idiot's guide to DDS - 3

Ques: ok lemme see how you studied?how much of time margin for each subject shd we keep?
when we start with a subject...like anatomy...first we shd read text,then decks,then question papers??or in any other pattern...?
how to plan a daily routine...
and shd we read kaplan...i heard its vast.shd we read kaplan...or read texts related to particlaur subject.
..is first aid for usmle.is it for medical or for dental??


presently i have mosby and 2006-2007 decks.what shd i go for??kaplan or read each subject text wise??

i have heard abt lippincott for biochem...is it good?
im sorry...have not heard abt rudman...can u pls guide me what is it?
and if u guide me reading texts for the subject...

im actually very newwwwwwww and confused abt what material.i have joined student-doctor forum.some r reading texts like lippincott...some r reading decks,question papers....some read first aid n mosby.....some say kaplan is vast.im so confused what to do.

and the basic thing...how many months of prep for part1...how many hours in a day?

Ans:For Anatomy I feel that’s the subject to be done at last for u tend to forget it just becos its lil vast. Read Kaplan and refer text I think that should be enough to get you a good score. The first aid i read Is for USMLE but I read that only ( relevant stuff ) cos I found it good enuf and helpful in revision.
Lippincot is a good book, but u are not going to read it for NBDE. U don have to go in that detail. . Rudman is set of question papers of all part 1 subjects u can practice on.
The material I have put is what I had and wht was enuf for me 

This is wht I told my other friends if it helps you
Anyhow...what all material i studied is on my page.
Books which if u don read ( like concepts are clear ) is ok, but i read Robbins patho, wheelers for some DA topics and Chaurasia for anatomy head n neck and Inderbeer singh for rest of body cos it is concise and we dont need much of rest of body stuff. Mind it anatomy is full body anat for NBDE. The way i followed my prepration was
First kaplan : go subject wise and that too in like don start biochem after microbio. I am saying this bcos the practice papers and old papers are available as Patho-micro combination and physio-biochem combination.
After finishing a subject i did the decks for that subject followed by question papers. Did my revision twice, though felt like shud have done more :-P
Did all the papers available, had a look at Crack the NBDE - felt it too tough for me and left it.
In the end only those decks which i marked like are tough to remember, first aid and recent question papers and rememberd papers.

Ques: ok i will try and go this way but then i have always been an average student will i be able to do it? i passed my BDS with just an aggregate of 60% i think even my ECE wud come low :-(
Ans:yes oyu will be able to do it just believe in urself i know ppl which teachers used to call failures, personally speaking i was called hopeless case myself so don u doubt urself just work hard and with dedication. Next why do u think ur GPA wud be low? just go with it and let ECE do the work..even if its going to be low u cant do anything abt it na...so don get tense abt it ..prepare hard and get good score. ( for those reading and still in school forget abt NBDE till u start with ur internship go for a good score first for that will make ur GPA and if GPA is good you have far better chances in getting into a school than a screwed up GPA )


All the best folks...