Captain_Kimo
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I'll start in few days .. can somebody post a good study schedule..
thanks
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| Baheya
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hi,i need a schedule for studying also,I'm going to begin studying within a few days..
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| starbrite520
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i would read it all by organ, it helps paint a picture. personally reading a chapter on pharm terrifies me, but if i read one page for the heart when im doing cvs its less intimidating. thats why i suggest doing it by organ.
anywho.. this is ROUGH OUTLINE. that i highly suggest.
this is all i suggest you use as material: pass program, goljan audio/notes/pictures and first aid. as well as qbank or usmle world.
1st month: Pass program videos and notes. they are about 50 hours total in length but they summarize everything really well and give you a good handle on the information. teach you key ways to look at the questions. the notes are also very good. i feel they filter out a lot of junk that kaplan tells us to learn, but sometimes too much info is just overwhelming and we don't retain anything. i feel pass program teaches us slightly differently , im not sure how high yield it is. but it definitley helped me in my weak areas like git, renal, cns. it sorta dumbed it down for me.
2nd month: goljan audios wit its notes. its about 40 hours of audio. his lecture class divides it in 5 days, 8 hours daily. do it however you wish to. use his slides as well to help u get the information better.
for both first and second month, i STRESS that you know those notes well. not just glance at them. you are given 30 days to do 40 hours of audio and notes. do not let yourself down and take advantage of such a time flex. know those notes well. i learnt if you work hard the first time, you dont need a second time to reread that information. I also, suggest refering back to first aid as you complete something in goljan or first aid. to ensure that "yes first aid does have it" or "no first aid doesnt, let me add it in".
this way at the end your one source will be first aid. and you will have those extra notes to help you fil in the gaps first aid was missing.
also everyone hypes up first aid so much. for me, i get insecure when i switch texts, and keep on looking at my old text to make sure my new text is right. so what i do now is, at the end of the day when i am watching tv, needing a break, i just flip through my notes, read them. and find them in first aid and read. this way when u eventually need only first aid, you will find it easy to use as you used it once already casually.
3d month-8th month: total of 5 months.
these are the things you need to cover.
biochem, physio, micro,immuno,cns,cvs,resp,endo,git,hem,musc,onco,repro,renal,derma, pharm
i suggest for each and every single thing. you give yourself say two weeks -MAXIMUM.
example: cvs: know the pass program , goljan, FIRST AID . keep in mind you used these three sources during your first two months, so it should be comfortable. and it should be a review if anything.
example:on all of cvs. perhaps do 3 days of each , then the last few days is reread, and questions.
for some things like dermatology and musculo there is way too litle information, so ofcourse that can be covered in a day or two.
for some subjects there is no goljan, example biochem. so just do what you have for it, first aid, pass program.
from month nine-month 12 : it should be spent doing questions. and reading first aid
the way i do it is, i will spend 3 days to run through one of the organs , ie reread the two weeks i spent on cvs but read it in 2 days. then do questions. and see if i know my stuff.
etc.
this study plan is very flexible , i did it on purpose so you can add in what you think is best.
i knwo everyone raves about kaplan, but i personally thought it was too much information and i did not like the style. it didnt retain for me at all. pass program and goljan does retain because they talk to you casually, not so business like as in kaplan.
also there are two ways to do audio and readings.
if you have a month to do it, you can do it slow and steady and spend a month doing it once.
OR you can do it in two weeks, and hten redo it in two weeks. this way after the second time you will realize "wow i forgot this" or "wow i must have learnt this well" it will identify for you what areas you did not retain and what your studying style is, if it is working for you or not.
i really hope i helped. i can not stress how imp it is for you to look at your sources now, and figure out how to use them .
everyone takes a year or six months to do it. but i think the time flys by. figure it out now where you can put in maximize practice reread time.
good luck
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| starbrite520
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here is an upload i made. it is basically how many hours pass program and goljan are. and etc. a way for you t map out your time
note i have pass program audios, but i have tried for ages to upload them. i am sorry it wont work. but i know you can buy them online. its about 4000 to take the course, 3000 to buy the vids from them. i suggest going on craigslist and buying htem for cheap.
Attached Files:
study schedule.doc (39 KB, 11 downloads)
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