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Tips to Success on USMLE Step 1. Ben Weinberg January 5, 2010. Outline. Quick Tips to Success Sample Study Schedule Must-have Books Other Books What Not to Do. Quick Tips to Success. Don’t freak out Study at least a little every day but take one day off per week
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Outline
- Quick Tips to Success
- Sample Study Schedule
- Must-have Books
- Other Books
- What Not to Do
Quick Tips to Success
- Don’t freak out
- Study at least a little every day but take one day off per week
- Make a schedule (if you want) to cover all organ systems/topics
- Review high yield books/materials for each topic
- Do lots of practice questions (and read the answers)
- Listen to Goljan as much as possible
- Do some practice tests and simulate full-length tests after the comprehensive exam
What to Review for Each System
- Gross Anatomy (basic)
- Microanatomy (basic)
- Physiology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
Rapid Review Pathology (Goljan)
BRS Physiology(Costanzo)
What Books MUST I have?Q-banks: Kaplan and USMLE World
Step-Up to Medicine
Other Books+ Other BRS Series Books (e.g. Physiology)
+ Other High-Yield Series Books (e.g. Neuroanatomy, Gross Anatomy, Embryology)
What Not To Do
- Do not postpone your test date for no reason
- Have a general schedule but don’t obsess about planning out each individual day
- Don’t worry about what other students are doing
- Don’t start studying before ICS
- Don’t start studying too late
- Don’t forget to study ICS material too
- Don’t study all the time, pace yourself!
