comprehensive step 1 study schedule

[marktwain]

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I need help making a comprehensive step 1 study schedule. Time allotted for the study is a 3month period from February to April. Exam to be in May.
The Schedule should include the use of FA, RR path, UW and of course the NBME.
Which NBME's at this time I do not know for sure.
I do not wish to leave anything to chance or have to feel agitation a week prior to the exam. Any form of assistance to this matter is highly appreciated.
It does not have to be an authentic schedule just a doable schedule

Thanks

 

[InTheMaking]

If those are your only guidelines then just read FA and the corresponding RR chapter, then do UW questions on that subject.

I recommend you branch out at least a little and get a few more books.

Download Cram Fighter on the iPod Touch or iPhone and it will show you the chapters to read for both books in order to be done in the alotted time.

 

[McGillGrad]

What's wrong with using the Taus method?

 

[marktwain]

to In the Making...
what books do you recommend?
and for which subjects?
thanks for your input

 

[rishi718]

is there a cram fighter thing we can use to coordinate if we dont have ipod please

thank you

this post rmeinds me of a post i saw that had the audio guide to reading rr

can anybody please help me by sending me or posting here similar things to these two types of guides, which you can be quite lucky to randomly find on this site, but can save you hours and hours of work

thank you, any help would be greatly apreciated

 

[InTheMaking]

is there a cram fighter thing we can use to coordinate if we dont have ipod please

thank you

this post rmeinds me of a post i saw that had the audio guide to reading rr

can anybody please help me by sending me or posting here similar things to these two types of guides, which you can be quite lucky to randomly find on this site, but can save you hours and hours of work

thank you, any help would be greatly apreciated

Cram Fighter is currently iPod Touch/iPhone App only. I believe they are making a web based system though, might be a while out though. I don't know of anything else that does this though. Should be easy enough, take the book, multiply the number of times you want to read it and divide by the number of days.

 

[InTheMaking]

to In the Making...
what books do you recommend?
and for which subjects?
thanks for your input

Now, I'm going solely off reading this forum and information I've found very helpful. I have not taken the USMLE/COMLEX yet.

However, many have recommended High Yield Neuroanatomy, Lippincotts Biochemistry, Lippincotts Pharmacology, High Yield Cell and Molecular Bio (1999 EDITION ONLY!).

Then you have the more obvious ones First Aid (Latest Edition), Rapid Review Pathology (Get the Goljan audio if you can), Clinical Micro Made Ridiculously Simple (It's big, start it early), and BRS Physio.

For questions I recommend Robbins Review of Pathology book. It's a very in depth, great book with good explanations. Also qbanks such as USMLE World (consistently ranked the best USMLE-style Qbank). I currently use USMLERx.

If you're weak in gross anatomy then get USMLE Road Map for Gross.

After saying all of this, if you REALLY LIKE A FORMAT such as High Yield, or BRS, or Made Ridiculously Simple, STICK WITH THAT FORMAT. You will end up learning more that way. I particularly LOVE BRS, but the BRS series for most subjects is just too thick so I get the best book with each format. I'm not particularly OCD though, as some med students are.

Hope that helped.