Firstly, I would like to thank you for the effort that you’re making in order to make this journey easier for all of us. Your weekly emails are both heartening and Informative!
I took Step 1 in August 2017 and got a score of 246. I have recently purchased your Step 2CK deck and I would like to ask you what resources other than Uworld I should use to solidify my concepts for this exam? I have a dedicated study period of 8 weeks for this exam and I’m aiming for a 250+. Is this this time frame sufficient for preparation?

It would be wonderful to get some insight from you!

What cards are you using? Please show me a screenshot.

Thanks for your kind words! All of these things should be true – you will DEFINITELY also have adrenal cortical atrophy.

I hope all is well with you. I hope you don’t mind, but I have another question about your ANKI Step 1 Deck. In the attached picture, you say that the chronic corticosteroid use is causing CRH/ACTH-secreting cells atrophy. And that would be in the hypothalamus and pituitary. However, everywhere I’ve read (incl. FA), it always says that the atrophy occurs in the adrenal cortex (specifically zona fasciculata).

If you can clarify, I’d sincerely appreciate it. Thank you again for an amazing deck. I’ve started adding cards to your deck as I do practice questions on UW. I’ve definitely gotten the hang of making them and find the whole system highly effective! 😊

Generally, the weaker the binding → more selective for rapidly-depolarizing cells. For example, for that reason, because 1B blockers bind weakly → they are most selective for rapidly-depolarizing cells, and will decrease the action potential duration.

I hope all is well with you. I’m having a small problem understanding one of your anki cards. I’ve tried to look it up to clarify, but what you wrote and what I’m reading is not correlating well with me. I was hoping you can elucidate the card for me? I’d sincerely appreciate it. (I’m attaching a screen shot of the anki card I’m referring to.)