What I must remember from Step 1?

[Roy7]

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Hey Everyone,

I just finished step 1 and really wanted to know what I really should make sure not to forget for step 2. I know it's a while away but I wanted to make sure that I'm not forgetting valuable info.

I got boards and wards and have been reading through that, but what about all the micro, immuno, embryo, anatomy, and pharm?

In short, I learned a lot reviewing for step 1 but as time progresses I feel the stuff that confused me then slowly floating out of my head. ESPECIALLY the details that are easy to confuse (bacterial toxins comes to mind).

Thanks again.

 

[lord_jeebus]

I had very few questions on Step I material.

1 on parasites.
1 on metabolic disorders (which I knew from Pediatrics anyway)
A few immunologic disorders, but always just "what is the diagnosis?" and not "What cytokines are missing" or anything crazy like that. Also saw these on the Medicine shelf.
The biostats/epi questions are very similar in number and style.
No embryo/anatomy
Certainly nothing crazy like different bacterial toxins.
Mechanisms of disease are still fair game, but it's at a very basic level, around the level you would use to explain to a patient what's going on in their body (no signalling pathways or free radicals or such).

A lot of drugs make an appearance, but they're the same basic drugs that will pop up on all of the shelf exams. Nothing too obscure. I suppose you could justify keeping First Aid for Step I for this purpose, but I didn't and was fine. I wouldn't keep anything else; biostats is covered sufficiently by all the good Step 2 review books.

EDIT: Congrats on the awesome Step 1 score. Do you even have to take Step 2 before next February or so?

 

[Roy7]

Hey Thanks man. I really gotta say having people like you and everyone else here around to ask questions and read about when I was flipping out was hands down one of the most valuable resources I had.

I dont have to take step 2 until the end of fourth year (after residencies have already, hopefully, accepted me), but I figure if i'm gonna learn it for my shelfs might as well remember it and hopefully knock out step 2 (first year grades werent too hot).

Thanks again.