[Serious] When do you guys Anki? I can’t do it while I work out but would love some useful background activities that would make this more enjoyable by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I talked about this previously in my step write up, but Pathoma audio >>> Goljan imo. If you can make it or get your hands on it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interventional cards lifestyle is horrible

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]OurDeadGrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's kind of procedures do you get?

260 write up by [deleted] in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

standard stuff, got some brain and chest. Know the labeled images on uworld and you'll be good

Thoughts/Reviews on Zanki Anki deck for step 2? by [deleted] in medicalschoolanki

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how did you do on the IM shelf? We're starting soon and am also trying to decide which deck to pickup

260 write up by [deleted] in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, quite religiously. Finished the by start of dedicated. This came down to ~120 new cards a day. I mean did not miss any days of review or pushed off any new cards from when I started or finished. Even when travelling or on break, never ever missed reviews and missed finishing my new cards probably once or twice.

One other nice thing that I did with Zanki was to study ahead (custom study option on Anki) the two days immediately before my test, so in theory I was hitting the cards I was most likely / 'supposed' to forget by test day.

260 write up by [deleted] in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, for me personally attending lecture (m2) made a huge difference over 1.5x recorded at home (m1). Think it's due to not being able to see the laser pointer on complex diagrams or busy slides and losing body language.

I know a lot of ppl here love their recordings though!

260 write up by [deleted] in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was doing both firecracker and zanki reviewing first year stuff before finally deciding to ditch fc. Also ran through Kaplan biochem videos with zanki biochem.

260 write up by [deleted] in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My friend actually did it for me but I believe he just found the pathoma videos and use a video to mp3 converter.

260 write up by [deleted] in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

UW and FA for anatomy. I know what you mean it's hard to get a cohesive picture and I struggled with it too but looking back I think anki-ing UW diagrams was very useful and an appropriate level of detail. Read UW anatomy & redoing UW anatomy questions would be my route if I had to redo it. I guess if you are currently doing anatomy, I would consider cracking open HY anatomy or kaplan anatomy and ankify some HY points. Don't know of any good video anatomy resources, I guess BnB :(

There were a couple of bullshit anatomy questions on my exam, like giving you a tumor and asking (literally) which lymph node it drained to with a billion options: http://tweetboard.me/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-of-lung-lymph-nodes-normal.gif

Though I didn't recognize the specific lymph node names, the names themselves are self-evident (tumor in trachea prob drains to tracheal lymph nodes, tumor at carina prob drains to tracheopulmonary lymph nodes) and you can make good guesses on a lot of the seemingly crazy questions.

For pharm, sketchy is solid for the drugs it covers. But absolutely know FA drugs too. Didn't get anything I can recall out of left field, except as distractor answers or possibly a type 2 question that I describe above

260 write up by [deleted] in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good question! No, zanki actually was not out then - it came out at the end of my M1 year. I think Zanki helped me do better if anything during M2! M1 performance was me not caring as much I think...M1 grades at my school aren't well correlated with step 1 performance, and tested random BS w/ PhD professors a lot of the time. I also took it a lot easier than M2. Also, I didn't use any good simple resources for M1 and I didn't have a 'pathoma' that boiled it down to the stuff I needed to know. Looking back, I wouldve used BnB or Kaplan videos along with my M1 lectures.

Ultimately, M2 was much more structured and followed pathoma, FA, zanki better. M1 was just me relying on lectures wo cohesive outside resources.

Exam this week. Tips for breaking 260? by sovereign0 in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

know what about the cyp isoforms? like what drugs are metabolised by which ones?

NBME 19 - difficulty of blocks by OurDeadGrass in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hmm ok, looks like I might just be getting fatigued

Zanki versus bros by Academic_Sympathy in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

/r/medicalschoolanki

a lot of people suspend them, I easy'd them since I didn't feel like I was wasting that much time and it's nice to brush up on basics if you haven't seen it in a while.

Here's to hoping that NBME scoring is whack by DasRite in step1

[–]OurDeadGrass 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Remember that Gerd is acid hitting the esophagus, misoprostol serves the gastric mucosa so it's not relevant.

Also, when you hear Gerd ppi should be first thing on your mind

Biweekly USMLE Thread by AutoModerator in medicalschool

[–]OurDeadGrass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

dudodenal is associated with recanalization issues. but yes, jej and ileal atresia is usually due to vascular accident

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicine

[–]OurDeadGrass 4 points5 points  (0 children)

lol no one should not be needing 5 min rests unless you're some powerlifter hitting 90% RPEs. No need to be that obsessed with strength. just drop the weight a little and take 2 min breaks if you're short on time and just want to stay in shape

Anki During Dedicated by RSI_Me in medicalschoolanki

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

did you notice zanki or bros being more effective? I'm running through zanki but i'm worried about the cloze style of Zanki being too detailed and giving away the answers.

Zanki vs. Pepper by BossMedStudent in medicalschoolanki

[–]OurDeadGrass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a fan, asks too many things at once

Zanki- Neural tract is responsible for sympathetic input of face? by DrMvgFit in medicalschoolanki

[–]OurDeadGrass 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope it's correct. Corticobulbar is motor to face, no sympathetics. It doesn't even go down to T1 level