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USMLE Step 1 Study ScheduleSUMMARY
TABLE: Subject-Based Content
subject time (hr) resource Anatomy
Histology
Embryology
Neuroscience
*** ***
Behavioral Science 8 BRS Behavioral Science
Biochemistry 10 High Yield Biochemistry
Pathology *** ***
Pharmacology 4 PharmCards
(also covered in Bugs / Drugs)
Physiology *** ***
Microbiology
Immunology
7 Microbiology Flashcards
(also covered in Bugs / Drugs)
*** covered in organ-based study
TABLE: Organ-Based Content
organ time (hr) resource
Hematology / Oncology 10 • Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy
Cardiovascular 7 • BRS Pathology
Respiratory 10 • BRS Physiology TABLE: Totals
Renal 7 • Neuroscience Flash Cards category time (hr)
Gastrointestinal 7 Q-Bank 42
Endocrine 5 Bugs / Drugs 20
Reproductive 4 Content 96
Musculoskeletal / CT 10 Review 35
Neurology / Psychiatry 8 TOTAL 193
TABLE: Organ System Coverage
subject coverage
Anatomy 15%
Histology 10%
Embryology 5%
Pathophysiology 70%
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USMLE Step 1 Study ScheduleWEEK 1: May 20
th- May 27
th
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 247:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
9:00 a.m. Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
10:00 a.m. BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 1
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 2
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 3
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 4
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 5
11:00 a.m. CONTENT:
Hematology
CONTENT:
CV
CONTENT:
CV
CONTENT:
General Path.
CONTENT:
Respiratory
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.--- Lunch --- --- Lunch --- --- Lunch --- --- Lunch --- --- Lunch ---
2:00 p.m. CONTENT:
Hematology
CONTENT:
CV
CONTENT:
Principles
CONTENT:
General Path.
CONTENT:
Respiratory
3:00 p.m. CONTENT:
Autonomics
Q-BANK:
Questions
4:00 p.m. CONTENT:
Aut. Drugs
Q-BANK:
Review
5:00 p.m. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
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Friday Saturday
May 25 May 26
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Review
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 6
CONTENT:
Respiratory
--- Lunch ---
CONTENT:
Respiratory
REVIEW
Q-Bank 14Bugs / Drugs 6
Content 28
Review 6
WEEK TOTAL 54
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USMLE Step 1 Study ScheduleWEEK 2: May 28
th- June 2
nd
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 317:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
9:00 a.m. Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
10:00 a.m. BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 7
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 8
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 9
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 10
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 11
11:00 a.m. CONTENT:
Biochemistry
CONTENT:
Biochemistry
CONTENT:
Renal
CONTENT:
Renal
CONTENT:
Neuro
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.--- Lunch --- --- Lunch --- --- Lunch --- --- Lunch --- --- Lunch ---
2:00 p.m. CONTENT:
Biochemistry
CONTENT:
Biochemistry
CONTENT:
Renal
CONTENT:
Neuro
CONTENT:
Neuro
3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
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Friday Saturday
June 1 June 2
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 12
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 13
CONTENT:
GI
CONTENT:
GI
--- Lunch --- --- Lunch ---
CONTENT:
GI
REVIEW
REVIEW
Q-Bank 14Bugs / Drugs 7
Content 32
Review 7
WEEK TOTAL 60
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USMLE Step 1 Study ScheduleWEEK 3: June 3
rd- June 9
th
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 77:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
9:00 a.m. Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
10:00 a.m. BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 14
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 15
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 16
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 17
11:00 a.m. CONTENT:
Musculo.
CONTENT:
Musculo.
CONTENT:
I&I
CONTENT:
I&I
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.--- Lunch --- --- Lunch --- --- Lunch --- --- Lunch ---
2:00 p.m. CONTENT:
Musculo.
CONTENT:
Musculo.
CONTENT:
I&I
CONTENT:
Behavioral
3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. REVIEW REVIEW CONTENT:
Antibiotics
REVIEW
6:00 p.m. REVIEW
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
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Friday Saturday
June 8 June 9
Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Review
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 18
CONTENT:
Behavioral
--- Lunch ---
CONTENT:
Behavioral
REVIEW
Q-Bank 10Bugs / Drugs 5
Content 26
Review 5
WEEK TOTAL 46
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USMLE Step 1 Study ScheduleWEEK 4: June 10
th- June 16
th
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 147:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. Q-BANK:
Questions
Q-BANK:
Questions
FINAL REVIEW:
First Aid
FINAL REVIEW:
First Aid
9:00 a.m. Q-BANK:
Review
Q-BANK:
Review
(Associations)
10:00 a.m. BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 19
BUGS / DRUGS:
Day 20
FINAL REVIEW:
Mnemonics
BOARDS
11:00 a.m. CONTENT:
Endocrine
CONTENT:
Reproductive
12:00 p.m.--- Lunch --- --- Lunch ---
1:00 p.m.--- Lunch --- --- Lunch ---
FINAL REVIEW:
First Aid
2:00 p.m. CONTENT:
Endocrine
CONTENT:
Reproductive
relax
3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. CONTENT:
Drug Nuggets
5:00 p.m. REVIEW FINAL REVIEW:
Bugs / Drugs
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
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Friday Saturday
June 15 June 16
Q-Bank 4Bugs / Drugs 2
Content 10
Review 17
WEEK TOTAL 33
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USMLE Step 1 Study ScheduleBUGS & DRUGS
day bugs drugs
DAY 1•
Candida albicans• Entamoeba histolytica
• HSV-1 and HSV-2
• rabies virus
• acetazolamide• pralidoxime
• edrophonium
• chloramphenicol
DAY 2 • Coccidioides spp.
