Step 1 Pre-Dedicated Study Plan
I think I finally have my pre-dedicated study plan down! After much persuasion from some friends who have already started, I am switching over primarily to UWorld. I plan to use Kaplan and USMLE-Rx to practice for my class exams so I don’t feel like I’m completely wasting it.
Based on my calculations, I need to do 22 UWorld questions/day to finish a first pass before dedicated. These questions are HARD, but keeping up with making flashcards of the information I was shaky on is even harder. I think I might start using a word document as well? Genetics is sometimes hard to translate into flashcard form.
As far as First Aid, I’m using the anki brosencephalon deck. I’ve been introducing all my friends to this. An awesome person, by the username brosencephalon, shared his giant First Aid flashcard deck with the online world and last I heard he was hired by Osmosis for being awesome (they wanted to use his deck, also he deserves all the monies). I’ve been doing 75 new cards a day and after some trouble, I figured out a method that works for me. I pick one new subject and then go through the cards with the relevant FA chapter open. I’m very visual so I learn a lot better this way. I plan to do an Anki related post soon for anyone interested!
I feel guilty about not utilizing Osmosis questions, picmonic, or USMLE-Rx more. There are so many resources and I can’t help but worry I’m missing out on something. I do plan to use Osmosis Step 1 study plan starting in February though. Hopefully that will help me organize when to watch pathoma and sketchy videos. Right now I’m trying to focus on at least some solid part of the plan. So, to summarize, right now I need to do:
3. Make flashcards off of new qbank facts
