Sunday, January 25

DR. Red Step 3 Review

I am back with the Dr. Red Step 3 course review.

Last time when Step 3 review course was done it was supposed to be a 2 day review, but it turned out to be another 10 hours more than he planned for. He did go into the details and was calm composed and patiently answering all the fellow students answers. He tried to accommodate a ten hour extra time to make people understand what he was saying rather than just going through the slides. It was very helpful.

About the review course , Dr. Red goes through the high yield points for step 3 in each topic. Most of the topics he covered, had all the needed information precisely tailored to answer the step 3 questions. He has mix of USMLE World questions, Swansons family practice notes in his review course too. He goes through the topics in detail and tries to answer all possible questions. I feel personally, his material is a good addition to Kaplan Step 2 USMLE material and not a replacement completely. It doesn't take much time to do his slides and it has many high yield exam oriented points. It will surely improve your score if you add his slides in your preparation.

Few draw backs about this review are ,some slides are just facts and filler stuff from the books and are not needed to the course.Some times the course goes as an enrichment of your knowledge instead of just sticking to the exam point. But still it is good course to have a quick recap for your step 3 preparation. Technically slides are not that complete. He needs to work on the slide display and the spelling mistakes in it. He needs to add few pictures and also come up with answering questions like , what is the best initial, best test and so on. I think he is going to improve these in the coming review course. Over all I would recommend it as an addition to your preparation, but worth taking the review.

If you are looking for better exam orientation, I suggest Dr. Conrad Internal Medicine review course. He is to the point on each topic about the questions you need to expect and need to answer. It is totally exam based and it fits for the USMLE Step 3 and 2 preparation. If you can afford and need extra score try Dr. Conrad Internal medicine review course. His material is excellent. I do not know if that is sold separately , but if u find it. It is good one to study.

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