I found this to be extremely helpful because it guaranteed that I will at some point memorize the content that I got wrong & commit it to memory. Afterwards I went over each wrong question & made Anki cards out of wrong questions and any other questions I wasn’t 100% sure about. I made an excel spreadsheet of all the sketchy videos and checked off every time I watched a video to make sure I was covering all the videos- I tried to watch every video at least 3 times but I didn’t get to/didn’t feel the need for certain videosįirst half: I started each day with one 40-question block.

Micro: I did a little bit of sketchy micro everyday but still had some dedicated days for micro.

I really liked Sketchy Pharm videos especially for psych drugs & antibiotics cardio drugs during cardiology, etc) but I did take one day to cover the principles of pharmacology (pharmacokinetics, etc). Pharm: I covered relevant pharmacology within each topic (e.g. Special note about pharmacology & microbiology: Half day off often ended up becoming 3/4 towards the end of the study period and you should try to account for feeling burnt out. Rest days- I took 1 full day off during 6 weeks & 1/2 day off per week to relax, go to church on Sundays, etc. Question days- At least 4-5 days dedicated to just doing UWorld Questions the week before exam day Helpful to do this with a friend so you can talk out difficult questions NBME (practice exams)- forgot how many are available but one day dedicated to doing each NBME + going over the wrong questions. *Each system based topic was broken down into embryology, physiology, pathology, pharmacology + extra materials as needed I have a video with all the resources I was using for Step I + an overview of my 6-week study schedule here. Here's an example schedule (46 days total): I thought it would be helpful to have a dedicated blog post on the topic so that people can refer to it whenever if needed! So here is an overview of how I studied for Step 1. I hope it’s helpful! (If you want general information on how I studied during first two years of medical school, it's here)įirst, let's start with the overall schedule. I basically worked with my school's board exam prep office to come up with a list of all the topics for Step 1 & assigned the number of days I thought I needed for each topic. This is one of my most frequently asked questions via email & DMs.

List of sketchy micro videos