USMLE STEP 1

Books & DVD’s to purchase

Kaplan Step 1 Series (7 books)

MRS for micro
BRS for patho
Goljan for Patho/Micro (recommended by Omar Aftab) X
High Yield Anat
High Yield Embryo
High Yield Histo
High Yield Neuroanat (if desired)
First Aid 2009 (buy this later)
Kaplan Q Bank (buy this later)
First Aid Cases for Step1 (?if desired?)
NBME forms (?if desired?)
Behavioral Sciences DVDs
Biochem DVDs (on PRN basis) X Rest of the DVD’s (are sort of useless…) X

Plan

• 1st Read from all books excl. First Aid 2 1/2 months Oct 6, 08 to Dec 14, 08
Histopath slides from http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ORGAN.html
Do normal radiological anatomy esp. CT & MRI Head/Brain

• 2nd Read from all books plus First Aid 2 1/2 months Dec 15, 08 to Mar 4, 09
with Kaplan Q Bank side by side
Histopath slides from http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ORGAN.html
Do normal radiological anatomy esp. CT & MRI Head/Brain

• USMLE World online 15 days Mar 5, 09 to Mar 19 ,09

(After completing every test of USMLE world, make hand written notes of that test. UW is a very good
learning tool and later on revise from these notes.)

• 3rd Read (Kaplan’s and First Aid) 30 days Mar 20, 09 to Apr 18, 09
Do Histopath slides from http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ORGAN.html two to three days before the
exam

• 4th Read and onwards (First Aid only) if there is time 

Order of subjects

1st Read:
1. Physiology (easy read)
2. Anatomy (including GrossAnat, Histo, Embryo and Neuroanat)
3. Biochemistry & Genetics
4. Microbiology & Immunology
5. Pathology
6. Pharmacology
7. Behavioral Sciences

2nd & 3rd Read: Do Patho at the end as the exam is mostly Patho. Also Pharma is very
volatile so do it 2nd last.

Abdullah Khan
Class of 2008