general malaise
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this post is from SDN and i found it very interesting. it was an experiment done to determine how well one does in NBME forms by just using FA open book.
ok. I'm done with my little half-assed-semi scientific experiment, mainly for my enlightenment really.
I just completed nbme1 open book using mainly First aid. I hardly remember any basic sciences, so this was a good test of the effectiveness of FA.
I only scored about average-- average being 500 i.e ~219, and this was open book.
About 26% +/- of the questions either had no answer in FA, or were very difficult to deduce from the information in FA. About 5% of the time, I had to refer to BRS Path to find answers.
So here's the performance chart, just to get a general idea. You can +/- 10% error. Click to open:
Assuming that the cbssa-step1 correlation is tight, it appears that memorizing FA verbatim would be enough to pass step1, but only with average & below-average scores. It also looks like FA needs to be supplemented by separate Behavioral, Pathology, Physio, and histology review books.
So that's my halfassed assessment of FA. it pretty much corroborates what everyone has known already
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| ing
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Very insteresting! Thanks for sharing.
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| pocas
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WOW A GOOD EXPERIMENT.
ARE YU FROM MEXICO?
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Hi
Ur post is one of the best posts i have ever read on this forum. So many different views of whether first aid is key or not. And i think you just summed it up for me. Thanks so much, all the best to u.
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| general malaise
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obviously this info can't be substantiated but if it were true it would mean that if you compare FA with all the other resources out there and consider price, size and the weight it carries for the exam it is the single best source sor step 1. i think from now on instead of just reading thru it and annotating i'm gonna spend at least an hour each day actually memorizing each page from here till august and not leave it till 15 days before the exam.
pocas. yes i'm from mex
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| tolito
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good job gen malaise. that was good scientific stuff not half assed by any standards!!! now we can all believe what we heard about FA being the 'bible'!!! yes i am also going to read it everyday.
as an aside, what is the meaning of the little post note at the end of your posts.. el respecto...??? i take a guess. respect .... is peace??????
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| general malaise
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well i can't take credit for this experiment, its from a post i read in SDN. i don't think i could've coughed up the $45 just to see how well FA stands up to the test. i was thinking today wouldn't it be nice if FA had a mini-pocket book version. i usually carry my robbins pocket book when i go out but the explanations are lengthy.
the quote roughly translated means "respecting the rights of others is the key to peace", though it sounds better in spanish
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