• Giardia lamblia
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Borrelia burgdorferi
• albuterol
• acetylcystine
• norepinephrine
• chloroquine
DAY 3 • Histoplasma capsulatum
• Cryptosporidium
• varicella zoster virus (VZV)
• Staphylococcus epidermidis
• allopurinol
• atropine
• chlorpromazine
• phenylephrine
DAY 4 • Blastomyces dermatidides
• Toxoplasma gondii
• Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
• Streptococcus pyogenes
• nicotine
• prazosin
• ciprofloxacin
• physostigmine
DAY 5 • tinea
• Plasmodium malariae
• cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• Enterococcus
• phenoxybenzamine
• colchicine
• ephedrine
• pilocarpine
DAY 6 • Aspergillus fumigatus
• Trichomonas vaginalis
• Clostridium tetani
• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• amphotericin B
• cyclophosphamide
• epinephrine
• propranolol
DAY 7 • Cryptococcus neoformans
• Taenia saginata / T. solium• HHV-8 (Kaposi's sarcoma)
• Neisseria meningiditis
• bleomycin
• cyclosporine• atenolol
• reserpine
DAY 8 • Echinococcus granulosus
• adenovirus
• E. coli (various subtypes)
• carbamazepine
• dantrolene
• ceftriaxone
• scopolamine
DAY 9 • Chlamydia trachomatis
• Mycoplasma spp.
• Schistosoma spp.
• parvovirus
• carbidopa / levodopa
• deferoxamine
• neostigmine
• clozapine
DAY 10 • Necator americanus
• human papilloma virus (HPV)• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Salmonella spp.
• amiodarone
• ethosuximide• isoproterenol
• nifedipine
DAY 11 • Enterobius vermicularis
• smallpox
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Legionella pnehmophila
• captopril
• fluoxetine
• nitroglycerin
• metoclopromide
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DAY 12 • polio virus
• echovirus
• rhinovirus
• coxsackievirus
• hepatitis A virus (HAV)
• ranitidine
• furosemide
• misoprostol
• morphine
DAY 13 • Trichinella spiralis
• hepatitis E virus (HEV)• norovirus (Norwalk virus)
• Haemophilus influenzae (esp. type b)
• gabapentin
• hydralazine• meperidine
• quinidine
DAY 14 • hepatitis B virus (HBV)
• hantavirus
• Treponema pallidum
• Mycobacteria tuberculosis
• gentamicin
• hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)
• omeprazole
• sodium nitroprusside
DAY 15 • Strongloydes stercoralis
• hepatitis D virus (HDV)
• Rickettsia spp.
• Mycobacteria avium-intracellulare
• haloperidol
• oxytocin
• spironolactone
• azithromycin
DAY 16 • hepatitis C virus (HCV)
• Clostridium botulinum• flavivirus (dengue fever )
• Clostridium difficile
• West Nile virus (WNV)
• heparin
• lidocaine• phenytoin
• verapamil
DAY 17 • rubella virus
• HIV
• influenza virus
• coronavirus
• dextromethorphan
• ipratropium
• sildenafil (Viagra)
• primaquine
DAY 18 • parainfluenza virus
• respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
• measles virus
• Campylobacter jejuni
• digoxin
• isoniazid
• mannitol
• rifampin
DAY 19 • Bordetella pertussis
• Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii )
• Corynebacterium diphtheriae
• Shigella spp.
• dopamine
• levothyroxine
• aminopenicillins
• simvastatin
DAY 20 --- • acetaminophen
• coumadin
• warfarin
• buproprion
DRUG NUGGETS:
• ibuprofen and aspirin interactions
• bisulfan mechanism of action
• coumadin effects on protein C and protein S• odansteion and 5-HT3
• azidothymidine ( AZT) mechanism of action
• aminoglycoside and nephrotoxicity
• prednisone effect on transplant patients (cushinoid habitus)
• HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) and effect on LDL receptors
• antifungal treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS patients
• haloperidol and neuroleptic malignant syndrome
• aspirin and metabolic acidosis / respiratory alkalosis
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• cimetidine p450 effects on coumadin metabolism
• treatment of organophosphate poisoning with pralidoxime after atropine
• sulcrafate inhibition of ciprofloxacin absorption from GI tract
• vitamin K-dependent factors
• N-acetylcysteine for acetaminophen• kayexalate for potassium
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USMLE Step 1 Study ScheduleWEEK:
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24
7:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
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Friday Saturday
May 25 May 26
Q-BankBugs / Drugs
Content
Review
WEEK TOTAL 0
