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Each Domain - Week 1 - Print charts - Read First Aid (mon, fri) - Watch Pathoma - General Science UWorld

Qs (15/day) - Week 2 - Tackle Robbins - Memorize drug chart - Read First Aid (fri) - Domain Specific Uworld Qs (10-30/day) - Week 3(,4) - Domain Specific Uworld Qs (10-30/day) - Read First Aid (fri) - Re-watch Pathoma if necessary - Goljan if youre into that Sample Schedule WEEK 1 *daily 15 general science qbank Qs Monday Print charts, Read First Aid Tuesday Watch lecture, read through in evening Wednesday Watch Pathma Thursday Watch lecture, read through in evening Friday First Aid Saturday Goljan Sunday Read all of course pack covered WEEK 2 *daily 20 domain specific qbank Qs Monday Review anatomy/physiology Tuesday Watch lecture, read through in evening Wednesday Robbins, Drugs/Bugs Thursday Watch lecture, read through in evening Friday First Aid Saturday Robbins, Drugs/Bugs Sunday Read all of course pack covered WEEK 3 *daily 20 domain specific qbank Qs Monday Robbins, Drugs/Bugs Tuesday Watch lecture, read through in evening Wednesday Pathoma Thursday Watch lecture, read through in evening Friday Read First Aid Saturday Content List, CHM quizzes Sunday Read all of course pack

Starting In Spring - Read First Aid 10 pages/day - Read BRS Phys on Fridays Basic Sciences to Tackle - Biochem - Immuno - Micro - Pharm Winter Break Tackle 2 basic sciences Spring Break Tackle 2 basic sciences Random Pathoma sections Catch up on UWorld Random *Learn lab values - Just pay attention and learn as you go st *Everything you need for Embryology is in 1 Aid *Finish Uworld before ISP begins First Aid - Use in the Fall, get new one in Spring and transfer notes over - Annotate w/ vignettes, key words - Spiral bind, use tabs Uworld questions - Tutor mode, untimed - Read explanations every time - Read last line first, read answers, go back and read full question if necessary - At first 15 minutes per question - Research other answer choices, especially if you dont know about them - Do questions in blocks eg. cardiac pharmacology PBL Make the most out of it; make it study time, you have to be there for 2 hours Share stimulus questions, use google docs Additional Books High Yield Neuroanatomy - Fick Lang Flashcards for Biochem st rd See back of 1 Aid for good books or ask 3 years

Domains Neuro - Aim to finish half of these Uworld Qs - Huge coursepack, mainly use this, similar to last year ID - Clinical Micro get through at least once - Use charts - Do many Uworld Qs (They will be hard, micro is spread out among the systems) st - Re-learn immuno (study from 1 Aid) - Know the domain guide (from of CP) Musculoskeletal - Good coursepack - Do all Uworld Qs - Go above and beyond to re-learn anatomy Hem/Onc st - 1 real domain, 4 weeks - Pathoma is huge - Use Robbins sparingly (refer to domain guide, tested heavily from these Robbins chapters) - Will show up on exam: Breast cancer, colon cancer, epidemiology Psych - Start the Pharm early - Solidify Neuro Winter Break - Tackle 2 basic sciences Urinary st - Begin 10 pgs/day of 1 Aid - Physio heavy - BRS Phys Pulmonary - Physio heavy - BRS Phys Cardio - Lilly Cardiology read all of it - Browse BRS Phys - Robbins (mini) for blood vessel stuff Spring break - Tackle 2 basic sciences - Catch up on Uworld MER - Endocrine Pathophysiology Pat used this - Use Robbins (I didnt) - BRS Phys Digestive - BRS Phys - Dont blow it off, many failed - You will be thinking about Step 1 but dont forget the exam is heavy on coursepack material

ISP - See ISP guide - Texas Method: http://www.southwesternstudents.com/unofficialgu ide/Step_1#Crunch_Time rd - Meet with a 3 year Outline of ISP guide First (short) week - Cover basic science - Use Kaplan Neuro 3 days Musc/Derm 2 days Heme/Onc 2 days Renal/GU/Head and Neck 2 days Pulm 2 days Cardio 3 days MER 2 days PRACTICE EXAM GI Neuro Musc/Derm Heme/Onc Renal/GU/Head and neck Pulm Cardio MER PRACTICE EXAM Re-do missed/marked Qs Tackle weaknesses

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