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So you are done with one of the longest and most tiring exams of your life and now you do not know what to do. You try to suppress your feelings of anxiety but they keep finding their way back. Part of you wants to know your score as soon as possible while the other part never wants to think about it again. In feeling all of this, know that you are not alone. Everyone who takes this beast of an exam goes through this.

STEP 1 STUDY GUIDE - PART 2 Details on how to study have been explained in part1:   https://nightowlpostings.blogspot.com/2020/03/usmle-step-1-study-guide-259-part-1.html SUBJECT WISE GUIDE: First Aid, DIT and Uworld for all subjects. Additional resources for all subjects are given below:  Anatomy: Kaplan lectures for Gross Anatomy and Neuroanatomy, Anatomy shelf notes, Kaplan lecture notes for upper limb and lower limb. Microbiology: Sketchy Micro lectures and PDF. No need for DIT. Biochemistry: Kaplan Lectures by Dr. Turco Pathology: Pathoma Lectures and Notes. Pharmacology: Kaplan lectures Physiology: Kaplan Lectures Immunology:  Kaplan lectures Biostatistics: Kaplan Lectures and Uworld Biostatistics Ethics: 100 cases by Conrad Fischer

STEP 1 STUDY GUIDE Non-US IMG Medical school: In Pakistan Exam taken during final year of MBBS Prep time: Approximately 10 months with breaks in between Step 1 Score: 259 Current Status: Matched into Internal Medicine Residency 2020 Study materials used: First Aid, Uworld, 100 cases of ethics by Conrad Fischer, biostatistics uworld, Kaplan video lectures and books, sketchy micro, pathoma, DIT lectures. UWORLD first pass: 83% NBMEs/UWSAs range 230s to 260s Phase 1: The first phase is to understand all the concepts thoroughly. You need to start with the basics and you need to make sure you understand each and everything. Don’t get discouraged if your concepts are not concrete during this phase and you keep forgetting things as this happens to everyone. You just need to try your best. Start with Kaplan video lectures for all the subjects and make notes on your Kaplan books. For micro, you must study Sketchy Micro. It is the best resource out there for microbiology...