Notes

UClan
--> Make corresponding UK Notes in Step 1 book
--> Join Coptic Associations in US that do volunteering
--> Do paediatric masters or research work
--> Do online US/UK MPH/Masters during fifth year or take off a year from uni (in-between with unis permission) to do online masters simultaneous with electives in the US.
--> Routine volunteer @ UK (soup kitchen)
--> Contact anba angelous/priests of surrounding region (with given card), contact coptic research supervisors (speak to them send them Resume) = research project
--> 3 Letters of Rec (two from US and 1 from UK preferably)
[require Deans letter of confirmation --> take at NC or FL residency schools--> get letter of rec]
http://electives.us/electiveapplication.html


1) Register with ECFMG for USMLE
2) Takes at least 6 months to study for --> Use Kaplan OnlinePrep + QBank
"Step 1 – after first clinical year since apparently the content is pseudoclinical and as a pre-clin you’d need to teach yourself too much stuff that is covered clinics. Requires a lot of work since we by far don’t do science in enough detail. Step 2 – CK and CS – soon after finals, apparently needs only minimal preparation Elective – use it to do a Sub-I in the speciality you’re interested in a US hospital to get US clinical experience and letters of recommendations from US doctors. Foundation programme – apply for residency programmes in September of your FY2 year and hopefully match and then resign in the summer of FY2 to start your residency. Technically you could apply in your FY1 but then you won’t be able to complete it and get your full registration"

"finish year 4 years of the medicine degree. Pathology pharmacy and physiology are the most tested. All questions are framed in a clinical context which is why you need to finish 4 years. you would need 4hrs/day for 6 months to crack a 250 do an Nbme i thinks 17s the best one save that for last itl tell u where u are buy u world prescription use kaplan lecture notes they are all you need along with RR for pathology and golijans audio also just extra advice you have to publish in the bsc so ur on the right track oral presentations posters alot of that is needed to get anything more than an internal medicone residency. Although i have yet to start first year but my dads a neurosurgery professor and most of his students use the route good luck"

"i dont know your current stage. For the step 1 pathoma has to be accompanied with the videos the book itself is purely pathologt very easy to read, very easy to grasp it covers 95% of the step 1, pathoma is used when studying for pathology so like a second year student just starting out. For someone whose already taken pathology during med school golijans RR of pathology is reccomended it is more detailed and relatively harder to grasp because it integrates pathology with other basic sciences; you dont neccesarily need to listen to the accompanying audio and the blue boxes are high yeild information. RR pathology has helped his students get high 99s (250-260) in the exam. U world is ABSOLUTELY crucial as its as close as it gets to the exam (do kaplan qbank if u have time aswell) and first aid is merely a review of everything u need to know just high yeild facts."
"UFAP (U-world, First Aid and Pathoma)"

"If you do plan to have LORs from physicians in the U.K., then I would try to make sure that they are senior physicians with important positions or who are authorities in the field. My letter writers included the director of the ER, director of psychiatry training and also the head of an inpatient psychiatry unit. I worked closely with all of them. The application selection committee will care about who wrote the letters as much (or even more than) the content. If you can get a LOR resulting from hands-on experience in the U.S. from a well-known physician in your field, that will be the best. I don't know how much real hands-on stuff you can actually do in the U.S. though."


USMLE Prep (https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/04/scored-257-usmle-step-1.html) --> Take USMLE Step 1 before *elective* in fifth year
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Resources: (ACHIEVED 270 SCORE ON USMLE WITH THIS METHOD)
First Aid For the USMLE Step 1
Pathoma
USMLE World Step 1 QBank
You got it, thats it. I used 3 resources only. "But don't I need more? Like where am I going to get neuroanatomy? Don't I need a special book for biostatistics?" NO NO NO NO NONONONONONON. That's it. Use these 3 resources and learn them inside and out. I promise you everything you need to get a 260+ is in those 3 resources.
"Can I use Goljans Rapid Review?"
Have you read it? It is just a table and lists of stuff. Pathoma actually takes the time to teach you concepts. These concepts will help you understand more than just the disease at hand. Ie. Why Acne and Cholecystitis are very similar.
The 6 weeks block was broken up into three 2 week blocks:

Weeks 1 and 2: These were the rapid learning phases. This is where I learned that I really didn't know anything. What is galactosemia? Why was I not taught all of this biochemistry?!?
Schedule for Mon - Sat (Sun was a break):
8am-12pm: Read 1 section in the organ systems part of first aid. Yup I took 4 hours to do this, really learn it this time through. Don't rush it. Take the time and really understand the physiology. (Plan to finish 1x through first aid by the end of this 2 week section)
12pm - 2pm: Exercise, Shower and Lunch.
2pm - 4pm: USMLE World questions based on what ever topic I was reading about in FA that day. Usually 2 sections of 46 (Tutor untimed). My goal was to learn, not to quiz myself. You know nothing at this point of the test so why even test yourself? Just learn the material.
4pm-whenever: Pathoma (break it up so that at the end of 2 weeks you have finished a pass through it - I think there are 19 sections so somedays do 2 chapters).

Weeks 3 and 4: These were the weeks where the material had time to sink in and you get to go through the material again and fill in any small gaps you missed the first time.
Same planning of the day. AM First Aid. PM Question - I bumped it up to 3 sections of 46/day at this point. Again, go through pathoma with the videos 1 more time.
At this point you have done 2x through all 2 of your resources. You will be feeling pretty good. I think you are roughly 60-70% done with UWorld. I took a practice test, NBME 12 and got a 253. So I would have been happy here with that score anyway.

Weeks 5-6: This is the time to solidify what you have learned. You go through First Aid AGAIN, you go through Pathoma AGAIN, and you finish UWorld for each subject. I also highly recommend going back and re-doing all of your missed questions at this point.
A typical day might be: GI First Aid, GI Pathoma, and GI Questions and finish the Missed questions. Typically around 150-200 questions a day is what you should aim for.
NOW YOU HAVE FINISHED ALL OF YOUR RESOURCES 3X!!!! YOU SHOULD BE FEELING AMAZING ABOUT THE TEST. You truly do get to feel that hubris.

General Tips:
Eat good food and exercise. You will see how stressful this time can be if you don't take care of yourself.
Sleep as much as you can. Never sacrifice sleep for other things. Sleep is paramount to learning.
Don't get discouraged, these 6 weeks will make the rest of your life much easier. Trust me on this one.
If there is a topic you keep getting wrong, create a flash card. At the end of the day, go through all of your flash cards from all of the days. I couldn't keep Rotor, Dubin-Johnson, Gilberts, etc straight for the life of me. So I put them on a flashcard and looked at it everyday. Same for Purine synthesis and the drugs that affect it.
Talk to people. Not about the test, but about life, the weather, that crazy thing the cat on the internet did. It will help you stay grounded as a person.
Avoid Caffeine.


The Successful Match 2017: Rules for Success in the Residency Match
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https://www.studentdoctor.net/2011/05/the-successful-match-getting-into-pediatrics/

http://omarsguidelines.blogspot.ca/