Watch USMLE videos instead of lecture?

[FunnyDocMan1234]

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Anyone watch step 1 videos (kaplan, etc.) on a subject instead of their class material? I feel it's a better preperation for being a physician and step 1 as well as better taught, and at a pass-fail school you can still easily pass if you miss a few useless details from lecture. The only thing is that it makes you really feel like you're pissing away 40k a year.

IMO step 1 should be the new mcat so people don't have to waste 80k for two years of school... It's easy to learn the same material via kaplan and qbanks without all the BS and wasted money

 

[JP2740]

You done?

 

[MrNovember]

Anyone watch step 1 videos (kaplan, etc.) on a subject instead of their class material? I feel it's a better preperation for being a physician and step 1 as well as better taught, and at a pass-fail school you can still easily pass if you miss a few useless details from lecture. The only thing is that it makes you really feel like you're pissing away 40k a year.

IMO step 1 should be the new mcat so people don't have to waste 80k for two years of school... It's easy to learn the same material via kaplan and banks without all the BS and wasted money

Which videos are you watching and where did you get them? I've considered this myself. I have Najeeb's videos and he got me through the tough times in Neuro

 

[redpanda]

First thing, let's just remember that Step 1 material is not the real world.

 

[FIREitUP]

First thing, let's just remember that Step 1 material is not the real world.

Second thing, remember that Dr. Mcawesome's two hour lecture on how protein PGR-6 alpha downregulates k-ras in knockout mice that lack the transcription factor n-myc amplification gene is super high yield information to embody and never forget.

btw, i made that crap up.

 

[kedrin]

Where are the Najeeb videos?

 

[hyperchicken]

I think Najeeb's lectures are waaaaay too slow (as in he spends like three hours on something that could be explained in 5 minutes). I've watched parts of the kaplan usmle videos on youtube (illegally uploaded no doubt) and they look intriguing.

 

[tobi44]

Anyone watch step 1 videos (kaplan, etc.) on a subject instead of their class material? I feel it's a better preperation for being a physician and step 1 as well as better taught, and at a pass-fail school you can still easily pass if you miss a few useless details from lecture. The only thing is that it makes you really feel like you're pissing away 40k a year.

IMO step 1 should be the new mcat so people don't have to waste 80k for two years of school... It's easy to learn the same material via kaplan and qbanks without all the BS and wasted money

I use step 1 videos to supplement my lectures, usually path because I found that to be pretty hard for me. Mostly used pathoma, Dr. Najeeb, and Dr. Williams from medical education online. The most videos could do for me was to fill in the gaps and increase my comprehension of the subject matter (which is actually really valuable). But my lectures are usually a lot more detailed then review videos so I don't think they could stand on their own.

 

[JoshSt]

Anyone watch step 1 videos (kaplan, etc.) on a subject instead of their class material? I feel it's a better preperation for being a physician and step 1 as well as better taught, and at a pass-fail school you can still easily pass if you miss a few useless details from lecture. The only thing is that it makes you really feel like you're pissing away 40k a year.

IMO step 1 should be the new mcat so people don't have to waste 80k for two years of school... It's easy to learn the same material via kaplan and qbanks without all the BS and wasted money

I've done this and the unsatisfactory answer is that it works in some courses and not others. It tends not to help me perform well in courses that tend to focus on specific, USMLE-worthless clinical knowledge (like Brown's 10 point classification system of foot ulcers in 29-32 y/o pregnant women with DM and Factor V Leiden def).

Overall, I feel satisfied with my USMLE-preparedness with focusing on USMLE sources rather than lectures. I don't feel like my money is wasted but you do need something to measure your performance compared to others (Qbanks vs scores on exams compared to classmates).