The following table is taken from a personal experience of a doctor who passed step-1 with 99%!
Materials Needed:
1. Kaplan Lecture Notes + DVDs
2. First Aid for the USMLE
3. Goljan Rapid Review of Pathology
4. Kaplan Qbook
5. Conrad Fischer Ethics Book
6. BRS Physiology
7. Kaplan Step 1 Qbank online three months subscription
8. USMLEWorld Step 1 Online two months subscription
Week no.1 & 2: "ANATOMY"
1. Kaplan book
2. Reading then DVDs
3. Questions at the end of each chapter
4. First aid + notes from Kaplan books
Week no.3 , 4 & 5: "PHYSIOLOGY"
1. Follow the same steps as anatomy
2. Use BRS instead of Kaplan notes (as it is more exam oriented)
Week no.6 , 7 & 8: "BIOCHEMISTRY"
1. Follow the same steps as anatomy
2. Biochemistry questions only
Week no.9: "KAPLAN Q BANK"
1. Three months subscription
2. Five blocks of (Anatomy + Physiology + Biochemistry)
3. Add new information in the first aid book
Week no.10 - 12: "MICRO & IMMUNOLOGY"
1. Follow the same steps as anatomy
2. Don’t watch the DVDs (the book is enough)
Week no.13, 14 & 15: " PATHOLOGY"
1. All steps as anatomy
2. Use Goljan Rapid Review book instead of Kaplan notes
3. Use Goljan audio lectures instead of Kaplan videos
Week no.16: " KAPLAN Q BANK"
1. Two weeks subscription
2. Ten blocks of (Microbiology + Pathophysiology)
3. Add new information in the first aid book
Week no.19: " BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE"
1. Follow the same steps as anatomy
2. Use Conrad Fischer Book also
Week no.20, 21 & 22: " KAPLAN Q BANK"
1. Do 30 blocks (Random all topics and unanswered questions)
2. Two blocks each day
3. Your target is to finish Kaplan 2500 questions
4. Do not do Kaplan simulation test
Week no.23, 24, 25 & 26: " USMLE WORLD"
1. Start your two months UW subscription
2. Do two 46 questions block each day
3. Your score should be above 67%
Week no.27 & 28: " USMLE WORLD"
1. Do the wrongly answered USMLE world questions
2. Look back to FA always
Week no.29: " NMBE"
1. Do NBME Form 1, 2, 3, 6 & 7
2. Your target is 99%
Week no.30:
1. Push all the books and materials aside and grab your FA
2. Keep looking at FA throughout this week
3. Don’t go back to any other book
4. Don’t go back to USMLE world or Kaplan Q bank
The last day:
1. Don’t read, Don’t read, Don’t read
2. Have fun
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