{"id":5691,"date":"2018-06-02T17:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.picmonic.com\/pages\/?p=5691"},"modified":"2023-11-30T17:26:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:26:01","slug":"studied-step-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.picmonic.com\/pages\/studied-step-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Studied for Step 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How I studied for Step 1\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NI7DTEpukJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wondering about the best way to use Picmonic in your Step 1 study schedule? Picmonic is great as a&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.picmonic.com\/pricing\/medicine\">USMLE prep<\/a> guide. Dehra McGuire, a student at University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and blogger at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Med School Monarchess<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shared the schedule she used to get a 240+! <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Here\u2019s the schedule that she planned out and posted on her blog<\/strong>: <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is my schedule for the next 4 weeks of Step Studying. Please note that my test is about 6 weeks out (May 31st), but how I do on the assessment at the end of this four weeks will determine what my last two weeks of studying look like.<\/span>\n\n<strong>Main Resources:<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle; margin-left: 32px;\">\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USMLE World<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Aid for the USMLE 2016<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pathoma<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Supplementary Resources:<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle; margin-left: 32px;\">\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costanzo Physiology<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pathoma Book<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRS Anatomy (Mainly for muscles and nerves)<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Picmonic<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goljan Audio<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lippincott Microbiology Flashcards<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span>HERE is the visual representation<\/span><span> of what will follow in calendar form, blocked out by days and showing which subjects I will be studying on which days.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<b>Okay, so rough breakdown:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>7:30am:<\/strong> Wake up, eat breakfast, go to school to study so I\u2019m not tempted to do nothing at my apartment all day.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>9am-1pm:<\/strong> grind out Uworld questions on Tutor mode and annotate First Aid (50 minutes on, 10 minutes off). I\u2019m doing it with all of the topics checked off, so this will be an integrated studying period. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Lunch Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2pm-6pm:<\/strong> Study First Aid. Again, 50 minutes on, 10 minutes off to avoid brain fatigue. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is my 2nd pass through most of the information, so I\u2019m hoping it won\u2019t take me too long to get through things. You can see I\u2019ve broken a lot of the days up into page numbers or organ system blocks. If I need to, I\u2019ll pull out my Costanzo physiology or Pathoma books to fill in some gaps during this time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Dinner Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>7pm-10pm:<\/strong> You\u2019ll see that this varies between the weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first week, it\u2019s a hard and heavy Biochemistry study period. That\u2019s because I SUCK at pretty much everything in the biochem section, so I broke it up into little, less daunting chunks. After the biochem review week, you\u2019ll see it listed as Pathoma\/Free study. That basically means I\u2019m free to study how I need to study for that period of time. Whether I want to watch Pathoma videos, go through Picmonic images, listen to Goljan, go back over First Aid\u2026 Kind of whatever I feel I need to do that day to really consolidate the material. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>10pm-7:30am:<\/strong> Unwind, watch Netflix, Tumblr, shower, do my QI assignment, sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll see an odd break where I\u2019m doing Clinical Transition tutorials and taking my last final of MS2 instead of dedicated step studying. That\u2019s because I\u2019m technically still in class. Our dedicated studying period doesn\u2019t start until after April 29th. However, I only have like 3 required classes during this time, so I should be able to stick pretty closely to this schedule. When I\u2019m not able to keep to this schedule, it\u2019s usually just Uworld time that I\u2019m missing out on. It shouldn\u2019t be too bad. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sundays are largely days off\/errand days. I\u2019ll probably still try to listen to Goljan audio on these days just for good measure.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once I take my 2nd Uworld assessment test, I\u2019ll plan out my last 2 weeks of studying to hit the points I\u2019m really weak on. I\u2019ll update you on the game plan at that time. