Terms 1-4

Terms 1-4

Tips via Subject

Anatomy

Listen to the professor, when reviewing, say things out loud and find it on your own body so you can visualize better
Active recall via flashcards, anki, quizzing yourself with a partner
Use Michigan anatomy site for active learning!
Resources: 100 concepts of anatomy, Texas Tech, Boards and Beyond
- https://anatomy.elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/quizzes/quiz_index.html

Behavioral Science

Know ethics really well, it’ll help you down the road for comp and Step!
Use Kaplan or boards and beyond for content review
Practice questions are the best way to learn and see the different ethical scenarios!

Biochemistry

Boards and Beyond for content review paired with anki for active recall
Focus on diseases: enzyme affected, precursor for enzymes, etc. – know different ways they can ask about the same things
Dirty Medicine mnemonics!
- https://www.youtube.com/c/DirtyMedicine
Textbook: Lippincott, USMLE-Rx, Kaplan

Embryology

This class is extremely visual and vocabulary-heavy. Watching outside videos like Ninja Nerd or Dirty Medicine has been very helpful in visualizing the concepts.
Making flashcards for the terminology and defects in development is helpful in order to make a mental progression of the process.
Focus on the small pieces of information, like the development of a single structure, and over time the small pieces will come together in big concepts.
Resources: BRS for questions, Texas tech questions
- https://anatomy.elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/embryo/index.html

Histology

Read and re-read the slides, paying special attention to the images.
Practice questions are good once you feel like you understand the content – Junquiera has great questions.
Lippincott textbooks are another great resource, and will help you familiarize yourself with the types of images you might see on the NBME.
Take Histology seriously! It will help you with Pathology down the road.

Immunology

Kaplan immunology lecture videos, USMLE-Rx Bricks for immuno, or read the textbook
Questions: Kaplan or USMLE-Rx

Microbiology

Sketchy, sketchy, sketchy!
Practice questions from USMLE-Rx or Kaplan

Neuroscience

For context watch boards and beyond videos, read 100 neuro concepts, read BRS
For questions: Kaplan or USMLE-Rx

Pathology I

TONS of practice questions!!! (form a study group so you can hear other people’s thought processes!)
Read the Robbins textbook
Review the physiology behind very topic (the textbook does this well)
Recommended resources: Robbins, Lippincott, WebPath, First Aid, external+internal anki decks, Sketchy

Pathology II

Lots of practice questions
Participate in TBLs and laboratory sessions
Focus on the big picture of diseases
Recommended resources: Robins, Lippincott, First Aid

Pharmacology I & II

Do the questions from lecture that are provided in the slideshows
Textbook questions
Sketchy pharm all the way

Physiology

First thing is first – use the professors’ slides to grasp the entire content
If a topic is uncertain, then use a video resource like Ninja Nerd
Once the content is solidified, do practice questions
- Don’t try to do questions until you understand concepts otherwise, you will be very confused!

Kaplan Medical Institutional

A FREE resource provided by our school that has lecture videos for every subject/class and a qbank with 3500+ questions.

USMLE-Rx

The creators of First Aid made this interactive website with a videos, flashcards, q-banks, and First Aid (digitally).