First of all...I´m an OLD IMG (I finished med school > 10 year ago)…
I started studying last week of March 2011 (I took May off….bad idea… and I took the exam today …
Materials:
- Kaplan videos (all except for pathology and cardiovascular / respiratory physiology) = I watched them twice
- Microbiology = I read CMMRS once
- Pathology = Goljan audio x 1 time + first 12 chapters of RR Pathology
- Physiology = Costanzo (loved it!)
- Pharmacology = couple of chapter from Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews
DIT: only the first & second day videos...that guy is so boring!
FA 2011…just read Embryology, Neurology and Psychiatry twice
I finished UW (timed unused random) with 70%
Kaplan Step 1 Qbank (completed less than 40%) 76%
USWA 1 = 680/252
USWA 2 = 800/265
NBME 12 = 600/245
NBME 7 = 580/240
Kaplan Diagnostic Test = 84%
150 free questions = 94%
Test: the question stems were pretty long!…more like kaplan Qbank.
Anatomy I had like 10 questions...KAPLAN videos is not enough!
Embryology FA is enough.
Neuroanatomy FA is enough.
Behavioral Science was so weird! I had like 7 questions…I think kaplan is really good but not enough
Biostatistics I had like 15 question…I didn't use kaplan/FA for this, so I cant help here…a little bit of everything I guess
Immunology like 12 questions…Kaplan OK
Biochemistry Kaplan and UW more than enough
Pathology ...don't read RRPathology!…goljan audio + UW are enough.
Physiology a lot of up/down questions…check kaplan Qbank!!!
Pharmacology…you must listen to Lionel Raymond (kaplan videos)
A lot of CT-MRI, plus microbiology/hematology pictures…(I used google images)
the bottom line is…the test is really doable…don't be afraid and good luck to all!….
I started studying last week of March 2011 (I took May off….bad idea… and I took the exam today …
Materials:
- Kaplan videos (all except for pathology and cardiovascular / respiratory physiology) = I watched them twice
- Microbiology = I read CMMRS once
- Pathology = Goljan audio x 1 time + first 12 chapters of RR Pathology
- Physiology = Costanzo (loved it!)
- Pharmacology = couple of chapter from Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews
DIT: only the first & second day videos...that guy is so boring!
FA 2011…just read Embryology, Neurology and Psychiatry twice
I finished UW (timed unused random) with 70%
Kaplan Step 1 Qbank (completed less than 40%) 76%
USWA 1 = 680/252
USWA 2 = 800/265
NBME 12 = 600/245
NBME 7 = 580/240
Kaplan Diagnostic Test = 84%
150 free questions = 94%
Test: the question stems were pretty long!…more like kaplan Qbank.
Anatomy I had like 10 questions...KAPLAN videos is not enough!
Embryology FA is enough.
Neuroanatomy FA is enough.
Behavioral Science was so weird! I had like 7 questions…I think kaplan is really good but not enough
Biostatistics I had like 15 question…I didn't use kaplan/FA for this, so I cant help here…a little bit of everything I guess
Immunology like 12 questions…Kaplan OK
Biochemistry Kaplan and UW more than enough
Pathology ...don't read RRPathology!…goljan audio + UW are enough.
Physiology a lot of up/down questions…check kaplan Qbank!!!
Pharmacology…you must listen to Lionel Raymond (kaplan videos)
A lot of CT-MRI, plus microbiology/hematology pictures…(I used google images)
the bottom line is…the test is really doable…don't be afraid and good luck to all!….