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>And here\u2019s her post-Step 1 assessment of her schedule:<\/strong> <\/span>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So here is where I review my original schedule and tell you what I did\/didn\u2019t do successfully. My score was between 240 and 245, so I\u2019d say this schedule didn\u2019t suck?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My main resources definitely remained UWorld, First Aid, and Pathoma videos. My supplementary resources consisted almost solely of Goljan and Picmonic. I didn\u2019t use any of the other supplementary resources I mentioned. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I stayed relatively true to my study schedule. I almost always started my questions at 9:00am, but I definitely didn\u2019t wake up at 7:30 every morning. And I did most of my Uworld questions at my apartment, then would get ready and go to school to study from about 2:30-7:30. THEN I would go home and eat, and usually study from 9-11 instead of from 7-10 like my schedule had down. <\/span><\/p>\n<strong>Things I did:<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle; margin-left: 32px;\">\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I got through first aid about as many times as I wanted to. That was good. I made one full pass through Uworld, then went through all my incorrect questions (which was about 1\/3 of them). Then I reset and went through a few hundred questions more before my test date.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was a lot less structure to my days in the last 2 week period. I took the assessment test from Uworld and went over what I was bad at in those last two weeks. I typically tried to go through a chapter-ish and identify those things and hit them really hard each day. So that was about my 3rd time through first aid during the two months before my test, and I had used it throughout the first 2 years, so it was nearly my 4th time seeing the information.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Towards the end, I watched a LOT of Pathoma because of how burnt out I was. I also made sure to go through the \u201chigh yield associations\u201d at the back of First Aid in the days before my test.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I took the entire day before my test off. I did nothing Step 1 related that day. Tried to go to bed at a reasonable time.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study somewhere with other people who are studying for step. You don\u2019t necessarily have to study together, but it feels better to not be alone. And there are people who can help clarify things for you if you get confused, share memory devices, etc\u2026 and so you both learn.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBSSA Exams- I did 2 of them in the 2 weeks before my test. If I remember correctly, I did 15 and 16. 16 was only 2 points away from my actual score. Oddly enough, I did better on my real test than I did on any practice tests. Just peaked at the right time, I guess. I took CBSSA 16 because I had heard it was easier than 15 was, and wanted a confidence boost before my test. I took it about 3 days before my test.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Used Picmonic\u2019s new \u201cQuiz\u201d feature! It really tests your ability to remember the pictures by removing the other elements and quizzing you on the subject of that picmonic. It\u2019s a great, fast way to make sure you know the material! The good news is that this is a beta feature, so it\u2019s only going to get better with time and the more people who use it. I\u2019m glad they debuted it before my test, even if it isn\u2019t 100% perfected yet!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>Things I wish I had done:<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle; margin-left: 32px;\">\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Goljan. Oh my gosh I wish I had gotten all the way through his lectures. Start these early, guys. Listen to them through your first two years and then listen to them on a higher speed during your dedicated study period.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gotten through Uworld twice instead of just once. <\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knew biostatistics inside and out. These are gimme questions if you make a point to master this knowledge. The questions are pretty straight forward.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><b>Been more diligent with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.picmonic.com\/pricing\/medicine\">Picmonic<\/a>. There were definitely questions I got right because of images I remembered. I wish I had kept up with this better during my first two years. I really used it for bugs and drugs (antitumor and antibiotics especially), lysosomal storage diseases, glycogen related diseases, palsies, brachial plexus stuff, and all the biochem enzyme deficiencies (seriously helped me answer so many questions right)<\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To hear more about her Step 1 experience, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">head to her blog<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or watch the video linked above!<\/span>\n\nIf you&#8217;re interested in contributing your own study schedule, video, or any other tips and tricks you&#8217;ve learned along the way as a student, just reach out to us at <a href=\"mailto:contributors@picmonic.com\">contributors@picmonic.com&nbsp;<\/a>anytime.<script id=\"e2ma-embed\">window.e2ma=window.e2ma||{};e2ma.accountId='1777184';<\/script><script src=\"\/\/dk98ddgl0znzm.cloudfront.net\/e2ma.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering about the best way to use Picmonic in your Step 1 study schedule? 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