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‘Twas The Night Before USMLE Step 1
Tomorrow I'll be taking the most important exam of my life to date - the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1. I've spent countless hours reading and completed thousands of practice questions,...
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Three Days Left Till Step 1
Over the last 48 hours, I've completed UWorld's SA #2 and NBME #7, scoring equivalent scores of 265 and 259, respectively. While I'm humbled by these results, the real exam is 75% longer than...
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Eight Days Left Till Step 1
At this point, I've gone through all 2090 USMLE World questions, UWorld's Self Assessment #1 (around 200 questions), over 1000 NBME questions, 300 questions from Kaplan's free Qbank, the 138 questions from the USMLE...
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Walkthrough of General Anesthesia
During my ob/gyn and surgery rotations, I saw plenty of cool procedures but only had brief opportunities to learn about what goes on "behind the curtain" with the anesthesia team. The following video provides...
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20 Days Left Till Step 1
Between getting the house ready for my grandmother to visit and the NBA All Star festivities, today was a lax day in terms of studying. I've reached the point where I'm now browsing the...
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Finished With UWorld Questions
This evening was a milestone in my studying - I finished the 2090 questions in USMLE World's Step 1 question bank. Now it's 4am, and I'm struggling to get through endocrinology in First Aid....
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Biochemistry and Microbiology Blues
The last two days of studying have been very productive but awfully frustrating. Biochemistry and microbiology are two courses which we covered in medical school (four months of microbio, at that), but it's so...
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Hanging Up The White Coat Till April – Studying for USMLE Step 1
It's time to prep for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step I! Baylor Med students tend to take Step I in the spring-time of their third year. Because we start clinical rotations...
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