Thread: Advice on How to pass anatomy shelf exam

I would like to know from all upper class students how they prepare for anatomy shelf exam? I know diff people have diff opinions on it...But It would be really helpful to hear some of the advices...we have 3-4 days to prepare between last mini and shelf....I plan to start stuying for it and would just like to get some opinions on how to score good on the shelf.

Know your general embryology, theres about 25 questions on it and Dr. H teaches you none of it.

when i took it, i knew probably 4 out of the 25 embryo questions

just study first aid and do BRS and michigan questions. No big deal

I highly recommend the Kaplan videos for anatomy. I think the guy who does it videos is really great-my favorite part was when he pretended he was the testis...The videos helped me A LOT for the abdomen section. As for embryo, I never touched it...

Thanks for all the advices so far...yes I know the embryo portion is shady but thats 25 q's (17% of the test). I usually hear from people to skip or vaguely read embryo...but since I have a month to go, I am planning to prepare that. Kaplan videos sounds good...is there any other way to prepare with shelf q's? besides reading BRS or baby moore from cover to cover nd doing BRS questions....thanks again !!!

This may be too soon to warn you but embryology is basically your main questions on your step. (when it comes to anatomy) So it can't hurt to learn the basics when it comes to arches, pouches, and migration.

doc when did u take the exam? what was it like? thx for any info

For the shelf, I went through the chapter summaries in the BRS, all the clinical correlations in Moore, ready the High Yield Embryology pdf file in it's entirety, did Michigan questions, and watched kaplan videos with my friend.

i would say do BRS questons, and if you can do those questions, you should be good; thats all i did. you ll be surprised to see few exact or similar questions.