Seeking Advices

[AZCOMstudent]

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Good evening,

I'm an incoming student at AZCOM. I have been looking around the forum for general infos about the merger, USMLE/COMLEX, and classes.

My goal is to be as prepare as I can when it comes to board examination for both USMLE and COMLEX, due to the merger uncertainty. But at the same time, I don't want to neglect my classwork. Therefore, I'm seeking for any advices on available study resources that are high yield ( kind of like the main roadmap) for the cornerstones subjects in USMLE/COMLEX such as Biochem, Physio, Biostats, Pharmacology, Microbio an Ethic. To be specific, I would like materials which are strip to the bone which emphasize core principles to get my feet wet, and I can just add disease specific/details from class power point or Uworld. I have a good undergrad foundation in Biochem and Physio. Did good in undergrad Biostats and Microbiology, but I suspect it's not the same. Never taken Pharm, Ethic, Research.

I'm aware of USMLE First Aid RX question bank and have been going through the questions on/off these past couple of weeks over Biochem and Physiology randomize. Usually get about 2/10 questions correct per session, but it has been a valuable learning experience. I also have been watching some Pathoma lectures over cardio/renal diseases, mostly due to my physio/biochem questions from First Aid. Again, just trying to see the core mechanism of what's normal vs. what's wrong and ignoring the treatment or associate causes. To sum it up, I have First Aid, USMLE RX question bank, and Pathoma video lectures already. If you have anything else in mind that are cheap/ free resources for the other subjects please share your thought. I'm not looking for Anatomy at all, since it seems that would be a big time sink.

As for current AZCOM student and alum, feel free to share your thought and experiences about our school. Stuff like research opportunity, rotation, residency matching, student body and professors, or pretty much anything you feel like valuable info you would share with a younger friend.

Thank you for your time.

 

[DNC127]

You doing too much bro

 

[ciestar]

Heyyyy gunner

Anyway, enjoy your summer. This is overkill. You scores on practice sets should tell you all you need to know. Learn the material first. First Aid and Pathoma are review materials and not intended to be primary resources.

 

[Hippocrates II]

There is nothing anyone can tell you that is specific to your situation. Everyone wants to know the best stuff. and it has been talked about ad nauseam on here.

 

[Espressso]

Go out to the bar and enjoy your free time. Much more beneficial than doing Rx questions before school starts lmfao

 

[Ho0v-man]

You’re too hardcore for sdn. That’s an impressive feat in and of itself. Don’t burn out before you start

 

[libertyyne]

do well in your classes first.
Then worry about boards.

 

[jcve34]

Brah you haven’t even started school. How about when you start school you follow along on Boards and Beyond and do an Anki deck. Don’t do this before school.

 

[BorntobeDO?]

Good evening,

I'm an incoming student at AZCOM. I have been looking around the forum for general infos about the merger, USMLE/COMLEX, and classes.

My goal is to be as prepare as I can when it comes to board examination for both USMLE and COMLEX, due to the merger uncertainty. But at the same time, I don't want to neglect my classwork. Therefore, I'm seeking for any advices on available study resources that are high yield ( kind of like the main roadmap) for the cornerstones subjects in USMLE/COMLEX such as Biochem, Physio, Biostats, Pharmacology, Microbio an Ethic. To be specific, I would like materials which are strip to the bone which emphasize core principles to get my feet wet, and I can just add disease specific/details from class power point or Uworld. I have a good undergrad foundation in Biochem and Physio. Did good in undergrad Biostats and Microbiology, but I suspect it's not the same. Never taken Pharm, Ethic, Research.

I'm aware of USMLE First Aid RX question bank and have been going through the questions on/off these past couple of weeks over Biochem and Physiology randomize. Usually get about 2/10 questions correct per session, but it has been a valuable learning experience. I also have been watching some Pathoma lectures over cardio/renal diseases, mostly due to my physio/biochem questions from First Aid. Again, just trying to see the core mechanism of what's normal vs. what's wrong and ignoring the treatment or associate causes. To sum it up, I have First Aid, USMLE RX question bank, and Pathoma video lectures already. If you have anything else in mind that are cheap/ free resources for the other subjects please share your thought. I'm not looking for Anatomy at all, since it seems that would be a big time sink.

As for current AZCOM student and alum, feel free to share your thought and experiences about our school. Stuff like research opportunity, rotation, residency matching, student body and professors, or pretty much anything you feel like valuable info you would share with a younger friend.

Thank you for your time.

Well it sounds like both USMLE and COMLEX might just be pass fail by the time you get there. I might tell you to focus on classes instead when you get in school in a couple weeks. Enjoy yourself for now.