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Old 04-13-2012, 07:47 AM   #12
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I can't help but wonder how in God's green Earth can some people study for 10-12 hours daily without going insane, I've been studying for 6 hours daily and if I even attempt to study an extra hour I just can't keep myself focused so its completely useless

Is there any study showing an average of how many hours per day do students usually take to study for Step 1?
(1) Caffeine
(2) Mix it up. Don't just read first aid all day. Read first aid a bit, do some pharm cards, a qbank set, then more first aid, then a goljan lecture while running at the gym, etc. Maybe have an hour of group study/quizzing when you feel pretty done for the day.

Using this I was able to power through about 14h/day (probably more like 12.5 when accounting for meals/breaks) for 5 weeks which was plenty for me.
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