Comments on: How Can You Master Coagulation for the USMLE Step 1? (Part 1)

By: Yousmle

Yousmle — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:11:21 +0000

In reply to Bharat Rawlley. The mechanisms are the same. If you're not sure, these kinds of questions you can easily verify using Google, to be honest.

By: Bharat Rawlley

Bharat Rawlley — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:58:02 +0000

Hey Alec

A flash card of yours says the mechanism of urokinase is to activate plasmin from plasminogen while that of streptokinase is to activate plasminogen to plasmin,
I get it one is derived from human urine, other from a bacteria but is the mechanism also different?

Just want to confirm. Thanks!

By: Alec Palmerton, MD

Alec Palmerton, MD — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 01:39:29 +0000

In reply to Lee. Hi Lee, thank you for the questions. I've included in the "Resources" tab all of my favorite resources I used in medical school, the ones I would be comfortable recommending to a close friend. As far as QBanks, I did Kaplan, then UW, both 1x, didn't re-do any questions (wrong questions, marked, etc.) I think I had finished about 25% of Kaplan during my preclinical years, before I had begun preparing for Step 1.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:42:19 +0000

How many qbanks / questions in total did you do and can you include all resources you used including in med schoo?

By: Alec Palmerton, MD

Alec Palmerton, MD — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:17:34 +0000

In reply to John Kim. Awesome! Hope you find the other articles similarly helpful!!

By: John Kim

John Kim — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:30:15 +0000

Suddenly this isn't such a grand mystery beyond the realm of human understanding.