hi guys . i need advice i have the following books
fa
brs patho
lippincot pharma
lippincot biochem
high yield behavioural sci
high yied anat( embr,hist,neuro)
brs physiology
micro b none
do you think i have a good chance with just these.
i have 6 months to prepare beside my 8 am to 5pm work schedule .
better go with the kaplan notes they are better than these huge books and u will find enough time for revision with kaplan notes if u want to ace exam then add goljan notes.
Yes. Following Kaplan notes is simple way. Do FA also. Still if you think you need more practice, then go with other books.
nana,
Those happen to be the BEST BOOKS outhere, checkout residency.info and look at their "6 week schedule" its based on those books.
If you have only 6month I think you have to be highly selective on top of your limited hours of study per day. By chance got all the kaplan lecture notes and the HY series,BRS for patho and lippincott's pharma and biochem.
My advise to :1 you don't need lippincott's pharma or biochem( kaplan and FA is more than enough).Start with Kplana and know FA in side out.
2- Anatomy HY series (embryology,neuroanatomy,gross).For histo kaplan the first few portion is histo and read that and see histo picyures from HY histo.
3- physiology BRS or kaplan content wise very similar. Kaplan would be better with video lecture but with out it prefer BRS. Good to supplement with Goljan notes.
4-Physiology kapalan is best with video. ( I haven't seen BRS one).
5-Micro. either kaplan ormicro made rediculously simple,but prefer kaplan the chart at the end of the micro part is presented as clinical case likely presented on exam.
6-Immunology- defenetily kaplan
7-Behavioral science -the HY is vast unnecessarly so prefer kaplan.
After you go through these material do the q book after each subject and lastly Q bank.
You will find it best combo. Do to your limited time make sure that FA is your ultimate source of high yield. Good luck
Sorry #3 I mean patho,both are very similar.
Isa:
is it possible to ace the exam by just doing these books?
Why not? More than enough. All my friends about 5 used the review and scored 95 - 99. They are average student at school. I am taking the exam next moth and used similarly and fine wth Q bank.That is what I can say,for average student morethan enough. i got friend who scored 96 just with FA and Q bank, but he is among the top students. The most important factor is your performance plus the right resource.
thanks isa. how long have you been studying for step 1? how many hours per day?
Since sept and exam feb or march( will depend on my NBME result).Study mon-friday 10 hr per day. Wish I have more time b/c like to ace.....But most importantly use your study time persistently.No excuse! Good luck!