The Most Common and Concerning Questions I Get About Corona Virus or COVID19. How bad is it? Incidence, mortality, infectious? It appears to be more deadly and more infectious than the common flu (Influenza A and B). But our data is super limited and it will change drastically as it is happening in real time. Secondly, the variation in data/results…
The prospect of warm weather saving us all from a deadly pandemic is enticing. Is this a hope we can cling to? Donald Trump tweeted hope that the virus would be contained as the weather starts to warm *1 Is this just wishful? Well, in fact, viruses such as influenza and common cold do subside in warmer months! Illnesses do…
It’s March. This is the thick of USMLE prep right about now. But you’re still not getting all the questions right that you think you should. So I’m taking a second to answer the most common question I’m getting right now: “Why has my score plateaued and I am missing a whole bunch of questions toward the end of…
How come we’re all using the same resources, but we’re getting vastly different scores. These crazy little numbers mean that we are getting us to vastly different residency programs despite all learning the same things!!! I’m Caleb Leibee. I’m a resident at Johns Hopkins in emergency medicine. Let me tell you a story. I went to a school called LECOM.…
The average student is only studying 30% of the time that they think they are! Distractions take away 70% of the quality of study that we should be improving out grades. If you need a little edge on USMLE, or that next big med school test that you’re fixing to take, take away the distractions and boom, you’ve shot up…
Have you ever noticed in med school that you spend time studying the things that don’t matter on the test, and then when you get there it’s like, Oh crap. I didn’t really study this, but all that stuff you spend all your time on it wasn’t even there. Worst feeling in the world. You got to fix it. I’ll…
So the second most common question that I get is when you see multiple right answers, which one do you pick? Now, that’s funny, but unfortunately, it’s not because it’s true. It was a thing that I struggle with the most. I get up and I’d find my answer and I’d say, but that one’s also right, and that sucks,…
Learn to decipher what the USMLE and COMLEX are asking. Get to the root of what they are asking and lose the distractions Third-order questions Know what to look for in your review Learn the Skill of timing and endurance Gather facts you didn’t know and critical thinking/reasoning 1.) Decipher what the USMLE is asking. This skill alone accounted for…
Everyone uses the same resources, works hard and is smart. What are the variables that differentiate a mediocre score VS a rock star/ residency landing score? We are all medical students. By MS2 we have all learned routine medical A&P, path and pharm. As medstudents we are already professionals of taking tests and memorizing trivial facts. But the USMLE does a…
Problem: Everyone applying to your specialty has a scholarly work on their CV. You need some too. Spoiler alert: In a couple months work during 3rd…