It can be frightening going into an exam without knowing exactly what you are going to find. The NBOME for this year’s exams cycle is implementing a “new COMLEX” Level 1 and 2. The “new” Level 3 examination has already…
As an osteopathic tutor at Med School Tutors, I have had a ton of experience with students preparing for the COMLEX. Through my own testing experience and the experiences of my students, certain examination topics have come up so many…
If you are in your third or fourth year of medical school, you’re deep in the excitement of core rotations … and shelf exams. We know you’re tired and longing for a little more sleep, so to help you stay…
Identifying hemorrhage within and surrounding the brain on non-contrast CT is very high yield for all steps of the boards. Knowing a few simple features of the imaging findings for each bleed type will help you use the images to…
The pomodoro technique was developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980’s as a way to improve focus and efficiency. “Pomodoro” is Italian for “tomato,” and the study method is named after traditional tomato-shaped kitchen timers.
Want to avoid floundering on your USMLE? Here are six reasons students sometimes do, and how best to avoid these pitfalls:
Imaging anatomy can be high-yield, especially on Step 1. Not only can you answer questions asked directly about what is visible in an image, but you are able to apply the anatomy to sort of “get your bearings” in order…
Chest X-Rays are one of the most common images given on the boards. The boards do not expect greatness when reading images: only to spot the obvious abnormality and to apply that information to the question given (see “Radiology for…
robably the most tested histological feature on the boards is the granuloma. If you can recognize the granuloma on a histology image, you can learn a lot about the disease process they are describing in the vignette and narrow your…
Histology isn’t historically the most high yield topic on the boards, but the questions that have a histology image included can be easy points if you take a step back, don’t freak out, and try to dissect out what’s important…