247 on step 1: my exam experience

Study time: 13 months…I am an img so I had to study for my local residency exam during this time too.

Study material: Kaplan lecture notes…read them twice...Once with videos…i watched all the videos as I am more of a audio visual guy, reading plain text bores me.

I did Kaplan q bank subject wise after my first read of Kaplan…I would however recommend doing usmlerx  instead of Kaplan..i found usmlerx to be more step 1 oriented…the question style and quality etc.

I did pathoma for pathology…excellent book…concise and to the point…easy to revise.

I did first aid twice…then 2 months of uworld…and then revised first aid again.

I did nbme 7 and 13 offline.

Uworld cumulative percentage: 68

Uwsa2 (2 weeks prior) : 242

Uwsa1 (2 days prior) : 254

Interview Medical Meme

Spot Diagnosis Series 2

Mnemonic for remembering muscle bands and their components

I found it very difficult during my usmle prep to remember the components of various bands in a muscle fiber. Even after multiple reads and memorization I still could not recall it. All that changed when I came up with a simple mnemonic .

                 

                  I act at 5am hence my sleepiness

I = I band

act = actin

at = A band

5 am =  actin + myosin

hence = H zone

my sleepiness =  myosin