luck!