Janka
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has anybody used it?? would you recommend it or not? are some subjects better than others?
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| p53
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PreTest series for step 1 is a total waste of time. The best one among them - 'PreTest Pathology' (by the same author who wrote 'Kaplan Lecture Notes: Pathology'), is at best mediocre - 'Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology' is much, much better for pathology MCQs - imagine how bad are other books in this series.
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| luci
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p53 I have read many of you posts but I;m not sure which mcq source you recommend besides q bank, q book, nms q book and this "robbins... pathology" .I feel I have to solve more questions.should I use bss?
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| p53
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sorry, if I was too critical - can't comment on bss - ask people who have done it.
maybe I have mentioned 'Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology' too many times, but I just think that it's the perfect standard to which all other MCQ resources should be compared - it's a sad, sad situation on the market that many authors write MCQ resources for the USMLE prep, which aren't even a bit close to the real USMLE, neither in the content, nor in the style.
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| prader-willi
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i second that!!!!!u absolutely HAVE to read the robbins review book to see how good it is?i followed p53's advice on that and surely wasnt disappointed....very good q...very very close to the exam in terms of content and style.....i infact had a hard time procuring it ...wasnt available where i live...took much effort but think really helped in the end.....how much i ll know once i get my scores!!!!!
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| luci
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p53, prader-willi what did you use for mcq for biochem, microbiology, anatomy, pharmacology.?
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| p53
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for microbiology I did mcqs from Levinson, for pharmacology - from Katzung.
Guyton & Hall have released new USMLE-style MCQ review book 'Guyton Physiology Review', by Hall, 2005, 288p.
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| kulmur
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p53 I have the 2000Ed prob 1st Ed of RRP book. Do u think I need to get the latest Ed?
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| p53
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what's RRP?
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| spitmetal
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rapid review pharmacology????
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| p53
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here is what the amazon reviewers think about BSS:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0781792665/qid=1...
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| kulmur
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Sorry....RRP was for Robbins Review Path by Klatt et al....is 1st Ed ok or shud I go for the latest...do u think q will be of same standard....
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| prader-willi
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dear lci...my sources for practice q were only kaplan q book,online q bank 1 month,nms step 1 review,pretest patho,robbins rapid review for patho and physio q bank...i cant really recommend any sources other than these as i havent used them.......but i really believe if u can go thru all these and read thru ur study material till u master the concepts(no.of times u read the notes is totally upon u!!!) u shud be in pretty good shape....as p53 rightly pointed out there r many q sources in the market but not reallly matching the exam either in style or content.....all this is MY opinion.....u can use as u please>>.
kulmur.....i got my hands on the 2nd edition of klatts book...ppl tell me its pretty different from the first edition but im not really sure...sorry
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| prader-willi
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oh!!!so sorry its luci..
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| p53
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kulmur, get new 2nd (2004) edition of RCRP.
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| kulmur
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thanku!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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