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[je355804]

Hello everyone!

I have a question I would like some opinions on. What resource would you guys say is best for Ob/gyn and Peds for someone who is looking to do very well on step, however won't have a ton of time to go through this material.

My peds rotation is done, however it was my first rotation in M3 and I don't remember the material very well at all. Ob/gyn will not be done before step 2 ck, however I've studied the material via the kaplan videos several times so I'm probably better off in this than I am peds.

I am looking for a source that can get me into a very solid place on step 2 ck (i.e. >250.) Therefore I'm hoping for something in depth, however something that won't take a month to finish for each of the 2 sections I mentioned above.

My internal knowledge is pretty solid, I used Step Up 2 Medicine for that, and found that book to be amazing, much to the contrary of a lot of opinions I hear on the forums... It's definitely more of a learning tool though, and less of a review book... I would like to get my peds and ob on the same level as my medicine.

Thanks for any help guys!

 

[katarina90]

Hello everyone!

I have a question I would like some opinions on. What resource would you guys say is best for Ob/gyn and Peds for someone who is looking to do very well on step, however won't have a ton of time to go through this material.

My peds rotation is done, however it was my first rotation in M3 and I don't remember the material very well at all. Ob/gyn will not be done before step 2 ck, however I've studied the material via the kaplan videos several times so I'm probably better off in this than I am peds.

I am looking for a source that can get me into a very solid place on step 2 ck (i.e. >250.) Therefore I'm hoping for something in depth, however something that won't take a month to finish for each of the 2 sections I mentioned above.

My internal knowledge is pretty solid, I used Step Up 2 Medicine for that, and found that book to be amazing, much to the contrary of a lot of opinions I hear on the forums... It's definitely more of a learning tool though, and less of a review book... I would like to get my peds and ob on the same level as my medicine.

Thanks for any help guys!

Blueprints OB GYN should be doable in a period of 1-2 dedicated days, and the q's in the back were worth the extra time spent (again it's still a very fast read compared to others). I used only this source for my ob-gyn and came out with an honors, and kept it around for review. Many of the ch's are only a few pages long so it's great when you want to look something up and only have ten mins or so.

I can't really help you out with Peds...never found a good text for that one other than to say avoid "FA for the Peds Clerkship"...the format is difficult to get used to, and there is too much coverage of minutiae (ie., goes into detail of each of the inborn errors of metabolism and the glyco storage diseases) and not enough on the high yield topics.

 

[Stellar Clouds]

BRS Peds is pretty solid. It's a bit long (600 pages), but it's a pretty easy read and could easily be done in much less than 1 month.