[embedded content] Wondering about the best way to use Picmonic in your Step 1 study schedule? Dehra McGuire, a student at University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and blogger at Med School Monarchess, shared the schedule she used to get a 240+! Here’s the schedule that she planned out and posted on her blog: This is my schedule for the next 4 weeks of Step Studying. Please note that my test is about 6 weeks out (May 31st), but how I do on the assessment at the end of this four weeks will determine what my last two weeks of studying look like. Main Resources: • USMLE World • First Aid for the USMLE 2016 • Pathoma Supplementary Resources: • Costanzo Physiology • Pathoma Book • BRS Anatomy (Mainly for muscles and nerves) • Picmonic • Goljan Audio • Lippincott Microbiology Flashcards HERE is the visual representation of what will follow in calendar form, blocked out by days and showing which subjects I will be studying on which days. Okay, so rough breakdown: 7:30am: Wake up, eat breakfast, go to school to study so I’m not tempted to do nothing at my apartment all day. 9am-1pm: grind out Uworld questions on Tutor mode and annotate First Aid (50 minutes on, 10 minutes off). I’m doing it with all of the topics checked off, so this will be an integrated studying period. Lunch Break 2pm-6pm: Study First Aid. Again, 50 minutes on, 10 minutes off to avoid brain fatigue. This is…
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