Kaplan’s Organ-Based Review Books – USMLE step 1 Home Study Program??????

[EdmontonOilers]

Hey guys

Just recently I was browsing First Aid and I noticed it mentions “Kaplan’s Organ-Based Review Books – USMLE step 1 Home Study Program” under the recommended review sources section. It got a good rating. I checked it out on Kaplan’s website and I am questioning if maybe this package would be better than studying from separate popular review books (ie. BRS, Lipincott, HY, Rad map). It only shows the cover of the Organ-Based Review books on the website so Im not sure what they are like. I would be doing questions like Q-bank and other popular question ressources either way. I would also be using First Aid either way.
- Anyone heard of this package or used this package?
- Any comments about it?
- Do you think the Organ-Based Review Books are better than using separate review books?

Also, I hear a lot about people are using Kaplan notes for particular subjects but I called Kaplan and they said they don’t offer these notes to students not taking their review courses. Apparently the Home Study Program is the only product they offer to people not taking their review courses (besides Qbank and stuff of course). How are people getting these notes? Are they bootlegged? Are they better than the Organ-based review books in the home study program?

Thanks

[md90]

please see my post to your previous post.. thank you

[Captainwada]

i have the exact question, I have both the home study & lecture notes...they are quite different
Lecture notes: are consice and very high yield followed by questions at the end of each chapter..a good reinforcement
Home study: these are very detailed and can be confusing @ times esp. the embryo b/c it lacks diagrams though it is organ based which is good.
I have to supplement alot w/ my own notes from med school b/c it lacks many clinical manifestations and complications.
For instance: Coarctation of Aorta: it doesnt mention decreased pulses to lower limbs in the adult type, nor does it mention notching of ribs due to collateral circulation of the intercostals....I think stuff like is so high yield that we should be expected to know this, yet they don't mention it at all!
I am kinda worried b/c the books are over thousands of pages yet missing essential stuff like that!

[naveen]

hi guyz,
i have that book which u guys are talking about ..it is a really good book ..a much detailed version of the seperate books but the only problem is that its like a text book. and i kept it as my reference when i was studying like when i didnt understand anything in the sepereate books i would go to that book and read from that.. its a usefull book only if u start really really early and its very hard to remember all those facts because it too big..anyway finally it all comes to u guys to decide ..thats basically about it..