[obaid85]

Kaplan has videos for all Step 1 subjects. If we were to watch them it takes long time.

For those of you who have watched them all, do you recommend any specific subjects that must be watched while we can skip others.

 

[soso84]

Yea I actually have the same question ?

 

[khanar]

If you ever need to skip any of the videos then my personal opinion is that the following videos are not mandatory:
Micro, Anatomy, Immuno, and Physio. The lecturers in these vids are not very useful.
This is just my personal opinion

 

[khanar]

You have to watch the physio, patho, behavior, behavior and pharma.
you can skip micro, and anatomy

 

[doctorF]

in my opinion FZIO and BEHAVIORAL are must, patho dont follow it.... follow goljan... because i tell u wat dr. barone is a total misguide... he teaches well but he has left many many imp usmle concepts that are frequently asked on boards... goljan z da real saviour in patho...
infact kaplan patho notes are also not very useful... RR goljan z da real buuk on earth u need to do for usmle!!!

 

[khanar]

You have to watch all the videos. Without them you will have difficulty understanding key concepts

 

[Seetal]

can i pls ask. how long is the length of the entire video package as in with all the subjects.

im trying to plan my schedule but i havent got the vids yet. soon i hope.

 

[khanar]

can i pls ask. how long is the length of the entire video package as in with all the subjects.

im trying to plan my schedule but i havent got the vids yet. soon i hope.

Over 250 hours in total

 

[Seetal]

doctorF n Yallah

u havent taken the step 1 have u? when are u planning to take it?

n just to confirm again, u're not doing anatomy are u? ive left out micro n immuno since most people have said its useless, but im wondering if i should leave out anatomy. i mean it just seems a little trivial of a subject to spend a whole week watching it. my exam is in september n i plan to finish all studying 2 months before it so for 2 months i can only do FA memorizing n online Qbanks.

what do u think?

n to yallah:
did u find anatomy totally useful? also, did u find the physiology a bit lengthy? he seems to repeat himself too many times. i find myself fwding thru some places but its still pretty loooong. :indifferent: of course i know physiology is important n we MUST watch the videos. but didnt u find it lengthy?

 

[khanar]

n to yallah:
did u find anatomy totally useful? also, did u find the physiology a bit lengthy? he seems to repeat himself too many times. i find myself fwding thru some places but its still pretty loooong. :indifferent: of course i know physiology is important n we MUST watch the videos. but didnt u find it lengthy?

To be honest with you I think all the videos are not needed yeah seriously, it's a waste of time

 

[Seetal]

To be honest with you I think all the videos are not needed yeah seriously, it's a waste of time

waste of time? but u were the only one that said all the vids ade a must? what made u change ur mind.

i have benefited from the behavioral science videos tho. he explained it so well.

 

[United]

Biochem, behavioral, some of Pharma.
Those are really really useful. the rest are not indispensable

 

[drsanchana]

I am done with step 1 and have a complete set..if anyone willing to trade

Contact [email protected]

 

[Cocochanel]

kaplan pharma

are the pharma lectures important???

 

[jahn77]

are the pharma lectures important???

I watched some of them, and listened all, the lectures are good in clarifying concepts. Personally liked them very much.

 

[moath]

hello

hi
PHYSIOLOGY AS GENERAL VERU USEFUL
but it depend on whom the doctor you watch to them(ONE OF THEM A FOREIGN DOCTOR I FORGOT HIS NAME MAY BE AN INDIAN HE LEARN VERY WELL)
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VERY VERY USEFUL
.
ANATOMY+MICROBIOLOGY NOT USEFUL!!!
THIS MY OPINION
THE REST I DONT HAVE IDEA

 

[DocSikorski]

Dah, I'd say (for me) Biochemistry (w. David Seastone) and Pharmacology (Raymon) were the ONLY useful vids. I spend all the summer making myself watching Physio (Kudrath W. likes to tell same jokes over and over and his "Mr.Jones" stories were really annoying), than Pathology (Barone - handsome guy, nice voice... but not enough info). And my overall test performance was around 50-60%...
It is time consuming and not very productive.
I decided to start reading on my own and that works the best for me.

I liked the idea of videos, because I have lazy personality and at the back of the mind I was always looking for the magical formula to take the test or for someone to make all the job for me. Lectures matched this imaginary picture perfectly... Some teacher explaining all the concepts to you... reading for you...confused

At the end of the day you should go through the material on your own. My days are very short since I have to work, so I do not want to spend time on someone reading and skipping essential concepts for me.

 

[fat1iscool]

is it necessary to do the behavioural sciences videos??? they are sooooo long!!! which videos is it absolutely safe to skip?? (maybe those which have no useful info, like a few in the physio videos)

 

[mle guy]

Same question!

Yeah, do we have to focus on the behavioral issues or the psych disease here?

 

[Infinity-MD]

Biochemistry

I think that only the biochemistry video is worth watching and worth the TIME. The videos are painstakingly long and in my opinion, the HOURS I spend watching the videos are better used in reading books. The video on biochemistry did help though, it shed some light on the topics that are difficult to memorize/understand. :indifferent: