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Mezo
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02/15/08 - 10:38 AM

Please guys need ur help,

Is Kaplan Anatomy notes that Bad, or Kaplan Q-bank that Hard??or I'm the one that didn't study well??

As i reviewed Kaplan anatomy notes and watched the videos and i thought that i'm ok but when i got to kaplan Q-bank qs of Anatomy i was shocked.... my score is tooooo low, and most of the qs are about things that are beyond the scope of the notes, that i'm feeling i wasted a lot of time studying from kaplan while i should have used another source...

As they ask qs about the origin & insertion of muscles, about the course of nerves in relation to muscles, the site of angiography of vertebral a. to map the circle of willis .... ALL these are not in the notes ??? Also, some neuro qs that are so detailed like the chemoreceptor trigger zone for vomiting "never heared of it b4" ??? .... I feel like they are asking about more details that the notes provided ....

I don't know what i should do now??? i feel that i'm wasting my time ..... are the q-bank qs harder than the real exam.??? should i have used another source to prep. for Anatomy??? if so, what should i do now???

Thanx a lot guys for ur help.

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sallukashif2007
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02/15/08 - 11:03 AM

hey u r not wasting time..lectures r imp and book notes r goood.do onething just add qbank in ur knowledge bc step 1 is like ocean so wt ever u do is not enough sooo concentrate wt ever in kaplan lecture notes..i m near my exam ang believe me if u look 7 subject as a whole u will find it difficult to hold all 7 subject at one time....my suggestion is just concentrate kaplan lecture notes and work hard on patho physio micro and pharma bc these subject r long and alot memorizing soo first try to learn kaplan and when u master kaplan notes then think for other book,there r many example that pplz do step 1 only with kaplan lecture notes....so r not wasting time n u r doing well/.best of luck....

Mezo
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02/16/08 - 12:06 AM

Thanks a lot ... wish u all the best

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tia
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03/05/08 - 03:30 AM

hi mezo even i felt kaplan is very vague but all my freinds here jus asked me to add points from kaplan q bank and uw so dont worry about anatomy its not HY but yes neroanatomy is HY and its given quite well in kaplan i feel so....m doing anatomy daily 20 to 30 pages lets see if i find a beter way out....

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03/05/08 - 05:13 AM

Well the questions about vomiting centre and all are usually one time questions and are covered in the Qbanks.

Yes there is another source for Anatomy you will have to look up each and every CT or Angiogram for the Cranial Arterial system and then go for the MC ones from there. Like Circle of Willis and its tributaries or Int. Carotid and its important branches.

The question would be like they will show the vessel and then ask teh side effects when it is occluded. At the sound of it its difficult but as you know almost everything in MLE is interlinked so is its study. Half of the pathological states are given in Path and resp of the them are covered in NA in relation to arterial system pathology. So when you study the arterial system or the pathological states like Berry aneurysm or SAH then you should be able to locate the area where the Aneurysm might be. So its a hands on approach like a 3-D visual thingy. You have to look at it to get it onto memory.

Go for HY for NA and for Gross go for your school book but stick to the clinical part like for me it was Kieth L Moore Clinical Anatomy and i had no problems at all, just did the blue boxes and i was fine.

Everything is clinically related.

Sorry for the late reply.

As far origin insertion goes buddy mostly likely not asked. Yes however they will quizz you on the Inguinal or Femoral triangles and their relations or the relations of pelvis organs and spaces. Mostly it will be clinical and they will go for the most common stuff. Usually going thru old med school notes does help.

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03/05/08 - 05:15 AM

PS Just remember the Objective of the Qbanks is to orient you for a worst case scenario so if you get a question like in you exam you are able to solve it.

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03/05/08 - 06:43 AM

Thanks Tia and new_n_Lost ... really appreciate ur very late answer nod

new_n_lost coulld u give me ur advice regarding Genetics b4 it is too late wink

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I posted a q about it over here =>

http://www.prep4usmle.com/comments.php?id=68725&a...

Thanks for ur time.

Edited by Mezo on 03/05/08 - 06:55 AM

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03/05/08 - 07:55 AM

new_n_lost wrote:
Go for HY for NA and for Gross go for your school book but stick to the clinical part like for me it was Kieth L Moore Clinical Anatomy and i had no problems at all, just did the blue boxes and i was fine.

Kieth L Moore nod

hmmm how i love that book.!!...missing it soooo much as iv left it in my home land due to overweight luggage disapproval

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03/05/08 - 09:10 AM

myeloma wrote:

Kieth L Moore nod

hmmm how i love that book.!!...missing it soooo much as iv left it in my home land due to overweight luggage disapproval

Look around for it on the web you might just get a pdf version of it.

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03/05/08 - 02:49 PM

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hi mezo

well i thought after i do neroanat i will be doing CNS from pathology and see the slides and CT scans and all the stuff i post on a daily basis just have the plan on a paper with me and wen ever i get something new or a beter way to improve the study and most of all the clinical study will post you surely and do concentrate on biochemistry i was not very happy wen i solved the questions so will correct my mistakes when i read again...i mean interrelate the enzymes their cofactors an all that...you will know as you solve the questions...good luck

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03/06/08 - 07:34 AM

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new_n_lost wrote:

myeloma wrote:

Look around for it on the web you might just get a pdf version of it.

thanx NNL .will do.

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