Hi, I'm a soon to be IMG planning on starting my preparation for Step 1 soon. I've browsed through different forums including this one for the past couple of years, so I know the different sources used to prepare for Step 1. Most people on this forum (probably because of being mostly IMGs) use the time-tested method of Kaplan + Goljan/Pathoma + FA + UW etc.
Has anyone had any experience with using different books for each subject, not necessarily a single series (Rapid Review, BRS etc) for all the subjects? Like BRS for Anatomy, HY for Neuro, BRS for physio, Lippincott for Biochem, Lange or MRS for Micro and so on. What are your opinions on using these other books for all the subjects and not using any Kaplan books? FA and UW are pretty standard, I'm mostly wondering about the books for each subject.
Has anyone had any experience with using different books for each subject, not necessarily a single series (Rapid Review, BRS etc) for all the subjects? Like BRS for Anatomy, HY for Neuro, BRS for physio, Lippincott for Biochem, Lange or MRS for Micro and so on. What are your opinions on using these other books for all the subjects and not using any Kaplan books? FA and UW are pretty standard, I'm mostly wondering about the books for each subject.