Thank you for saying this out loud. I don't know why people use first aid to memorize each and everything. It's never helpful to do that. First aid was my go to book at the end of my exam prep in med school just to review if I'd done everything high yield. But it's something that's Gold only when you use it at the end of your prep. Once you know everything.
Ok I recently watched all of your videos so clicked on this one right away - unsurprisingly it’s super helpful and changes my approach. My exam is in the summer so please share all of your wisdom promptly, thank you! 😂😂
thankyou for making this video. so many people tell you so many memorization techniques but the only thing that works is understanding the concept. once you know the why you can never get it wrong
Excellent. I like the way you demonstrated the concept of competitive and non-competitive inhibition. Can we can up with demonstrations like this for all the concepts in the 900 page FA.
I hope I can pass USMLE step 1, I Don't haves a job,I am 36 years old all my dreams related to USMLE I can choose between my life and USMLE I would choose USMLE
I failed my USMLE Step 1 exam 2 times first was 2012 second was 2018 and I lost money on review questions and also wasted a lot of time studying which never helped me .
I have a cousin who never studied much, we studied together but she gives most of her time to her phone than her studies after writing the STEP 1 last month she passed and i failed😢, i asked her how she did it, just found out she got help from Mr Richard
Solid take but you literally just explained the reason why we go to class for 2 years before, to explain and understand the highlights from first aid. Check list idea is valid and generally gives you the depth at which you need to understand it, BnB and Pathoma are your true learning material along w Uworld
But thats the point. There will always be people using first aid wrong and studying from it before taking their practice exams. It's a total waste of time using it as a reading source when you could be using BnB, physeo, pathoma, etc. If there weren't people doing this the wrong way, then videos like the one above wouldn't exist.
Honestly a lot of medical students in the year above me have pretty much stopped using FA to learn out of primarily for this reason. Since Anking has First Aid imbedded in it, they just check the FA tag to see whatever they've missed. Most people have been using a combination of Boards and beyond, pathoma and sketchy to actually learn the material.
I am planning in to give usmle in july of 2022, can you please guide me for where should i study if i have to use FA atvthe very end. I haven't started preparing for usmle and have no idea where to begin from. Please anyone.
I don't understand so you means that you learn from video first and then check the book and use it as a checklist for concepts you need to learn ? so what to do next?? sorry for my english
What I meant was that you should first learn the material and run the question banks you plan on using. And AFTER you’re done with all of that check to book to see if you missed any concepts or if everything is already covered.
Hello, I’m a dental student using usmle step 1 to prepare for CBSE. You mentioned using step 1 as a checklist after studying. I wouldn’t have a resource to study from to lead up to using step 1 as a checklist. What advice could you share?
Do you know how to study pharmacology effectively (besides understanding the mechanism) without relaying on memorization? Especially for adverse effects. Thank you so much in advance!
There's always going to be some memorization involved, but you can make it minimum. As an example: for NSAIDs, you need to remember that COX1 induces the production of protective prostaglandins for the gastric walls to remember that non selectie NSAIDs, therefore, can cause peptic ulcers because they inhibit the synthesis of those prostaglandins. This is logical, it makes sense, but in order to come up with that rational you needed to know 1- What COX1 produces 2- That non selective NSAIDs inhibits COX1 activity 3- That some prostaglandins produced by COX have a protective effect on the stomach. By understanding the basis and mechanism, you can deduce the effects, but sometimes there are too many and you'll need to just memorize something. My advice is to try to follow that rational and think about "How does that medicine work? What in the mechanism of action of this medicine justifies it causing this side effect?". Understand everything you can and memorize just that that would take too much knowledge and learning for you to be able to deduct (ie: one of NSAIDs most common form of renal injury is renal papillary necrosis - it makes sense for NSAIDS to cause renal injury, but the specificity of renal papillary necrosis is too much for it to be worth understanding thoroughly, and it's better to just memorize)
@@estherf6242 thank you for taking the time to answer so throughly. I agree with you, I do try to understand the mechanism, but for the adverse effects sometimes they are super unrelated, and as you said, my only choice is to memorize it. I don't like it, but I guess the more I'm exposed to the material, the easier it'll get. Thank you again!
