Hi all. I wanted to share my experience studying for USMLE step 1. This information will be helpful if you're a first year or second year medical student. Step 1 is 7 hours long with a 1 hour break for 8 hours to complete 280 questions.
Here's what you'll need.
Some other things you may want to consider:
- Sketchy Micro is an excellent resource for microbiology.
- DIT is super helpful if you need a structured course to get through First Aid.
- DIT's biostatistics section is super helpful if you can borrow from a friend.
- NBME Practice Exams
USMLE Step 1 Breakdown
- 55-65% is Medical Knowledge/Scientific Concepts
- 20-30% Patient Care: Diagnosis
- This includes H&P, lab, diagnosis and prognosis/outcome
- 7-12% Patient Care Management
- Health management/prevention
- Pharmacotherapy
- 2-5% Communication/Professionalism
- 4-8% practice-based learning
For the NBME practice exams. I would do as much as possible. Historically, some people have had repeat questions from NBME 18/17 or the Free 130 released each year located here under sample items: Using these 130 + a paid 4 block exam will help simulate the stamina needed for test day. If you wish to do the 7 block a couple of times let me know. They reuse a fraction of questions each year so we have to go back a couple of years to find a “unique” test. No key to any of this so I recommend meeting up with people to talk about stuff and make sure you get the content down.
Six Months before the exam = 185
Two Month before Exam 223
Pre-Dedicated NBME 18 score = 230. This was a really tough exam. Definitely the hardest out of the ones that were available to me at the time. Did decent but not where I wanted to score.
UWSA1 = 248. This test has some great experimental questions that make you really think about the data. Definitely similar to exam day.
NBME16 = 249. This was a good exam. Good microbiology questions.
UWSA2 = 258
NBME17 = 254, two days before exam.
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