Emails come in all the time asking me about resources. Which books are the best? Which online courses should I get? The truth is there is a ton of good material out there. There are so many things you could buy. Lots of places to spend your money.
The key, though, is understanding what you’re using the resource for and then actually using them once you get them. If you are buying another paperweight because it will help you sleep better at night, you might as well spend your money on magic crystals. They will work better.
I’m not covering the types of resources here today. For now, I just want you to spend some time considering why you might purchase one thing or another, and please, please don’t buy bunch of stuff just to buy it. That will only increase your anxiety because you can’t get through everything.
What stimulated this thought was a posting on the PA forum I came across a while back.
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Hi Everyone!
I’m selling materials that I have purchased:
Andrew Reid Pance/Panre Review Book (e-Book)
Kaplan USMLE Step 2CK Internal Medicine Lecture Notes eBook — 500 page PDF
Kaplan USMLE Step 2CK Pediatrics Lecture Notes eBook — 300 page PDF
Kaplan USMLE Step 2CK Ob/Gyn Lecture Notes eBook — 300 page PDF
Kaplan USMLE Step 2CK Psychiatry Lecture Notes eBook — 200 page PDF
Kaplan USMLE Step 2CK Surgery Lecture Notes eBook — 300 page PDF
USMLE Board Review from Medscape Internal Medicine Exams — 600 page PDF of Case-Based Internal Medicine Self-Assessment Questions
UMDNJ/Rutger’s Course Video Lectures, PDFs, MP3s
Help PANCE Full Set of PDFs
HIPPO PA Full Set of Videos, PDFs, and Review Questions (Q Bank)
Jeff Corwin Pance Outlines and Notes
Packrats 8-16
ER Packrat
Surgery Packrat
Pass Program Clues PPT
Kaplan USMLE Flashcards 200 — 400 page PDF
The 450 (450 clinical definitions in alphabetical order)
Pharmacology Charts
Brian Wallace’s The Final Step e-Book and Audiobook
Kaplan Van Rhee Physician Assistant Board Review PDF (From online course — almost 500 pages of high-yield powerpoints that follow the NCCPA blueprint)
John Bielinski PA Board Facts PDF — From CME4Life — 750 high-yield facts
And the following videos/lectures: Most all Kaplan by Dr. Conrad Fischer
Doctor’s in Training Step 1 2014
Kaplan Classroom Anywhere Step 1
Kaplan Internal Medicine MTB (Master The Boards)
Kaplan Step 1 Books 2013
Kaplan Step 2CK CenterPrep Videos
Kaplan Step 2CK Comprehensive Cases
Kaplan USMLE Step 1 Pharmacology
Kaplan USMLE Step 2CK High Yield Lecture Videos
Med Quest Step 1 Integrated Cases
Med Quest Step 3 High Yield Videos
Pass Program — Dr. Francis Ihejirika
Pass Program Notes
Please IM/PM me if interested. I can do package deals and/or sell individually. All payments through PayPal. Thanks!
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HOLY SMOKES. Was this guy trying to barricade himself in his home, so he didn’t have to face the exam? You could build a wall around your bedroom with all of this and just hide out in there.
You couldn’t possibly use all of this. I would feel so overwhelmed looking around at these stacks and stacks of things. Things I wasn’t working on. Things I thought I might be missing out on if I didn’t get to them.
I’m glad The Final Step made the cut, but wow!
Choose your resources wisely.
IMPORTANT NOTE:DO NOT accept stuff people give you just because it’s free.DO NOT pile on the digital resources because they don’t take up any “real” space. All of these things take up space in your head, and they all make you think you’re not getting enough done.
Better to have one or two good resources than 100 things you’re not using.
If you’d like a rock-solid quick question book to add to your resources, then The Final Step is an excellent choice, but please don’t buy it to add to the stack of things you “should” get to.
Brian Wallace