Efficient Study Strategies for Second-Year Medical Students
This guide offers essential tips and resources for second-year medical students to enhance their learning experience. Understand your learning style to select suitable texts and aids. With a structured study plan that covers necessary courses including Pathology, Pharmacology, and Immunology, adapt your resources to match the exams. Use reputable references, engage with seminar quizzes, and access helpful websites for USMLE preparation. Equip yourself with the required materials and strategies to excel in your academic journey.
Efficient Study Strategies for Second-Year Medical Students
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Preparing for 2nd Year By Margarita Lianeri Karolina Mlynek April 17, 2007
Welcome! • Know your learning style (audio, visual, tactile, group discussion) • Choose texts & learning aids that suit you • Ask questions • Study systematically
2nd Year Classes • Pathology: 235 (5 block exams + NBME) - grade • Morphologic Basis for Clinical Diagnosis: 60 • Pathophysiology: 100 (6 block exams + final) - grade • Pharmacology: 160 (seminar quizzes + NBME ) - grade • Immunology: 50 (dept.exams; grade) • Biostats: 30 (dept. exam) • Science of Behavior: 30 (NBME) • CPR: 20 (oral exam) • PH, Epidem. & Hygiene: 72 (dept. exams; grade) • Internal Medicine Part I: 150
5 Block Exams: written (120 Q), 1 slide exam for each block (3 slides) Final Exam: NBME (for students with credit); Depart. for those w/o (350 Q); Final Slide Exam (10 slides) Autopsy: hand-outs, written exam MBCD: cases only; no exam Texts Robbins (Big, Inter.,Baby) BRS Pathology Kaplan Pathology Secrets Goljan Seminar & lab hand-outs, http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html Pathology & MBCD
6 writtenblock exams: (40Q /10 pts) Integrative : (40 Q) Finalwritten exam: (60Q) Texts • Lippencott Series (Renal, Cardio, Pulmonary, Endocrine & GI) • Lange Pathophysiology of Disease • BRS Physiology • Kaplan • Pathophysiology for Boards & Wards • Lecture & Seminar Hand-outs Pathophysiology
36 Seminar Quizzes (10 Q each) Final exam: NBME Texts Lippencott’s Pharmacology Katzung Pharmacology (big or baby) Pharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple BRS Pharmacology Kaplan Lecture & seminar hand-outs Flashcards Pharmacology
Practical Exam: written (20 Q) Seminar Exam: written (20 Q) Midterm Exam: written (20 Q) Final Exam: Depart. written (100 Q) Texts • Kaplan • Lange Micro. & Immunology • BRS Micro. & Immunology • Dept. Booklet for Practical Immunology
Final Exam: Computer Based Exam (10 Q) Texts • High Yield Biostatistics • Class Notes (10 step algorithm) Biostatistics
Final Exam: NBME Texts • BRS Behavioral Science • HY Behavioral Science • Kaplan Science of Behavior
CPR • Final Exam: Oral (3 Q - 2 theoretical & 1 practical) • Texts: Hand-outs
Public Health, Epidemiology & Hygiene • Final exam: 3 separate dept. written exams (60 Q) must pass each • Texts: Hand-outs
Internal Diseases • Approximately 5 weeks • Hand-outs • Final exam: practical, patient history, written • Must have: White coat, stethoscope, shoes, small notebook & pen
Review Library for USMLE 1 • First AID for the USMLE Step 1 • Review Texts: Kaplan, BRS, HY, Lange, NMS, Goljan (audio), etc. • Question Banks & Practice Exams: Kaplan, Webpath (free), Appleton & Lange, NMS, Pre-Test, NBME
Helpful Websites • www.kaplan.com • www.ecfmg.org • www.nbme.org • www.usmle.org • www.prep4usmle.com • www.valuemd.com • usmleworld.com