Ahmed M.Shams USMLE step1

Max:6 or 8
Av:4
Min:1
#Videos:
*Kaplan Series:
#2014 is the recommended version, but for Pharma use 2010 version and for pathology use Pahoma videos.
*Kaplan High Yield
*DIT
#Books: Watch the videos and make ur notes then refer to FA to read the topic carefully and add these notes.
*Micro: FA.
*Physiology: Kaplan Book and then read each chapter from FA to know the most high yield points in Kaplan book.
*Pharmacology: FA. but do general pharma from Kaplan book.
*Biochemistry: Kaplan Book
*Pathology: Pathoma Videos and Book, and read FA after each chapter. NB: add diseases (that present only in pathoma) to FA, and on revision from FA refer to pthoma to revise these diseases.
*Neuro Science: Kaplan Book. high yield is good but is loaded with too much useless information.
*Immunity:FA. Kaplan book if u want to understand somthing deeply.
*Genetics:FA+ (diagnostic technics in genetics) which are the Last 3 chapters in Kaplan.
*Anatomy:FA+ Anatomy Shelf notes book
*Embryology:FA
*Behavioral Sciences:
1-Psych:FA
2-Epidemiology, statistics and ethics:Kaplan Book
#Q Banks:
1-USMLE RX:after finishing each subject
2-Kaplan Q bank:after finishing
3-U World:after finishing
4-100 case of Conrad Fisher for Ethics
#How to use Q banks?
*read the question then choose, after that estimate ur answer whether it is correct or wrong.
*read the explanation of correct answers carefully.
*While explanation of wrong answers: during USMLE Rx it is not important to read. Kaplan Q bank and U World read these explanation to collect more information.
*at the end of explanations there is something called educational objective, read it carefully and add this information to FA.
*Mark each point in FA that u was asked about in Q banks, for example: u have a question about tumor markers of colorecatal carcinoma, refer to FA and mark this information.
#Duration:
*10 to 12 Months
#Self assessment:
Online NBMEs
Finish ur study and USMLE Rx, then Kaplan Q Bank, then NBME. after that do U World and finally NBME.
after doing 1st NBME, u will get a report that shows ur weak points, do U World and master ur weak points. after finishing U World do the second NBME.
*if u get a good score in the 2nd NBME do ur real test.
*but if u got a low score reschedule ur exam date and master U World for the second time, finally do the 3rd NBME.

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