usmle

Epidemiology is a cornerstone for the practice of evidence-based medicine, but for the sake of medical licensing exams, only the very basics are "high yield knowledge." Rather than having to sift through PowerPoint slides...

USMLE Step 3 is the last board exam a physician must pass to practice medicine in the United States. It can only be taken after graduating from medical school; most residents take it in...

One of the perils of taking standardized medical exams is the stark contrast between "textbook" and "clinical" medicine. Physicians try to abide by the latest guidelines and evidence-based practices, but this doesn't always translate...

Its been almost a month since my last post; I think that's the longest I've gone without an update since starting this blog. 😯 My life has been a balance between residency interviews and...

With only one rotation left in medical school (my internal medicine sub-internship in January 2013), I have the next few months to attend to my residency interviews and extracurriculars. That being said, I wanted...

Per the USMLE website, Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) "uses standardized patients to test medical students and graduates on their ability to gather information from patients, perform physical examinations, and communicate their findings to...

The night before the exam, I slept a total of 2-3 hours. After midnight, my mind was racing with everything I learned over the last few weeks. It's like I was consciously consolidating information;...

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,...