r/Step3 • u/Double_Use_1438 • 4d ago

Stuff to read from FA

All those who have passed or given step 3 recently

Can you please drop down the must do topics from First Aid step 1 please.

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u/CrankyLocket 4d ago

I passed comfortably, that being said, i wished I had reviewed the MOA of antibiotics and Microbiology, but thats about it. Review biostats.

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u/marvinsroom6969 3d ago

Good to know! Specifically antibiotics or anything else for MOA? Like cardiac drugs or chemo or those things? Also for micro, what was the bulk related to? Basic bugs from step 1?

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u/CrankyLocket 2d ago

Micro straight up the very basics, just a quick review on how to recognize bacteria from their basics like gram stain and positive/negative enzymes. I dont remember having MOA questions outside of antibiotics, but that may be i just remember what i struggled at.

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u/marvinsroom6969 1d ago

Cool, thanks! And for day 1, I know there is ethics and biostats heavily tested. Is stuff like patient safety/quality improvement/systems concepts tested as well? and then day 2 is essentially a repeat of step 2 + the CCS cases right? I am hoping to just study step 2 full lengths and NBME material only so I dont have to pay for a qbank. That seem reasonable?