Cracking the USMLE!! FARAZ KHAN LUNI M.D. University "#e$% &hi Interna# Me$icine
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DISCLAIMER!
No fxed ormula o success
Listen to others
Do what suits you
DISCLAIMER!
No fxed ormula o success
Listen to others
Do what suits you
Avi$ A vi$ Stress
Sort out amily issues
Decide what you want
Long process
Avi$ A vi$ Stress
Sleep well
Take out time to relax and exercise
Don’t postpone exams unnecessarily
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Study $artner or group
Make a timeta"le and stick to it
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Time to relax
Time to exercise
Study in "reaks
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No :attas please
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Baplan Lecture Notes /(long with D4Ds3
Baplan *++ cases o ethics
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Baplan E "ank /Not E "ook3
C)orld M9Es /=NL?N6AAA3
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Don’t panic i you don’t remem"er
Slowest read
Should take F. months F *+-*2 more days i D4Ds
First Rea$
Baplan Series
Baplan *++ cases o ethics
6pidemiology and 7iostatistics or the CSML6 /(ppleton and Lange3
Lectures3 - New edition too detailedA
First Rea$
D4Ds
(lternate way o studying
N=T necessary or good scores
Make additions to Baplan
Do not write e#ery word
First Rea$
D4Ds
)atch once
?ncrease speed; 9apture /$ower D4D3
7eha#ior sciences is a mustA
Decide or yoursel
Secn$ Rea$
:e#ise
Should take F , months /with E 7ank3
Don’t waste time on D4Ds
Secn$ Rea$
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MCST use itA
N=T a replacement or Baplan
Secn$ Rea$
Baplan E "ank /7ook &ormat3
Cnderstand Guestion pattern
Topic "y topic
?dentiy high yield topics
Note new inormation
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Baplan H &irst (id
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Sample exam
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USMLE 5r#$ (lways =nline /Don’t use "ook3
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9an also gi#e sel assessment /6xtra I.+3
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Learning tool /Not 6#aluation3 igh 5+s F igh '+s 6xam day matters ?dentiy )eaknesses
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6xtra ?normation - Make notes
Schedule near the real exam
USMLE 5r#$ FA6s
Not getting good scores
C )orld 4s :eal 6xam
My riend got a low score
Day 3ere the E7a2
Stop studying "y 5 pm
:elax
Stay away rom position holders
Sleep early
Day 3ere the E7a2
Don’t use long acting sedati#es /4alium3
6xam Tutorial
Don’t cross Guestion yoursel
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J 7lock M9Es /05 M9Es per 7lock3
E7a2 Fr2at
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02 min 7reak
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? you fnish earlier time added to "reak time
7lock time is 9=NST(NT /* hour3
E7a2 Day
:each early
Cse restroom
Don’t study on exam day or in exam "reak
Take uices; snacks
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E7a2 Day
Skip tutorial
- 9heck mouse; sound; monitor
Time management
7reaks
E7a2 Day
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(ll "locks )=NT go well
Don’t e#aluate yoursel
?t seems cra8y "ut 6NK=@ your exam
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:ead the last line frst
Look at the options
Then read the whole Guestion
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Don’t waste time
Cse mark option
Tick any answer
Don’t lea#e any unanswered Guestion
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Un$er :ra$s
Time or 9oncepts
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Baplan
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H1se ;3 Do or not 4isa Status &amily ?ssues
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FA6s
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=ld edition or new one
FA6s
?s CSML6 Step * studies good enough to pass &9$S
Should ? delay my exam
FA6s (udio 4isual Euestions
Slides
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Euestions rom step * sylla"us
Shorter sylla"us
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Studying smartly is the key
7eware o mistakes in Baplan
Time management #ery important
S134ects
Medicine /ighest @ield3
$ediatrics /Medium @ield3
="stetrics and
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Surgery /Lowest @ield3
$sychiatry /Lowest @ield3
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)hat is the next "est step
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Timing
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C )orld with frst read
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Cnderstand pattern
?dentiy high yield topics
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% 7lock M9Es /00 M9Es per 7lock3
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Master the 7oards
Res1#t an$ Eti81ettes
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