Anno Domini
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I agree with you Enrique.
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| nnn
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Hi,
i think that the person on the site has made a point that the exam pays a lot of emphasis on the clinical stuff.Yet I belive that he may not be write my stating biocham and other topics as totally useless.
I know a few people who have given Part One and they say that the harder u work the greater are your chances of passing it.
Anyway, Thats what i think.
Bye
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| Anno Domini
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Well that is the essence The harder you work The better your score will be.But by reading this text you can get impresion that he wants to say : Don't work to hard , and enjoy in that
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| md2b
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I also know people who have written the exam....and this guy does nail it on the head.
1) Too many sources will not help you study, they will just keep you busy.
2) If you know the key words and key elements of all the diseases (Path), you have the step I in your pocket.
Why? Because Pathology is really not 1/3 of the exam, as the # of purely Path questions would indicate. The question will STILL be a second or most likely a third order question talking about a patient...what about that patient? Well something he/she came in to see a doctor about...to see if there IS a disease process going on.
Sure the question may be trying to ferret out what chromosomal abnormality is involved by describing symptoms, etc. Sure you may say, that is a genetics question.....and it is. But it is also a Pathology question if you think about it that way...we go over those same diseases in Path and look (quickly I realize) at the chromosomal defect.
If you look in the Underground Clinical Vignettes for pathology of that disease you will see that chromosomal defect there.
How about a Biochemistry question on the step I......lets think, how about something like G6PD def. Do you have to go study your Biochem book from cover to cover? Maybe not, because that same info will again be in the clinical vignettes under G6PD. There wont be any questions on the kreb's cycle, only "Pt John Doe is a 65 y/o male who..." and this is either pathology, or it is not. If it is not, send the patient home feeling better with a pat on his back.
3) What this guy is saying is that by studying Pathology to the exclusion of anything else is impossible....you WILL be seeing the genetic, embryologic, histologic, anatomical, biochemical, microbiological, immunological, and even epidemiological references to those disease processes.
With an occasional glance at other source material for when you just cant remember what part of the renal tubule does what, or at microbiology for details you've forgotten about a bug, and a HEALTHY dose of Pharm, you probably have 80% of board material licked. IF, and this is the BIG IF........you can really absorb 5 or so relevant facts about each of several hundred diseases. I forgot to mention, you still will have to practice many questions so you know how they are asked.
This was my personal plan before I saw this guy's post. It doesnt surprise me that someone wants to sell what is the most straight-forward way of studying for this thing I can think of, but you dont need to buy anything from him to do it.
Anyway, I am 4 months from finishing basic sciences, and 5 months from taking step I, so I'll let you know what happens....lol
Aron
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| Anno Domini
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That was a long post , thanks Aron.
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| md2b
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Yeah, I know....my fingers are tired......lol
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| asheth016
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hi aron this is anu wat books r u studin i am 6 months away from my exam.
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| md2b
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I am using First Aid 2003, Goljan's Pathology Review, his live lectures, high yield notes and audio. In addition, I am starting a bank of questions 11,000 stong....we'll see how many I really get through. I have the newest Kaplan series, and all my basic science books, but they will be playing a supporting role as reference material only when I have to go to them for explanations. Finally I have a 40 page Pharm review that covers the major players.
Aron
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| asheth016
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hi aron can u tell me wats webprep of kaplan and do u have it and also which is this q bank which has 11000 qs
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| Anno Domini
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For webprep and all other Kaplan products go here
www.kaptest.com
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