I like this video, your English it’s very fluent I have a question which academy did you use for learning? I understand and read but I’m not fluent Jejeje big issue I think jejeje maybe you can create a video about it, thank you
Hey Katherine! Thanks for your comment! In my opinion if you can understand well a TV series without subs on you don’t need an academy (Personally I didn’t used one) you just need to practice. Being fluent is not a matter of “knowing” English, is a matter of “thinking” in English. To do so you need to practice, a lot... Make up a excuse to do it frequently. Believe it or not this channel is my excuse for practicing English. I too have a lot to improve, and tbh the few weeks I’ve been doing videos in English have improved my speaking skills more than any classes I ever took
Hola Santiago. Muchas gracias por tus videos. Como deberia ir combinando el first aid con los otros recursos. Algunas personas me recomienda ir contestando preguntas y verlas con el first aid.
Sooo if rereading and writing notes is not effective how can I read med the right way so I accomplish the checklist concepts ….. I’m asking about usmle and med career in general please
Ok If we apply your point and start from Uworld first for a new topic ( renal patho eg which we haven't study before ) and then check list on first aid ; how shall we self assess ourselves when we already knoww the answers by goin thru Uworld for the first time ?? Hope u got my point !
@@SantiagoAQ I think Sherlock means if we start with Uworld to study a new topic, then go to FA to check if we covered everything, then go back to Uworld on a later time, there’s already a sense of familiarity there (+ know the answers already given the first pass) so how do we assess ourselves if we truly know the material?
Oh okey. First of all: keep doing new questions. That’s paramount to keep increasing your score and will be the best way to check if you actually understood the subject or not (pay close attention to those topics that you recurrently get wrong). Secondly, ask yourself if you could explain why is that the answer (and why not the other ones) if you cannot articulate the rationale for why you choose one option over another it means you did not understood the topic. Picking stuff out of memory is useless. That’s for example why I try to space as much as I can my review of the marked ones from my first pass. I try to make the experience of reviewing them feel as if I’m doing new questions (that’s also why I think trying to memorize questions is a bad strategy)
thank you for this amazing channel , I have a question and I don’t know if you have some information about it so I’m actually in a medical school which is actually accredited and listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools and meet ligibility requirements for their students and graduates to apply to ECFMG for ECFMG Certification and examination, but I’ll receive my final diploma in 2025 , but I have the intention to apply for the examinations in 2022 , so do you think I’ll be able to be ecfmg certified even if my school would not have the accreditation in 2024 ? Thank you for your help !
Yes Quant, I've spoken with a few insiders from the ECFMG and apparently if you obtain your ECFMG ID while your school is accredited you can continue to pursue your path under the same set of rules that applied at the moment of your registration. The people at FAIMER (Justin Seeling) in particular is probably the best man to clear up this questions (He was the one that said this to me)
97 - New lymph node clusters 100 - Removed numerous HLA subtypes 108 - Interleukin-13 121 - Imiquimod 122 - Therapeutic antibodies (added/removed MAbs) This is the difference between 2021 and 2020 only in immunology Imagine the difference between 2017 and 2021 ! For completeness sake buy 2021 FA
Not sure if I commented on this video already ! BUT I agree 100%. I used it at the end so that I can go through the bullet points and pick up any mnemonic I found helpful !
@@SantiagoAQ hey Santiago! Thanks a lot for the video. It was very instructive, key info. I am sorry, but what is "BNB" and what are "Rx/MedBullets"? Im preparing for my Step 1 on December of 2021 and Im studying mainly from FA and Amboss (Qbank and library) and dont know these other resources that you recommended. Thank you very much!
Hey Tasnim, no. If you really want to hammer the “pure” concepts, making flashcards on just the difficult stuff from the first aid would make much more sense
USMLE exams won't bother you or be a problem if you work with someone like Mrs Catherina... She's God sent, she saved me from taking the test for the 6th time
Actually, I rarely recommend standard textbooks to learn medicine. They have their place but medical databases and videos have a huge advantage as far as I'm concerned.
Use kaplan or bnb or both if your basics are weak. Use a qbank with it simulataenously. After learning the material, strictly do qbanks (10,000 questions). Santiago is def right about doing lots of questions, but you do need a good understanding of basic medical science. You can tell Santiago is a strong student so he was a able to jump into qbanks right away.
