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Ukraine Dr. needs advice for USMLE

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kateryna
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Posts: 2

01/30/05 - 07:40 AM

Need information for best books to get for preparation for Step 1 or 2.
Which author and year for sections

rubyedward
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04/05/05 - 12:55 AM

mostly people use the following...

National medical series (NMS)
Kaplan notes (u can also take course on line)
First Aids
BRS (borad review series), by the way, BRS pathology is a must to study!!
Pretest series

above are quite enough, in my personal experience,i just stick to one or two, eg. i study lectures and notes from first aids and BRS then i do only q from NMS and Kaplan and Pretest. i'm sure it will make wonders for my usmle scores.

If u have time, u can also answers q from usmleworld.

i'm sure there are many more which people are using...but in my opinion u have to do pretty well for what u r sticking to....intead doing neither here nor theire!! Good luck.

natalievsm
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02/06/06 - 11:18 AM

Dear Kateryna ,

nice to hear from somebody from Ukraine.

Here what I used

Lippincott's Illustrated for Biochemistry –
Trevor and Katzung for Pharmacology –
Goljan's for Pathology --- the most important book for Step 1+ web path

BRS for Physiology
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/078..."' target=_blank>
everything else- from Kaplan.+q-bank

BSS questions

NMSquestions

Blackwell's Step 1 Q&A Review

and of course at the end check yourself with NMBE questions- exact result

I belive

Bartek
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02/09/06 - 09:28 AM

Hi kateryna,

what books depends on when you graduated

1.
If your knowledge is fresh and you have time for extensive study I would recommend only kaplan notes step 1 + audio lectures (pathology - available in the net...)

then try some tests and if it goes OK pass step 1

2.
If you graduated some years ago, try do some tests to diagnose your knowledge but it is probably necessary to have more books. I would choose high rated (like Lippincott's Illustrated for Biochemistry), books are well desribed here on the forums: http://www.prep4usmle.com/resources/29

Best regards,

Bartek

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