So you’ve got Step 1 under your belt and you should be feeling pretty good about yourself. However, now that you’re preparing to take Step 2 (or 3), you may be wondering how Step 2 and 3 questions differ from…
I’m about to say something shocking, so prepare yourself.
In my last post, Mindfulness and USMLE Prep, I talked about how important mindfulness is when preparing for the USMLE. As someone who has been in your shoes, I know that staying zen while tackling the most important exam of your…
Introduction Last week at synagogue I heard one of the greatest sermons of my life. We were in the ten days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day of the year. For the gentiles among our readership,…
In my 4+ years helping medical students prepare for the USMLE exams, I have found that most students think their main problem with the exam is that they don’t have a good enough memory. “How do I remember all this…
Many Osteopathic students approach their COMLEX Level I exams with trepidation. They have heard horror stories about ambiguous questions, blurry x-rays, exam unpredictability, and even grammatical errors, which make it difficult to determine the correct answers on test questions. While…
Here are the perennial questions asked by osteopathic medical students: Should I take the USMLE? Or is it enough to take only the COMLEX Level 1? So what should you do? The answer is simple: In almost every case, take…
In the first post of this series, we discussed the essential components of a comprehensive USMLE study plan. In this post, we’ll dive a little deeper into the details of setting up your Step 1 timeline. If you are like…