Dr. Wolf’s Proven Strategy for Board Success Vignette-based questions are the backbone of the USMLE and COMLEX, and they’re also one of the biggest sources of anxiety for medical students. Long clinical scenarios, dense details, and tempting distractors can quickly derail even well-prepared students. That racing heart.The urge to reread every sentence.The doubt creeping in halfway …
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Beyond Memorization We’ve all been there, spending countless hours memorizing facts, formulas, or acronyms just to pass the USMLE and COMLEX test or earn a few extra letters behind our names. But true mastery doesn’t come from memorization alone. It comes from understanding the why behind every decision, the how behind every outcome, and the …
A majority of New Year’s resolutions fail in the first six weeks of the new year because they are too vague, not realistic, or were totally reliant on self-motivation. According to insights provided by academic centers, this trend is also seen in students who are attempting to manage the intensity of a given year of …
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Due to numerous factors, humans today may have lost certain metabolic efficiencies that safeguarded early existence. Depending upon a hunter-gatherer’s foraging success, daily survival for homo sapiens was most often shaped by the biodiversity of available food sources, foraging behaviors that provided an abundance of daily exercise, and distinct periods of intermittent fasting. This was …
The latest pharmaceuticals transcend the old-school weight loss algorithm of “Calories In” versus “Calories Out” that failed to produce lasting weight loss for so many overweight or obese individuals. Unless you’ve been living off the grid, you have likely read or heard about the use of diabetes drugs like Ozempic for achieving weight loss by …
NBOME announces COMLEX Level 1 adopts pass fail scoring starting May 10th. “There is something sacred about the relationship between physician and patient. The basis of the relationship lies in the implicit trust placed in the physician by the patient. That trust stems from the belief that the physician is competent to practice medicine, and …
After years of dedication and hard work, those hours spent studying have finally paid off. Now you’re in medical school and you are likely experiencing a whirlwind of emotions. That is to be expected as you learn how to prepare for the USMLE Step 1 Exam. Getting into medical school is difficult and anyone who …
Since its inception in 1992, the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) has been the requisite for medical students wishing to practice in the United States. Sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Examiners (NBME), aspiring doctors must sit for a multi-part examination as a rite of passage. …
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Heads up! If you’re preparing to take the USMLE exam, we’ve got a few important updates you need to be aware of. The US Medical Licensing Examination Composite Committee, the governing body of the USMLE, recently met to determine how the prior discontinuation of Step 2 CS due to the COVID-19 pandemic will impact various …
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February 3 is National Women’s Physicians Day, established to celebrate Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, who defied industry and societal norms to become the first woman to receive a medical degree in the US in 1849. After 29 rejections, Blackwell finally received an acceptance letter from the Geneva Medical College in western New York State – only …
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