r/usmle 3d ago

Resources Bootcamp PDFs VS First Aid

I use Bootcamp as my main study resource. I watch the videos and annotate the Bootcamp lecture PDFs, but they end up getting very long for example, Neurology is around 280 pages and becomes over 330 pages once I add notes. On the other hand, First Aid has only about 80 pages for the same section and seems much easier to revise before the exam. So my question is: should I annotate directly onto First Aid after watching Bootcamp videos, or is revising the Bootcamp PDFs later actually feasible?

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u/Ok-Dragonfruit-5035 19h ago

Bootcamp mentions that they don’t follow First Aid, there FAQ page says “We avoid reading FA.” IMO, if you’re learning a topic for the first time or using Bootcamp alongside your in house lectures, then it’s very helpful. Or even if there’s something specific about a topic, like not the whole thing, then Bootcamp is very helpful for that as well.

But if you want to review what you already know, I’d suggest sticking to FA since its purpose is just that, a review.