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I failed step 1 in my first attempt. I did poor in pathopyhsio & Pharma. I finished UW but I kept postponing my exam for a long time & in the end probably I was too tired of my studies & cudn't achieve much in the last 2 months.I used kaplan last time for all the subjects. What shud I do this time. Patho physio & parma are the bulk of exam. I had very hard Q's on pharmacology. Do U think 3 months is enough time to retake the exam I am also working part time 3 days a week.

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hi, i Mcqueen, same situation here, weak in all big Ps,i am trying to improve my pathology by listening to Goljan, i bought Rapid review path from amazon too, i listened to him and then read the related topic. I wish to listen his audio lecture 2 more time or until i get good grip on patho. About pharma, i am not that worried, i think if i get better in patho, i will get better in pharma too, i think most of pharma is memorization, only autonomic pharma is very tough, may be you can watch the video of autonomic and read that part in kaplan again, then focus on FA. All the best Mcqueen. and about time, you will know, if you read efficiently may be you will be able to take it in 3 months, focus on learning patho well, no matter what it takes. 3 days a week is not bad, i dont do anything, but i give my husband 2 days, saturday and sunday is all his time, and i cant study those 2 days. GL.


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Thanx antipdepressant. I still dont know what is the right strategy for this exam. Shud I listen to lectures all over again? or shud I just stick to my books.
U are right if U do good in patho u can be good at physio & pharma too. But i just wanna change my study pattern this time, I dont know how will i do that but I am trying to figure it out. Actually I work intentionally on Fridays sat & sun so I can study the rest of the week.Anyway GL for ur exam.



  #4

I'm going to listen to the lectures again, I think if you can really remember everything he says it will help big time, but back it up with reading path too, do the FA path I think I have Goljan notes too.

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  #5

U are right goljan lectures are worth spending time on but kaplan lectures I am not sure cause I have already listened to all of them before. Besides I feel I shud limit my sources this time cause too much clutter just makes me go carzy. Anyone suggesting a more systematic approach to the exam.









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