Not sure that the way I did it is the best. I started in July, but actually completely changed up what I was doing around November. Initially my goal was to watch all of the bootcamp videos while doing Anking and annotating first aid, and then rip through Uworld and NBMEs at the very end. I did this for a few months and then stopped.
July - November: Basically started off very carefully watching biochem, genetics, pathology (bootcamp + Pathoma 1-3), annotating/highlighting in first aid, and unlocking anking cards by subject as I went. I ended up doing most of the tagged anking cards for biochem, immuno, genetics, pathoma 1-3, and sketchy pharm. In November I realized that time was running out, I had done none of Uworld yet, and I havent even watched bootcamp for organ systems yet. I was literally just spending all day doing anki and making sure I knew the general principles well. This paid off in the end, but I was kinda studying as if I had way more time left than I did. If I could do it over I would have finished this by September. Definitely could have, no reason this should have taken this long.
November - January: At this point, dropped anki and bootcamp, and just went straight into Uworld, by systems and tutor mode. I really liked doing it by system, bc I felt like seeing the same stuff over and over for the few days that I was doing that system really helped reinforce it. Tutor mode is nice because its easier for me to read the explanation right after I get smn wrong vs. having to slog through 40 explanations in a row if I had done it timed. Make sure you read all of the explanations, wrong answers too. This is vital IMO, and was so helpful, this way I ended up using Uworld as a learning resource rather than a way to assess myself. I would have first aid open on another monitor and find the topic of the question that I just did, that way I ended up seeing all of first aid, and kind of burned some pages/facts into my brain by seeing them over and over. If there was something I kept getting wrong or couldnt understand even after that, I would go watch the video on it on bootcamp, but this was rare -- UWorld explanations are amazing and will teach you almost everything you need to know.
I would do UWorld it kind of like a game. When I first started a system, I knew I didnt know anything so I did the first ~80 questions open book, and tried to get as high of a score as possible on blocks. After that, I did the rest of the questions without "cheating". After I would almost finish the system, I made sure to leave about 10 questions and then move onto the next system. This allowed it so that at the end of my studying I would able to do a few blocks of mixed systems, to get some review in.
I finished about 75% of UWorld, but I didnt do any questions on biostats, psych, etc. and only did half the questions of biochem/immuno/path. Would have done it all but ran out of time, and knew I was strong on these subjects I missed anyway. I finished 100% of the questions for each major body system though, and I reiterate that this was vital and the single most important part of my prep imo. I had a goal of doing 40 questions a day minimum. Some days I would come back from clinic and be so tired that I did nothing. Some days I had off and was really energized and did 120. Doesnt matter too much, just make sure youre on track to finish it. Once you finish and understand UWorld you should be able to get 70% or higher EPC.
January: At this point I had about 4 weeks left. I ripped through NBMEs 25-31 and the free120 and reviewed the answers the next day. This was really good bc you need to get used to these questions. Biggest difference I found is that I was always second guessing myself on Uworld because it seemed like they were trying to trick me. I had to unlearn that for the NBMEs and CBSE because they dont really do that. If you see something that seems "too easy" or obvious, its probably really just that easy. When I first started I kept talking myself out of the right answer because of UWorld paranoia lol. UWorld is the king for learning, but NBME/CBSE is straight forward and easier. Dont overthink. Once you get through the NBMEs you should get that boost to get at or above 75% EPC.
Last week: Last few days were really important to me. I never studied before taking NBMEs. I knew that before the real deal I would have to do a big review though. I went through a bunch of NBME questions I got wrong, and made a big google doc, and just wrote short little facts about the question/why I got it wrong. Kept it concise and terse so it would be easy to review.
The last few days I read over the document I made, did Mehlman neuroanatomy and HY arrows (highly recommend both of these pdfs-- I did more of his pdfs but these are the only ones I finished). Actually all mehlman pdfs I used were very helpful. He breaks down stuff just how they will ask it on NBME. I also watched some DirtyMedicine videos on stuff I was consistently getting wrong because I just didnt know it (HIV drugs, antifungals MoAs, etc.) This was extremely HY as it took me only like an hour and got me a few questions right on test day.
In summation, I dont think how you do it is that important. Just find what works for you. Its more about that you just need to make sure you get through UWorld and get through the NBMEs 25-31. This is the key. Even FA isnt mandatory, its just a good reference. The test is a lot though, and there is no shortcut. The last 6 months, I made this exam my life. Everything else was put to the side. Dental school was an afterthought. When I was in clinic or school, I was doing anki or UWorld on my phone every free minute. When I was on public transit, same thing. When I was tired at night and burnt out from Uworld, I would watch Mehlman videos on youtube to get to sleep instead of netflix. It sounds sad and it kind of is. If you can do it without such a sacrifice I commend you, but thats what I had to do.
I hope this helps. Respect to anyone studying for this thing regardless of how you do. It is not easy to teach yourself a med school curriculum while balancing dental school. It is really hard, but its doable.