Step 1: Nuts and Bolts
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Nuts & Bolts: Policy, Registration, Study
Schedules & Support Services
OSLER
October 21, 2014
Review UC Davis SOM policy related to Step 1
Provide information related to registration,
scheduling and testing accommodations for
Step 1
Describe support available from OSLER
Identify essential study resources for Step 1
Provide an outline of deadlines and events
related to Step 1 preparation
You must take and complete the exam by the
Friday prior to the beginning of Transition to
Clerkship
◦ Friday, April 24, 2015
All students who complete Step 1 by this date
will be allowed to start and complete clerkship #1
If you do not take and complete Step 1 by this
date…
◦ You will not be allowed to start Clerkship #1
◦ You will notify Committee on Student Promotions (CSP)
◦ You will submit a plan for completing Step 1 prior to the
start of clerkship #2
If you fail Step 1 you will…
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Complete clerkship #1
Develop a plan to prepare for/retake Step 1
Defer clerkship #2, prepare for/retake Step 1
CSP will determine if you will be allowed to begin
clerkship #3
Step 1 policy:
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mdprogram/
medicalstudentpolicies/csp/step1policy.html
Go to www.nbme.org
Click on “Log-in to NBME Licensing Exam
Services”
Follow prompts to complete registration
Select 90-day eligibility period
Print form, attach picture and deliver form to
Registrar’s Office – Room 1208
◦ Take your ID when you submit form!
What is an eligibility period?
◦ 90 day window in which you may schedule/take
your exam
You can not test outside of your eligibility
period unless you:
◦ File for a one time extension
$65 fee and you only get one extension!!!
◦ Re-register for the exam (i.e. pay another $580)
The first month of your eligibility period
should be the month in which you are going
to test.
◦ Last course ends February 27, 2015.
◦ Boards study typically lasts 5-6 weeks.
Eligibility
period: April-May-June
You will receive an e-mail telling you that
your scheduling permit is available
Log-in, click on “Scheduling Permit”
Go to Prometric website and schedule your
test date.
Accommodations for documented disabilities
covered under the Americans with Disabilities
Act
Request for Personal Item Exceptions
◦ Hearing aids, insulin pumps, inhalers, etc.
◦ http://www.usmle.org/bulletin/applying-and-scheduling/#disabilities
Different levels of support to meet your
individual needs:
◦ Lowest level: help creating a study schedule (or
feedback on a schedule you have created), choosing
supplemental resources and reassurance that you
can do this
◦ Medium level: help assessing results of the BSX,
individual appointments throughout boards study
to help with quizzing, review and confidence
◦ Highest level: Boards Review Class
OSLER will help you build a study schedule
and plan the study that is best for you!
There are many methods out there:
◦ DIT, Kaplan, Penn Method, Taus Method, Questions
Only, Two Pass, etc.
All are variations on a theme
◦ Different curricula, different goals, different exams
Be informed!!!
Clear start and end dates
Days off
Review days
Reserved time for questions
Reserved time for NBME practice tests
Time limits
◦ Organ systems vs. disciplines
◦ Nervous system vs. cardiovascular
◦ CV physiology vs. CV pharmacology
Pick a start date
◦ Block 5 ends on February 27, 2015
◦ Time off?
Pick a test date
◦ On or before April 24, 2015
◦ April 24 test date doesn’t allow for “acts of God”
◦ Time off?
Identify “special” days off
◦ Identify any day that you will be away from studying
Weddings, conferences, presentations, birthdays, etc.
Identify “scheduled” days off…
◦ For the sake of your health, sanity and personal
hygiene, give yourself 1 reliable day off each week.
◦ Usually Saturday or Sunday
Identify question-based review days
◦ One day/week devoted to question based
cumulative review
Track progress
Identify weak areas
Prepare for the real deal
◦ Usually the day before scheduled day off
Pick practice test days
◦ NBME self-assessments
◦ Typically scheduled after 2-3 weeks of study and 1
week prior to the exam.
Identify time for final cumulative review
◦ Time set aside for final push for detail
◦ Usually 3-3.5 days immediately before test date
2 days for organ system review
1 to 1.5 days for discipline review
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25 study days
3 question bank “practice tests”
2 NBME practice tests
3.5 days of cumulative review
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Schedule an appointment with OSLER
It may take two appointments…
◦ Appointment 1- weekly schedule
Day 1 to exam day
When do I review? When do I do a practice test? How
many days for Renal?
◦ Appointment 2 – daily schedule
How long is a study day? How long for Heme
pathology?
What do I do during the four hours scheduled for CV
pharm?
First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 – 2015 edition
One additional reference per discipline
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Anatomy/Histology
Biochemistry
Physiology
Immunology/Microbiology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Embryology
Question Bank
◦ USMLE World
Six week guided study
Focused on approach, strategy
◦ NOT a content based review
Designed to provide structure, accountability
and additional support for those who need it
Informational meeting on December 11 at
noon
If interested, talk to Joanna or Richard
December 3 – noon
◦ Reviewing Behavioral Science & Psychiatry
December 8 – 1-5 pm
◦ BSX Exam (required!)
December 11 – noon
◦ Information session for students interested in
Boards Review class
On-going November-February
◦ Individual appointments to create a Step 1 study
plan
October-December
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Complete registration
Select and schedule test day
Meet with OSLER to create/review study schedule
Take BSX exam – December 8
January-February
◦ Review results of BSX
◦ Revise study schedule (if necessary)
March-April
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Activate Question bank
Purchase NBME practice exams
Study!
Take Step 1
Be informed
Be systematic
Be reflective
Know yourself and what works for you
Ask questions now
Help is available
Step 1and Residency
◦ Dr. Jones
◦ [email protected]
Testing Accommodations, Personal Item
Exceptions
◦ Gail Peoples
[email protected]
Study Support
◦ Joanna Arnold
[email protected]
◦ Richard Moses
[email protected]