Edward Hebert School of Medicine. He holds a B. After earning an M. What is the difference between Live Online and On Demand courses? On Demand is a self-study program. It offers a guided library of comprehensive video lectures and quizzes which you can review anytime, anywhere to progress through your studies.
Our Live Online course is a virtual class that combines lectures with our top-rated faculty with the experience of being in an online classroom.
You gain the flexibility of attending class from anywhere you have internet access with instant feedback and live answers to your questions while you cover the need to know topics and concepts.
Live Online also gives students access to a personal Medical Advisor. What additional resources are included with my live online lectures? Will I receive print and ebook versions of my lecture notes? Both versions are updated annually by expert faculty, packed with clinical correlations and bridges between disciplines, highly illustrated 1, images and tables , organized in an outline format with high-yield summary boxes, and trusted by thousands of students each year.
Test Taking Strategies. Run Time: Faculty: Dr. Behavioral Science. Patient Safety. Run Time Faculty: Dr. However, it will not provide you with explanations to form a solid understanding of the complicated STEP 1 concepts. You can think of it as a collection of all the high-yield topics that are tested on the exam, collected and presented to you in this book.
In contrast, the second half of the First Aid STEP 1 is divided system-wise, where the book takes one system, and it covers it from its anatomy and embryology, continuing to its physiology and pathology, and ending with the pharmacology related to that system. You will realize that the First Aid STEP 1 is best with topics that need memorization, comparing and contrasting, and plenty of mnemonics such as Microbiology.
On the other hand, subjects like physiology and biochemistry, that need a deep understanding and knowledge of the mechanisms, need to be read from other resources before going to First Aid STEP 1 unless you have a solid understanding of these topics from your medical school. The book is pages, and it is divided into three main sections: Early embryology and histology, Gross anatomy, which is further divided by system, and neuroscience.
The neuroscience part of the Kaplan book is really good. If you have a weakness in neuroanatomy, especially in the spinal cord and brain stem anatomy, you can rely on other resources in addition to Kaplan STEP 1. You can watch videos in the areas that you need better understanding rather than watching the whole series of videos of certain STEP 1 resource. I watched a few Kaplan videos and Dr.
They were so helpful that I can still remember them many years after. Studying anatomy without clear, colored, and labeled images can be a torture. While you can always use Google images to accompany your favorite book, the Netter interactive atlas of human anatomy is an amazing resource that I used in my preparation. For example, if you are studying the anatomy of the GI tract from the Kaplan books or First Aid, you can open the Atlas on the GI images to facilitate learning.
Other good resources for anatomy images I recommend picking one and use it throughout your studying :. They are definitely important topics for the exam, but for me, the few pages in the Kaplan books with the First Aid STEP 1 and UWorld were enough to cover everything important for the exam purposes.
It comes with explanatory videos from Kaplan. No review questions at the end of each chapter. It is longer but easier to read for beginners If you are starting from scratch.
I found the Kaplan book to be comprehensive as well if you would prefer to study in the same order of the videos. Therefore, it is highly recommended to read it from additional resources prior to studying it from First Aid STEP 1 or UWorld unless you have a solid understanding of these topics from your medical school. As we know, biochemistry is huge, with many enzymes and metabolic pathways. Therefore, it is essential to know what to focus on when you study. Reading the biochemistry Kaplan book alone might not be enough to recognize what is important.
However, the videos are full of golden tips and are recommended to highlight the crucial information for the exam day. The biochemistry Kaplan book pages also covers genetics and the information in this book is more than enough for your genetics preparation when combined with First Aid STEP 1 and UWorld.
The good news is that microbiology is one of the subjects that is very well covered in your First Aid with plenty of mnemonics that will make studying microbiology easier for you. However, if microbiology is not your forte or you learned it a long time ago, you might want to consider other resources to refresh your information. They were beautifully explained there.
The book is divided by system, so you can pair it with First Aid. The book is pages but it is well written and goes fast.
Additionally, flashcards can always be a good option to create while studying if you struggle with names. Lippincott for pharmacology is a very renowned resource for pharmacology. It is pages long. This is a question asked by many students at the beginning of the preparation for the USMLE Step 1 exam, especially that pathology is one of the most heavily tested areas in the exam and has the biggest share of the exam questions.
Most students argue that Pathoma is more than enough for the purposes of the Step 1 exam, while Golgan is a more in-depth review of Pathology. These simulated exams are intended to mimic a real test-day experience and place you under exam-like conditions. The exams are generally given as a midterm and final as part of your prep course. I found these tests to be fairly accurate depictions of the official exam.
These assessments are not full-length practice exams, as it would be really hard to replicate such a two-day exam experience. As such, you get shorter assessments which help you prep for the real deal. The Kaplan digital platform is one of the easiest I have come across to use. The nav bar along the left side is easy to navigate and clearly directs you to your resources. You can jump to your Qbank, dive into a topic lesson or take one of your simulated exams from the dashboard.
In short, the usability is darn easy. Additionally, I really liked the look and feel of the Kaplan portal. It is sleek, clean and very professional. Some platforms I have used feel clunky and outdated. If I did have one complaint though, it would be that every time you open a video lesson or quiz, it appears in a new browser tab.
This really annoys me, as by the end of studying all day you have about a million tabs open. Small complaint I know, but worthy of note.
If you take one of the Live Online classes, you will get access to 1-on-1 medical advising. So I really like this course feature from that perspective. For the On Demand packages, the basic access period is 4 months 3 months for Step 3.
Now, these default periods can be increased to lengthier durations, but it will cost you. To bump up to 7 or 12 months of prep time will generally cost a couple hundred extra dollars per incremental increase. That said, I think 4 months will be enough time for most people to study for the USMLE, assuming you have the availability to dedicate some serious hours.
On the other side, the content access period for each Live Online course is generally tied to the length of your course. Your access to your materials will continue for a short period after the class sessions end, but will cut off rather quickly. Oddly, Kaplan provides a mobile app for its Step 1 students , but not for Step 2 or Step 3 students. Sorry Step 2 and Step 3 exam takers.
This Step 1 app gives students access to their Qbank, but not video lectures. That is a bit of a bummer, but I will note that the video lectures are mobile friendly, so you can stream live online classes or watch on demand videos from your phone all the same. The app does provide a nice platform for working practice questions and reviewing explanations. I like the functionality of the app, and found it to work well. The layout is sharp and everything is easy to read and access.
It would be nice to see Kaplan at least add a free course repeat guarantee though, especially given the high prices Kaplan students pay. All things considered, it is clear why thousands of students come back to Kaplan for their USMLE prep year after year. In terms of the study resources and tools, this course is highlighted by its live online classes and detailed, outline-style textbooks.
To be honest, just about all of their study material is the best in the game. The practice questions are extremely exam-like and I liked the explanations that accompany those questions in the Qbank.
And I also found the on demand video lectures to be extremely informative and packed with content, but a bit on the boring side. Their USMLE course is rich with study materials and incredibly well-designed by their top flight faculty. The Kaplan Step 1 Live Online class boasts over hours of live classroom time, while the Step 2 course provides hours, and the Step 3 program is right in the neighborhood of hours.
They offer a tried and true curriculum for prepping that we found very few issues with. On Demand Live Classes. Our Score 9. See our full review process. Pros By far and away the best USMLE prep books in the game Steps 1, 2 and 3 Hundreds of hours of top-tier live class time Thousands of realistic practice problems with solid answer explanations Cons Format and production value of video lessons is a little lacking.
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